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Atlantic Yards Loses Green Roof for Arena, 2016 Completion Date
Tuesday, May 06, 2008
New York, NY —
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 completion date from 2016 to 2018, this as critics continue to wonder ...
St. Vincent's Redevelopment Plan Rejected
Tuesday, May 06, 2008
New York, NY —
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 facilities.
A majority of the Landmarks Preservation Commission say they can't support the ...
Ratner Extends End Date for Atlantic Yards Project
Monday, May 05, 2008
New York, NY —
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.
Ratner also unveiled a new design for the two buildings and the arena which ...
City Looks to Ease Traffic Woes
Monday, April 28, 2008
New York, NY —
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 Mayor Bloomberg chose Janette Sadik-Khan to begin to treat streets as public gathering spaces rather than as mere ...
Building Permit Numbers Drop Sharply
Friday, April 25, 2008
New York, NY —
In a sign that the real estate market is slowing, the number of building permits issued to contractors took a precipitous drop. WNYC's Matthew Schuerman reports.
The Census bureau reports that the number of residential building permits declined by 46 percent across the five boroughs for ...
City to Convert Piers into Trade Show Space
Wednesday, April 23, 2008
New York, NY —
The expansion of the Javits Convention Center is in limbo, but today the city moved forward to increase the amount of trade show space just a few blocks north.
The Economic Development Corporation said Vornado Realty Trust would renovate Pier 94, which is already in use ...
Calls For More Aggressive Buildings Commish
Wednesday, April 23, 2008
New York, NY —
The city's Buildings Commissioner, Patricia Lancaster has stepped down after more than six years in that post. While Mayor Bloomberg praised her service, her resignation comes after a series of fatalities on construction sites her agency was supposed to supervise. WNYC's Matthew Schuerman has more.
REPORTER: ...
Building Commissioner Resigns
Tuesday, April 22, 2008
New York, NY —
The city's buildings commissioner has resigned a day after Mayor Bloomberg criticized her agency's performance. WNYC's Matthew Schuerman reports.
Patricia Lancaster served Mayor Bloomberg loyally for six years during an unprecedented building boom. She reformed a department that had been significantly scaled back during the Giuliani ...
Willets Point Redevelopment Undergoes Review
Monday, April 21, 2008
New York, NY —
For the past four years, Mayor Bloomberg has talked about transforming the Willets Point area of Queens. Today, the City Planning Commission is expected to start the seven-month clock that governs the land use review process. WNYC's Matthew Schuerman has more.
REPORTER: The 60-acre area just ...
Bronx Little League Team Hopes to Compete
Sunday, April 20, 2008
New York, NY —
Little league games are starting this month. Teams in the Fordham-Bedford league in the Bronx are having their opening day next Saturday. One team that hopes to play this year doesn't know if it can take part, because its coach is still struggling to fill ...
Congestion Pricing Not Dead, City Says
Friday, April 18, 2008
New York, NY —
Congestion pricing may not be dead yet.
City Transportation Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan spoke at a conference sponsored by the non-profit Regional Plan Association, says the proposals defeated two weeks ago was not the last word.
SADIK-KHAN: I really don't think that we should be in the business ...
Port Authority Wants to Take On Moynihan Station Project
Tuesday, April 15, 2008
New York, NY —
The head of the Port Authority, Anthony Coscia, says his agency wants to help finance or take over the troubled Moynihan Station project.
Speaking at a Crain's New York breakfast, Coscia says the exact form of that help was up to governors Corzine and Paterson, who ...
Harlem Re-Zoning Wins Approval in Subcommittee
Tuesday, April 15, 2008
New York, NY —
The hotly-contested proposed re-zoning of Harlem's 125th Street won the approval of a city council subcommittee, after a local councilwoman got the Bloomberg Administration to make big changes.
REPORTER: Councilwoman Inez Dickens says the city has agreed that almost half of the nearly four thousand apartments ...
MTA to Use Energy Generated by Wind and Tidal Power
Monday, April 14, 2008
New York, NY —
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority will use power generated by the East River and winds off of the Rockaway peninsula in the coming years to reduce its carbon footprint. Officials said today at Grand Central Terminal the ideas came out of a sustainability commission that has ...
Car Crashes into Courthouse Steps Injuring Six
Friday, April 11, 2008
New York, NY —
Six people were hurt when a car lost control, jumped a curb and crashed into the steps of a Manhattan courthouse.
REPORTER: The car also hit a bagel cart before stopping a few steps up the grand staircase at 60 Centre Street. Bagels, bananas, and newspapers ...
9/11 Memorial Reaches Fundraising Goal
Thursday, April 10, 2008
New York, NY —
A donation by one of the World Trade Center's former tenants has finished off the fund-raising drive for the September 11 memorial.The memorial is scheduled to open in 2011.
Joe Daniels, president of the September 11 Memorial and Museum, says the financial firm gave $10 ...
Lawsuit Filed to Block Randalls Island Project
Thursday, April 10, 2008
New York, NY —
Another legal effort has been made to stop the construction of sports fields on Randalls Island.
Several public school parents and East Harlem residents filed a lawsuit in State Supreme Court. Marina Ortiz, an East Harlem activist, says her neighbors would prefer to keep the area ...
Congestion Pricing Dies in the Assembly
Monday, April 07, 2008
New York, NY —
In a closed-door meeting of his Democratic members, Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver says a majority would not support congestion pricing, and he would not bring it to the floor for a vote.
WNYC’s Matthew Schuerman tells Amy Eddings about the day’s events, and whether Mayor Michael ...
Midnight Deadline for Congestion Pricing
Monday, April 07, 2008
New York, NY —
Today is the deadline for the state legislature to approve Mayor Michael Bloomberg's congestion pricing plan and still qualify for a $350 million federal grant.
Lawmakers were not called up to Albany to discuss the issue over the weekend, meaning that it's unlikely a deal is ...
Nonprofits Feel Congestion Pricing Pinch
Friday, April 04, 2008
New York, NY —
Opponents of congestion pricing have rallied around nonprofit organizations with trucks that need to drive into midtown Manhattan on weekdays.While cars face an $8 a day fee, most trucks would have to pay $21 to enter certain parts of the city.
Karen Pearl, president of ...