Bloomberg refused to take a swipe at Silver by name, but there was little doubt who he had in mind when he told reporters, "I just don't think one person should decide what's right."
"I think it would have passed in the legislature if there had been a vote," Bloomberg added during a press conference at Georgetown University in Washington after delivering an environmental speech.
Despite the backing of Gov. Paterson and the rest of the bipartisan leadership in Albany, Silver killed the measure that would have charged cars $8 to enter Manhattan below 60th Street on weekdays.
"The majority caucus in the Assembly chose not to bring the governor's congestion pricing bill to a vote - effectively killing it," Bloomberg said. "Ultimately they didn't have the courage to vote on it - they just killed it in a back room."
Ouch. They didn't have the courage. That's a pretty tough and true critique of this. This is something Bloomberg championed and its failure will no doubt leave a mark, not only on Bloomberg, but on Silver as well.
