Desperate Last Pitch For Congestion Pricing

Let’s hope this is just irresponsible hyperbole unbecoming of an executive and not a statement of the city’s priorities*:

Sounding like he already knew that defeat would be imminent, Bloomberg challenged the Legislature to vote up or down on the issue today so that individual lawmakers could be held accountable.

“The one thing they can’t do is walk away without a vote,” Bloomberg said. “That would be unconscionable.

“If they’re going to vote it down, then they’re going to be responsible to their constituents to why they don’t have buses — faster, better buses, new buses — don’t have all the technology for all of the improvements to the subway line.

“When we stop work on the Second Avenue subway, they are the ones that are going to have to answer to their constituents.”

*Because apparently we’re already on the hook for a useless 7 train extension.