Congestion Pricing; the Power 100; & Parks & Recap

The Brian Lehrer Show | Feb 19, 2015

A new congestion pricing proposal from a group called Move NY aims to fund bridge and road repairs and ease traffic in Manhattan through new tolls on some East River bridges. Move NY's Alex Matthiessen and Sam Schwartz - aka "Gridlock Sam" at the Daily News - explain the particulars of the plan. Plus: Should mainstream Muslims be responsible for denouncing the violent narrative of groups like ISIS?; City & State's "Power 100" list of political power players; TV club reconvenes to chat about the second to last week of Parks and Recreation and the co-director of the Oscar-nominated documentary "The Salt of the Earth," Juliano Ribeiro Salgado, discusses the film.

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