Councilmen to Sadik-Khan: Don't let the Park Slope community board stop you:
Today, two councilmen sent a letter to the city's transportation commissioner urging her to move forward with planned improvements to Fourth Avenue, despite one community board's opposition.
Bio: Dana Rubinstein is a reporter for Capital. She has written for Bloomberg Businessweek, the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, the New York Observer, and the Brooklyn Paper.
Today, two councilmen sent a letter to the city's transportation commissioner urging her to move forward with planned improvements to Fourth Avenue, despite one community board's opposition. More
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on June 18th, 2013 2:31pmToday, the city released its new evacuation zone map, which now encompasses one in three New Yorkers. More
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on June 18th, 2013 12:04pm"The last time the UFT's endorsement got somebody elected was better than two decades ago, ok?" said Mayor Michael Bloomberg today. "It's almost the kiss of death." More
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on June 17th, 2013 4:02pmFormer comptroller and mayoral hopefull Bill Thompson swatted away his rival Christine Quinn's criticism today. More
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on June 17th, 2013 12:51pmFor more than a year, former city transportation commissioner (Gridlock) Sam Schwartz has been pushing a congestion pricing scheme that would help prop up the M.T.A.'s finances and make the city's bridge tolling system more equitable. More
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on June 13th, 2013 12:39pmYesterday, Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. wrote a letter to Major League Soccer commissioner Don Garber urging him to build a stadium in the Bronx. More
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on June 13th, 2013 11:03amOn Wednesday in Union Square, an old lady in gym shorts yelled at Anthony Weiner. More
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on June 12th, 2013 3:29pmMayor Michael Bloomberg today unveiled a raft of proposals that he said would help New York City withstand climate change. More
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on June 11th, 2013 4:25pmMayor Michael Bloomberg today proposed a Battery Park City-like development on Manhattan's East Side to better protect lower Manhattan from the next Hurricane Sandy. More
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on June 11th, 2013 2:10pmMayor Michael Bloomberg today endorsed a partial double-dune system to protect the Rockaways from the next Hurricane Sandy. More
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on June 11th, 2013 1:31pm
mattfleg: @danarubinstein @SecondAveSagas Oh, I'm sure you're right, I wasn't there -- just noting the trend. (or 2/3 of a trend by NYT standards)
riceid: @danarubinstein fascinating
TWULocal100: @MC_NYC @danarubinstein @grynbaum that is worth a http://t.co/6eNHoVVS
stevecuozzo: @danarubinstein Mr. Liu can do the 8 million a favor by keeping his thoughts to himself.
McHugh: . @danarubinstein But no one is flying kites in storms. People are jumping in front of trains! http://t.co/umfXayh7
eliotwb: @danarubinstein @alexgoldmark Here's one that hasn't been built: http://t.co/IAfPIQYNmattfleg: @danarubinstein or maybe: "parts of it are clearly inspired by some of the best airports of many mid-sized cities."mattfleg: @danarubinstein my favorite line
