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Upzoning in Williamsburg
by Matthew Schuerman
July 15, 2009
Just over four years ago, Mayor Bloomberg and the City Council agreed on how to rezone 184 blocks of the Greenpoint and Williamsburg neighborhoods in Brooklyn. It is just one of 97 rezonings that ha....
Paterson Nominates New Head of MTA
by Matthew Schuerman
July 14, 2009
Governor Paterson's named his choice to head the MTA: Jay Walder, a McKinsey and Company consultant who already worked a stint at the MTA in the 1980s and 90s. WNYC's Matthew Schuerman has more. Th....
More People But Not Many More Parks
by Matthew Schuerman
July 13, 2009
The City Council approved a rezoning of a 30-block industrial area of the South Bronx, the eighth such large-scale rezoning in the Bloomberg administration. WNYC's Matthew Schuerman reports that like....
Ground Breaks on New Brooklyn Waterfront Park
by Matthew Schuerman
July 07, 2009
The city has broken ground on the first of three new waterfront parks in North Brooklyn. Bushwick-Inlet Park will eventually stretch six blocks along the East River. Mayor Bloomberg says the first bl....
WTC Developer Threatens Arbitration
by Matthew Schuerman
July 06, 2009
And it looks like another stalemate could be in the offing, and that's over the dispute over who'll pay for what at the World Trade Center site. Developer Larry Silverstein has filed an official noti....
New Surcharges Raise Tax on Car Rentals
by Matthew Schuerman
July 02, 2009
That car you're renting for a holiday getaway this weekend is going to cost you much, much more. That's because new state surcharges went into effect yesterday that boosts the tax on car rentals to ....
City Council Presses Officials on Coney Island Plan
by Matthew Schuerman
July 02, 2009
City Council members grilled city officials about their development proposal for Coney Island, especially on their plans to force property owners out. Mayor Bloomberg wants to replace privately-owne....
Council Hearing Begins on Coney Island Rezoning
by Matthew Schuerman
July 01, 2009
It's going to be a long haul. One of Mayor Bloomberg's more controversial rezoning plans goes before the City Council for a public hearing today. The Bloomberg administration wants to rezone about 2....
Court of Appeals to Hear Atlantic Yards Case
by Matthew Schuerman
June 30, 2009
The state's highest court has announced it will hear arguments on the use of eminent domain at Atlantic Yards in October. The Court of Appeals says it'll review a lower court decision made last month....
Carpenters Union Agrees on Pay Cuts
by Matthew Schuerman
June 26, 2009
Thousands of the city's unionized construction workers have agreed to accept lower wages for the promise of more work. The latest concession goes further than a labor agreement from last month that f....
MTA Board Hears Pros and Cons on Atlantic Yards
by Matthew Schuerman
June 24, 2009
More than 40 people gave the board of the MTA board their two cents worth on the Atlantic Yards project at a meeting yesterday. But WNYC's Mathew Schuerman reports that many of its supporters have fi....
MTA to Vote on New Atlantic Yards Plan
by Matthew Schuerman
June 24, 2009
The MTA board is expected to vote this morning on a new payment schedule for the developer of the Atlantic Yards project in Brooklyn. The Empire State Development Corporation yesterday moved to allo....
Quick Progress Digging Number 7 Extension Line
by Matthew Schuerman
June 22, 2009
Some of the toughest parts in big public works projects come when government agencies, each with their own turf, have to work together. To celebrate one collaboration that's worked out well, the MTA ....
New Agreement Expected on Atlantic Yards Project
by Matthew Schuerman
June 22, 2009
The MTA is expected to unveil a new agreement to sell the development rights above one of its rail yards in Brooklyn. In 2005, Real estate developer Bruce Ratner promised to pay the MTA $100 million ....
MTA Says Number 7 Tunnel 'Seems' to be On Time
by Matthew Schuerman
June 19, 2009
Contractors finished excavating a cavern underneath the Port Authority Bus Terminal in six months. The job was supposed to take up to three years. But Chief Engineer Joe Trainor says they have to be....
Approval for New Coney Island Plan Expected
by Matthew Schuerman
June 17, 2009
The City Planning Commission is expected to approve the administration's rezoning proposal for Coney Island this morning. It would create a city-owned amusement park in an area where privately owned ....
Frank Gehry Out of Rest of Yards Too
by Matthew Schuerman
June 09, 2009
Days after marquee architect Frank Gehry was dropped as the architect of a new Brooklyn Nets Basketball arena, WNYC has learned the architect won't be involved in other parts of the complex either. ....
Park in the Sky Opens This Week
by Matthew Schuerman
June 08, 2009
The first portion of the High Line Park will open to the public tomorrow. WNYC's Matthew Schuerman has more. REPORTER: The High Line will be a public park. But it's uniqueness has attracted a lot of....
In Biking Begins Responsibilities
by Matthew Schuerman
June 07, 2009
New York City has doubled the number of bike lanes since 2006, while the number of bicyclists commuting to work has risen 35 percent in the past year alone. But the rising popularity of bikes doesnâ€....
Developer Replaces Architect of NJ Nets Arena
by Matthew Schuerman
June 05, 2009
After months of speculation, developer Bruce Ratner has replaced Frank Gehry as the architect for the new basketball arena in Brooklyn. WNYC's Matthew Schuerman has more. REPORTER: Ratner used Gehry....
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