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News Articles by Matthew Schuerman

Elected Officials Praise Efforts to Keep Starrett City Affordable

June 03, 2008

by Matthew Schuerman

A new agreement at Starrett City will guarantee that its 5,800 apartments stay affordable for another 20 years. Elected officials announced yesterday that the owners have agreed to require the buyer....

Crane Collapse Site Had Troubled History

May 31, 2008

by Matthew Schuerman

City officials will meet with construction industry experts Saturday to discuss Friday's deadly crane collapse on the Upper East Side. Investigators will be be focusing on a particular weld that fail....

Public Housing Hunts for Cash

May 30, 2008

by Matthew Schuerman

The head of the New York City Housing Authority says real estate developers may one day build market-rate housing on parking lots in public housing complexes. Tino Hernandez told the City Council t....

Budget Woes Force Housing Authority to Delay Projects

May 29, 2008

by Matthew Schuerman

The city's housing authority said that budget problems have been forcing it to put off capital projects that would modernize and improve public housing developments. General Manager Douglas Apple to....

MTA Defends Lifetime EZ Passes for Board Members

May 28, 2008

by Matthew Schuerman

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority is going to court to defend the right of its board members to receive lifetime EZ Passes that permit them to avoid paying bridge and tunnel tolls. The annou....

Amtrak Seeks to Add Capacity at Penn Station

May 24, 2008

by Matthew Schuerman

The proposed overhaul of Penn Station may not just be about improving the passenger experience. It may actually be about increasing the number of passengers who pass through the facility. REPORTER: ....

On the Streets of Chinatown, Hunting for City Parking Placard Abuse

May 23, 2008

by Matthew Schuerman

The mayor made headlines last month when the city announced it had slashed the number of parking placards it issues by more than 30 percent. City employees put these permits on their dashboards in or....

MTA Approval Expected for Rail Yards Developer

May 22, 2008

by Matthew Schuerman

The full Metropolitan Transportation Authority board is expected to approve the new buyer for the West Side rail yards at a special meeting today. The proposed developer, The Related Companies, has ....

New Developer for Far West Side

May 20, 2008

by Matthew Schuerman

It didn't take long for the Metropolitan Transportation Authority to find another bidder to turn the West Side rail yards into a series of high-rise apartment and office towers. The Related Companies....

Execs get Peek at Nets Arena Luxury Boxes

May 15, 2008

by Matthew Schuerman

The Nets begin selling luxury boxes to their arena at Atlantic Yards tonight, and they are hitting the Brooklyn connection hard. They created a promotional video that will be shown to about 130 busin....

Report: Turf Isn't Dangerous

May 15, 2008

by Matthew Schuerman

Artificial turf fields can get very hot, but are unlikely to pose other health risks - that's according to a draft report for the Health Department. This comes during a nationwide debate over the m....

MTA Restarts Negotiation Process With Bidders

May 14, 2008

by Matthew Schuerman

Now that the Metropolitan Transportation Authority's billion-dollar deal with Tishman Speyer has collapsed, the agency is negotiating with the other original bidders to find another buyer for the West....

Hudson Rail Yards Deal Dead

May 13, 2008

by Matthew Schuerman

Two days of negotiations failed to salvage the $1 billion deal to develop the Metropolitan Transportation Authority's Hudson Rail Yards on the Far West Side. Developer Tishman Speyer says it's withd....

Attempts to Revive West Side Development Deal Fail

May 13, 2008

by Matthew Schuerman

The deal to develop the West Side rail yards really is dead. Tishman Speyer has just announced that it is withdrawing from the $1 billion agreement that it tentatively reached in March. The Metropol....

Height Limits In Store for Lower East Side Rezoning

May 12, 2008

by Matthew Schuerman

Tall, narrow hotels with names like THOR and Blue have sprouted up recently on the Lower East Side, but the Bloomberg administration is striking back. A rezoning proposal that would cap building hei....

West Side Rail Yards Development Plan Collapses

May 09, 2008

by Matthew Schuerman

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority says its agreement with a company to develop the West Side Rail Yards has collapsed. But the developer says it still wants to keep the sale together. WNYC's....

St. Vincent's Redevelopment Plan Rejected

May 06, 2008

by Matthew Schuerman

St. Vincent's Catholic Medical Centers will have to revamp its plan to tear down nine buildings in the heart of Greenwich Village; replace them with housing and use the proceeds to modernize its faci....

Atlantic Yards Loses Green Roof for Arena, 2016 Completion Date

May 06, 2008

by Matthew Schuerman

Forest City Ratner, the company developing the 22 acres over Brooklyn's Atlantic railyards, says it needs two more years to finish the massive arena and high rise project. It's pushing back its comp....

Ratner Extends End Date for Atlantic Yards Project

May 05, 2008

by Matthew Schuerman

Developer Bruce Ratner is giving himself two more years to finish the Atlantic Yards project in Brooklyn, from 2016,to 2018, because he's having trouble acquiring the land for the massive project. ....

City Looks to Ease Traffic Woes

April 28, 2008

by Matthew Schuerman

Tonight, the Transportation Commissioner gives a major speech outlining the city's plan. WNYC's Matthew Schuerman has this preview. It was a year ago, right after unveiling congestion pricing, that....

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