A tipster passed along an email from Steve Rodriguez, owner of 5boro Skateboards, which outlines information about the Department of Transportation's plans for Brooklyn Banks, the popular Manhattan skate park under the Brooklyn Bridge. The unofficial skating area will [...]
Is 2010 the year of bridge tolls? Or will it be 2011 or 2012? If the editorial boards and political insiders are even half right, New York State appears to be back on the brink of an epic fiscal crisis. Lieutenant Governor Richard Ravitch said today that the [...]
UPDATE: According to Councilmember Joel Rivera, the council is worried about 432 potential employees at the Kingsbridge Armory project who would probably not receive living wages. In total, the project is expected to create about 1,000 permanent jobs.
Rivera said the Bronx delegation is considering a proposal to use the funds [...]
UPDATE: According to Councilmember Joel Rivera, the council is worried about 432 potential employees at the Kingsbridge Armory project who would probably not receive living wages. In total, the project is expected to create about 1,000 permanent jobs.
Rivera said the Bronx delegation is considering a proposal to use the funds [...]
Gotham Gazette parks topic page writer Anne Schwartz filed this post.
Promising to spend an additional $55 million on the construction of the Brooklyn Bridge Park, the city is proposing to take over responsibility for the project from the financially strapped state. Parks Commissioner Adrian Benepe discussed the proposal at a [...]
Gotham Gazette parks topic page writer Anne Schwartz filed this post.
Promising to spend an additional $55 million on the construction of the Brooklyn Bridge Park, the city is proposing to take over responsibility for the project from the financially strapped state. Parks Commissioner Adrian Benepe discussed the proposal at a [...]
President Obama today threw his weight behind significant new transportation spending as part of a broad jobs bill taking shape in Congress, with $50 billion slated for transit, roads, bridges, and ports and the administration endorsing "merit-based infrastructure investment that leverages federal dollars."
Activists want the proposed Kingsbridge Armory shopping center in The Bronx to mandate a "living wage" ($10 an hour with benefits, $11.50 without) for workers there. Sympathetic city councilmember...
Continue reading "Report: Kingsbridge Mall Deal a Loser for the City Without "Living Wage"" > [...]Today on the Streetsblog Network, we've got the story of some bicyclists who turned out in the bitter cold last weekend to rally for a bike path to be included in the reconstruction of the I-90 Innerbelt Bridge.
Advocates have been pushing for such a path, which would' [...]
For at least two years, the Bloomberg administration has been pushing--first privately, then publicly--to take over the governance of Brooklyn Bridge Park, offering to put more money into the new East River parkland in exchange for more control from the state.
Now, the move has earned the tentative support [...]
From NotifyNYC: "You may see three vintage military aircraft fly at low altitude over the New York Harbor today for the anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor. The planes will fly between the Verrazano Bridge and the George Washington Bridge."
The MTA's website says "a police investigation at the 14th Street-Union Square" had caused Woodlawn-bound 4 and Pelham Bay Park-bound 5 trains" to run "local from the Brooklyn Bridge-City Hall Station to the 42nd Street-Grand Central Station" (4/5 express service has since resumed, but" [...]
Uh-oh: 1010WINS reports, " Trains are moving again between New Jersey and New York City after a bridge was stuck in the open position. However, commuters should expect delays of up to an hour. NJ Transit spokesman Dan Stessel says Amtrak was unable to" [...]
It’s over with with Zelonis anyway, now we just have to get those tolls down. I won’t stop until they are and Thompson and Luh investigated for coercion and screwing the public.
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The fired Grand Island Bridge toll collector who sent threatening e-mails to an anti-toll activist on the Island pleaded [...]
A possible City Council vote on the controversial Bronx Kingsbridge Armory project was postponed Thursday, pushing the matter back at least a few more days. The Subcomittee on Zoning and Franchises has recessed until Monday, Dec. 7. They could vote then, or push back the matter until [...]
The Archdiocese of Bridgeport was ordered to make public its documents related to sexual abuse allegations. And they suggest that Cardinal Edward Egan, who stepped down from the NY Archdiocese earlier this year and was Bridgeport's Bishop between 1988 and [...]
The video says it all about tonight’s court proceedings. Thank you George Richert, he did a great job covering this tonight.
Told judge he was sorry, but not Thompson directly
George Richert
GRAND ISLAND, N.Y. (WIVB) – His threats against “free bridge” advocate Rus Thompson has already taken a toll, costing [...]
The General Contractors Association already pointed out that our bridges are the worst, earlier this year, and now AAA is rubbing it in with their own list. They say the Tappan Zee, Kosciuszko and Goethals bridges are the worst in the state; with subpar [...]
Nearly 50% of city bridges and crossings used by Amtrak trains have components rated in "poor" or worse conditions, according to inspection reports. The Post sheds harsh light on the "crumbling conditions" of spans over the Bronx River, thoroughfares like Dyckman Street, and bridges [...]
NYPL destroyed in The Day After Tomorrow In the battle between the West and East Coast cities, Los Angeles may just beat New York... at least on film. Remember when they blew up the Brooklyn Bridge? New Yorkers did not like [...]
At October's Walk21 Conference, I got the chance to tour the High Bridge, a viaduct connecting Manhattan and the Bronx which has been closed to the public for nearly 40 years.
Opening the High Bridge to pedestrians and cyclists has been a long-held goal for many New [...]
Tomorrow night the Hudson River Quadricentennial Celebration year closes out with the addition of New York City’s Lighted Boat Parade. The sparkling aquatic march will make its way down the Hudson, around the tip of Manhattan and up to the Brooklyn Bridge.
You can enjoy [...]
Photograph by missapril1956 on FlickrLast week’s episode features a look at the damage done to the local economies around the Champlain Bridge; a newsmaker interview with Assemblywoman Dede Scozzafava; and a reporters roundtable with Kyle Hughes of NYSNYS and James Madore of Newsday.
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