New York City
Policy
NYC ‘Parks Without Borders’ program draws controversy
New York City’s Parks Without Borders program has received glowing endorsements from elected officials, park conservancy groups, and positive press coverage, but some neighbors of the parks think the changes are harmful to the parks and longtime community members.
New York State
Policy
A light at the end for the Gateway tunnel
Trump is determined not to fund the project. Can NY and NJ make it happen anyway?
New York City
Personality
How the Port Authority is rebuilding New York
Executive Director Rick Cotton on the future of the WTC, and whether LaGuardia will annex Rikers.
New York State
Policy
Want to fix the traffic problem? Tear down a freeway.
New York’s highways have decimated whole cities.
New York City
Policy
Federal transportation bill unlikely to offer New York much
The U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works passed a new federal transportation authorization of $287 billion to build and maintain roads, bridges, and rails – and it contains a first-ever climate change provision, but it still falls short on New York’s climate and mass transit priorities.
New York City
Personality
Jonathan Lippman says it’s too late to change course on closing Rikers
In recent weeks, Gov. Andrew Cuomo blasted Mayor Bill de Blasio’s plan to close Rikers Island and local residents criticized the proposed borough-based jails to replace it. But Jonathan Lippman, the former state chief judge, says it’s too late to reverse course.
New York State
Politics
The 2019 session countdown
In this year’s session countdown, we identify the biggest bills that are still up for debate – and assess how likely they are to pass in the final weeks of the session.
New York City
Policy
How New York could respond to the taxi medallion lending crisis
Since Sunday, when the New York Times investigation into predatory lending practices for taxi medallions was published, calls for action sprang forth from elected officials, but the proposals wouldn’t necessarily help cabbies who already lost everything.
New York State
Policy
Who will prevail in New York’s prevailing wage fight?
The prevailing wage bill currently on the table still lacks the support it needs to pass the Senate, according to lawmakers.
MTA
Policy
What the L?
Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s effort to avert L train shutdown is drawing skepticism from pols and the public alike.
Andrew Cuomo
Policy
The troubled history of the Tappan Zee’s replacement
The new Mario M. Cuomo Bridge’s faulty bolts are just the latest problem in the troubled history of the Tappan Zee’s replacement.
Health Care (Archived)
Policy
Setting the Agenda 2019
With Democrats in control in Albany, here’s an in-depth rundown of what’s up for debate.
Infrastructure
Policy
Is there any way to build more for less?
Here’s what state lawmakers are considering to tackle high infrastructure costs.
Andrew Cuomo
Policy
Congestion pricing, take two
Everyone agrees the MTA needs more money. If only the Democrats could agree on how to get it.
Infrastructure
Personality
Julie Tighe on ditching government to save the environment
Julie Tighe left the Department of Environmental Conservation to run the New York League of Conservation Voters.
Infrastructure
Personality
Queens Borough President Melinda Katz wants “first-class” airports
Will the new upgrades at LaGuardia and JFK curb congestion?
Infrastructure
Policy
Andrew Cuomo's marquee attractions
The governor’s plans to revamp JFK, LaGuardia and Penn Station.
Andrew Cuomo
Policy
The Greatest Showman: Are Cuomo's projects just window dressing?
Gov. Andrew Cuomo has rolled out one marquee project after another. But has he neglected the state’s less flashy infrastructure needs?
New York City
Policy
A year later, NYC’s construction safety law is being ignored
Bogus training certificates are putting workers in danger, critics say.
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