LIRR Archives - City Limits

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“The New York region’s most critical challenges, from economic inequality to the housing affordability crisis, all converge in the subterranean chaos of Penn Station.”

ByCezar Nicolescu

ByJim Venturi 0Comments

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Apr 2024

Government Opinion Transportation

Opinion: As Congestion Pricing Approaches, QueensLink Must Move Forward

Whether in Ozone Park, Richmond Hill, Woodhaven, Forest Hills, or Rego Park, the sentiment was the same: parks are great, but transit is needed more. If there is the opportunity…

ByAndrew Lynch

ByNoelle Hunter

ByJasper von Seeburg 0Comments

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Nov 2023

Economy Government Opinion Transportation

Opinion: Four Steps to End the Impasse at Penn Station

“This is a once-in-a-century opportunity to raise New York and the entire region to new heights of greatness by getting Penn Station right. We can and must do better.”

BySam Turvey 4Comments

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Jul 2023

Government Opinion Transportation

Opinion: A Critical Point for Penn Station’s Future

“This July is one of the most critical months in Penn Station’s 113-year history. Madison Square Garden’s lease over the station is up this month, and the Garden’s management is…

ByCharles Lauster 1Comment

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Aug 2022

Economy Government Housing and Homelessness Opinion Politics Transportation

Opinion: We Need a Real Penn Station Plan, Not a Neighborhood Replacement Scheme

“Our leaders seem blithely unaware that we have within our grasp a once-in-a-century opportunity to create a transit hub worthy of New York, which many of us still think of…

BySam Turvey 7Comments

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Jan 2022

Economy Government Housing and Homelessness Transportation

Brooklyn Developer’s Rezoning Proposal Would Add 400-Foot Towers to Broadway Junction

The project would create about 664 housing units, two commercial towers and a new park in place of vehicle lots and low-rise buildings in an area that city officials have…

ByDavid Brand 4Comments

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Jun 2019

Government

MTA to Keep Offering Discounted LIRR Rides to Atlantic Terminal

Transit advocates hope to see the LIRR model of in-city dicounts expanded to other outer borough areas, including those served by Metro-North.

ByJeanmarie Evelly 5Comments

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May 2019

CLARIFY Government

For Many Residents in Queens’ Transit Deserts, Congestion Pricing Remains a Hard Sell

Many drivers and LIRR commuters in northeastern Queens, which includes several so-called “transit deserts” with limited subway access, remain skeptical of congestion pricing, even paired with proposed LIRR discounts.

ByBrandon Yam 5Comments

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Oct 2018

Housing and Homelessness Land Use and Development

First Meeting on Future of Sunnyside Yards Finds Some Wary of Overdevelopment

‘It’s an exercise in dreaming big,’ Carl Rodrigues, a senior policy adviser to Deputy Mayor for Housing and Economic Development Alicia Glen, told attendees.

ByJeanmarie Evelly 2Comments

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Oct 2018

Government News

Stringer Calls on MTA to Lower Fares for Metro-North, LIRR Trips Within NYC

City Comptroller Scott Stringer wants the MTA to lower the cost of LIRR and Metro-North rides within New York City to $2.75, saying current fares are prohibitively expensive for city…

ByJeanmarie Evelly 4Comments

Opinion: Penn Station is the Key to Solving New York’s Housing & Affordability Crises