Spitzer continues talks on congestion pricing

ALBANY -- Gov. Eliot Spitzer and top aides representing legislative leaders and Mayor Michael Bloomberg continued working behind closed doors Wednesday to salvage an agreement on the mayor's plan to reduce traffic and pollution in Manhattan.

But 72 hours of often tense negotiations still hadn't yielded an agreement by Wednesday afternoon, said Spitzer spokeswoman Christine Anderson.

Spitzer, Senate and Assembly leaders and Bloomberg's staff were working on an agreement that would allow the city to qualify for as much as $500 million in federal funds to improve mass transit. Spitzer canceled a trip to Buffalo on Wednesday to stay involved in the talks at his Capitol office.