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“As Amazon gets richer, workers are waiting for protections they needed yesterday, and the state has an important role to play. Gov. Hochul can demonstrate her leadership and prove that…

ByMaritza Silva-Farrell 1Comment

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Jan 2022

Government Housing and Homelessness In Depth Investigations Politics

What Ever Happened to CBAs? The Rise and Fall of ‘Community Benefits Agreements’ in NYC

Once a seemingly promising structure to ensure that real estate groups don’t run roughshod over local neighborhoods in development deals—and still a common practice in other cities—CBAs are now disdained…

ByNeil deMause 2Comments

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Oct 2021

Economy Government Housing and Homelessness Opinion

Opinion: Is New York City Really Anti-Business?

‘When Brooklyn Borough President and likely next New York mayor Eric Adams declared that under his watch, “New York will no longer be anti-business” one could wonder what city he’s…

ByDoug Turetsky 3Comments

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Oct 2020

Economy Government Opinion

Opinion: NY Is Not Anti-Business. But It’s Not a Pushover, Either

‘The narrative that New York is anti-business, triggered by the recent defeat of the Industry City proposal, is not only misleading, but simplistic.’

ByAdam Friedman 0Comments

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Mar 2020

Housing and Homelessness Land Use and Development

Immediate Steps Seen for Sunnyside Development Plan

The de Blasio administration’s vision will take decades to realize. But in the near term, a subway station must be funded and a nonprofit steering entity created, amid deep concerns…

BySadef Ali Kully 2Comments

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Jul 2019

Opinion

Opinion: Avoid Another Amazon by Learning from Essex Crossing

‘Treating the Amazon HQ2 project as a proxy for all new development was an error in judgement.’

ByFelix Ciampa 2Comments

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Jul 2019

Housing and Homelessness

In Amazon’s Wake, Huge Sunnyside Yards Master Plan Takes Shape

Not far from the site where Amazon would have established its New York HQ2, city planners and community members have been talking—thoughtfully, by most accounts—about a development project that could…

ByShannon Ayala 2Comments

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May 2019

Opinion

Opinion: Amazon Deal’s Collapse Shows the Work Big Tech Must Do in NYC

Big Tech can succeed here, but only if its presence benefits all New Yorkers.

ByArt Langer 3Comments

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May 2019

Opinion

Opinion: After Amazon, in Defense of the Tax Breaks that Make NYC Work

‘As a city and state, we need to be cognizant that losing corporate tax credits would affect many of the things that make New York City what it is. Most…

ByHeidi Burkhart 2Comments

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Feb 2019

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