Tim Tompkins

Tim Tompkins, president of the Times Square Alliance, explains his proposed plan to designate specific areas of the Times Square plaza for different stakeholder.

The mayor proposed tearing up the pedestrian plazas in Times Square due to the confluence of "desnudas" and aggressive panhandlers, but would that make the area any more pleasant?

Times Square and Herald Square are officially closed to motor vehicles. As of yesterday, two sections of Broadway, between 47th and 42nd streets and between 33rd and 35th streets, are now pedestrian malls, and to talk about how it's going so far in Times Square is Tim Tompkins, president of ...