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Nov 2025

Funding Uncertainty Looms in FiDi-Seaport Climate Plan, Last Link in Lower Manhattan Flood Protection Projects

A plan to add flood walls and elevated park space is the most complicated and expensive link in the Lower Manhattan Coastal Resiliency portfolio: a chain of flood-proofing projects, devised…

ByJerry Elengical 9Comments

10

Mar 2025

Government Housing and Homelessness Opinion

Opinion: The 100 Gold Street Land Grab

“At a base level, the next mayor has to use the city’s leverage in transactions involving public resources—especially land—to maximize public benefit, including deep and permanent housing affordability.”

ByOksana Mironova

BySamuel Stein

ByIziah Thompson 0Comments

10

Dec 2024

Climate and Environment Government Transportation

Opinion: ‘Ferrying’ the Load Through the A Train Suspension

“Transit resilience is more than just being prepared for future floods. It means we have redundancies in other forms, like ferries, when trains or bridges are not operational.”

BySelvena N. Brooks-Powers

ByTyler Taba 0Comments

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Nov 2023

Government Transportation

To Cut Truck Traffic, NYC Looks to its Waterways

City officials are reaching out to the private sector to help shift some of the delivery of commercial goods away from New York City’s busy streets and onto its waterways.

ByMariana Simões 2Comments

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Oct 2023

Economy Government

East Harlem’s La Marqueta Struggles to Rebound to its Glory Days

“We were promised a lot of things, like other vendors being in here, a full kitchen through the EDC, but nothing’s really come through,” said Frances Roman, Owner of Cocotazo,…

ByKarla Sanford 0Comments

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Jul 2023

Climate and Environment Economy

The Offshore Wind Industry is Knocking on Staten Island’s Door

With three large-scale waterfront industrial properties—Arthur Kill Terminal, Staten Island Marine Terminal, and Rossville Municipal Site—under consideration for offshore wind development, thousands of jobs could soon be washing up on…

ByMary Cunningham 1Comment

27

Oct 2022

Climate and Environment Economy Government In Depth Investigations News Transportation

Spared By Sandy, Hunts Point Food Market Slow to Address Flood Risk

Superstorm Sandy spared the Hunts Point Food Distribution Center, New York City’s most important food source. But a decade later, little has changed when it comes to storm resiliency at…

ByDavid Brand 0Comments

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Mar 2022

Housing and Homelessness Opinion

Opinion: The Kingsbridge Armory Plan Fell Apart—Again. The Bronx Deserves Better Next Time

“In the city’s hands for almost three decades, the vacant, landmarked Kingsbridge Armory—the world’s largest, built in 1917 for the National Guard—is still empty, despite a deal seemingly sealed in…

ByJordan Moss 17Comments

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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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Apr 2021

Opinion

Opinion: With Federal Support, NYC Can Become World-Leading Hub for Clean Energy

‘The Biden Administration is making $3 billion available to port facilities throughout the country that support the wind industry. New York City is a prime candidate to receive federal investment…

ByRachel Loeb 0Comments

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