While it looks as though the tri-state region will be spared the worst of Hurricane Joaquin’s wrath, all the talk about storm preparedness got us thinking
This week, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio announced the launch of the NYC Retrofit Accelerator, a program to aide residential building owners and
Former New York Lieutenant Governor and MTA Chairman Richard Ravitch appeared on NY1’s Inside City Hall with Errol Louis last week to talk about the MTA
The long-awaited 7 train extension from Times Square to Manhattan’s far west side opened yesterday. Mayor de Blasio, MTA Chairman Tom Prendergast, Senator Chuck Schumer and
New York City streets have changed a great deal in the last decade: public plazas, bike lanes, Citi Bike, Select Bus Service and legislation reducing the
Language is a powerful tool, and the specific expressions we choose can convey ideas with broad implications. But in the struggle over word choice, our discussions
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio and NYPD Commissioner Bill Bratton, annoyed by “costumed menaces” in Times Square, are considering removing the pedestrian plazas altogether. Here
While inaction plagues its underground operations, Penn Station just got a bit more human-friendly above ground. The temporary pedestrian plaza, Plaza33, on 33rd Street between
Dense development is smart. It provides residents with economic, social and health benefits and results in smaller Ecological Footprints per capita compared to sprawl. In 2014, over half of the
Last Friday, for the 34th time since 2009, President Obama signed a three month “patch” to extend federal transportation funding for three months. The signing came on
