Is it Back?

According to reports Mayor Mike Bloomberg and Governor Eliot Spitzer have put together a last-ditch attempt to make congestion pricing palatable to the State Legislature. More [here].

No details have been released, and it is unclear if any of this will matter at this point. Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver yesterday would only commit to creating a commission and Bloomberg completely turned off the Senate Democrats in his failed effort to get their support. However, Spitzer's office says that Silver is [behind the new deal].

Besides, wasn't the deadline for the federal funding yesterday? It couldn't have just been a scare tactic to get the Legislature to move on the bill, could it have?

UPDATE: I would say that given the tone of this just released statement from the Mayor, you could assume that no deal has been made, and that Bloomberg and Silver are not BFF's anymore:

"Although we continue to talk to the Legislature and the Governor, it's sad to note that after 3 months of working with all parties to address their questions, the failure of the State Assembly to act in time on a deadline imposed by the federal Government is a terrible setback for clean air and to our critical commitment to fight climate change.

"I can't ascribe motives to the lack of action in Albany, but I can definitively say the environment and the future quality of life in New York took a beating.  This Administration will continue to work with the more than 140 civic, business, environmental and labor organizations that support our plan to make progress, and we will continue to press for real solutions, not interminable study groups whose only real purpose is to avoid accountability and results.  Therefore, we will work to implement the initiatives contained within PlaNYC.  While business as usual in Albany may be an impediment to congestion pricing at this time, we can still make a difference for the future of our City and create a greener, greater New York."