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NEED DETAILS: With congestion pricing on its way, there must be some assurances that
the revenue created from the plan will help improve the state of transit in Brooklyn and
beyond. File photo
CONGESTION
fares and which, if any, drivers would
be exempt from paying them.
“Congestion pricing, as a means to
fund critical infrastructure improvement,
is a start, but the devil is in the
details,” Gounardes told this newspaper.
“Southern Brooklyn elected me
to fi ght for desperately needed transit
upgrades and protect their bottom
line, not the MTA’s.”
Other cities that already use the
tolling scheme — including London
and Stockholm — have seen environmentally
benefi cial results, according
to pro-congestion pricing campaign
Fix Our Transit. In London, the measure
has reduced traffi c by 15 percent
and reduced greenhouse gas emissions
GUILTY
murder, apparently angered by a neighbor
playing loud music. He encountered
Vetrano while she ran through the park
and, without saying a word, went on the
attack, repeatedly punching her in the
face and tearing her clothes off.
After sexually assaulting her, prosecutors
said Lewis choked Vetrano to
death, even as she fought back. Crime
scene investigators later recovered her
killer’s DNA from under her fi ngernails.
An autopsy later revealed that
Vetrano suffered tears to her genitalia
SAHARA
special occasions with a capacity of
110. No party is too big or too small,”
reads the now-defunct restaurant’s
promotional materials.
Over the years, Sahara developed a
devout following in the neighborhood,
becoming a go-to spot for holidays and
special occasions, patrons said.
“We spent every Christmas and
Easter here and we’d always come in
the summer,” said Facebook user Mariam
Atia. “So sad.”
The closing gives the community
one less place to grub, but for some, it
represents a more sentimental loss.
“This restaurant was a Brooklyn
icon for my family and so many
people I know. It’s where we went for
birthdays, anniversaries, and family
get togethers,” Hanif said. “Feels odd
to lose a dining place where so many
late nights with my parents and sisters
were spent.”
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indicative that she had been sexually
assaulted.
The investigation further revealed
that Lewis’s cellphone data indicated
that it pinged from phone towers near
Spring Creek Park at around the time
the murder took place.
Detectives also learned that, even
before he was considered to be a suspect
in the Vetrano murder, he had
searched the internet on his cellphone
for information about Vetrano and
criminal proceedings, including double
jeopardy, Miranda rights and the
death penalty. (The death penalty is no
longer carried out in New York state on
capital murder charges).
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by 20 percent, and in Stockholm,
congestion pricing has cut in half the
number of children who sought treatment
for asthma at local hospitals, according
to Fix Our Transit . A rep for
the national Environmental Defense
Fund advocacy organization said the
Big Apple’s new tolling plan will set
a precedent for other cities across
the nation by improving air quality
and encouraging alternative forms of
transportation.
“As the fi rst place in the United
States to implement congestion pricing,
New York will help lead the way
for other cities and states that are serious
about tackling pollution from
transportation,” said New York regional
director Andy Darrell. “New
Yorkers everywhere can fi nally celebrate
this win, with fewer cars on the
road and cleaner air for all.”
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