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It’s Alex Garvin’s Town; You’ll Never Live In It
Alex Garvin has been Dan Doctoroff’s favorite urban planner for about seven years now, ever since the deputy mayor came across Mr. Garvin’s book, The American City: What Works, What Doesn’t, in a...
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It’s Alex Garvin’s Town; You’ll Never Live In It
Alex Garvin has been Dan Doctoroff’s favorite urban planner for about seven years now, ever since the deputy mayor came across Mr. Garvin’s book, The American City: What Works, What Doesn’t, in a...
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Remember That $4 Million Plan?
After the recent death of a four-year-old pedestrian in Brooklyn, Streetsblog took the occasion to dig up a 2004 press release from the NYC Department of Transportation. The announcement said that the...
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Elsewhere: Schumer, Spitzer, Ground Zero
Aaron Naparstek has another name of a possible NYC DOT Commissioner: Kate Ascher. Unlike Joe Bruno, Sheldon Silver may not support Eliot Spitzer’s plan to build a casino in the Catskills. Spitzer’s...
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Congestion Pricers Question Poll
That was quick. Supporters of congestion pricing are taking issue with the methodology of a new Quinnipiac poll which showed New Yorkers split on the issue. “Asking people if they want to pay more to...
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Cuomo’s Tax Comments Spur Facebook Debate
Yesterday, I reported that Andrew Cuomo told supporters in midtown that the state can’t raise taxes because residents will “vote with their feet,” according to one attendee in the room. I assumed Cuomo...
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Another Lawsuit Against Bike Lanes?
A look at the forces working against NYC Transportation Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan, from Matthew Shaer: Bike-lane opponents are now hoping that the Prospect Park West bike lane could be the place...
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Anthony Weiner's 2012 Problem: A Younger, GOP Version of Himself
City Councilman Eric Ulrich. (photo credit: william alatriste / new york city council) Anthony Weiner’s Republican opponents would seem to have one obvious advantage should they choose to challenge the...
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Bill de Blasio Donors Include WFP Foe, and an Old Christine Quinn Challenger...
Bill de Blasio got money from a lawyer who sued the Working Families Party. (photo credit: azi paybarah / observer) Public Advocate Bill de Blasio is getting money from people who have fought against...
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Bike Lanes Don’t Happen Overnight
Is that a bike or a bulldozer? (Brooklyn Politic) Yesterday, we brought you the interminable-seeming-even-if-it’s-only-been-a-few-weeks story of the Prospect Park West bike lane lawsuit. The case...
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