Wednesday, March 09, 2011

Cart Wheeling and Dealing

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As the WSJ is reporting today-and it comes as no great surprise to us-there is a thriving black market in food cart permits: "Monawara...

Reckless Lane Change

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The law suit that's been brought against the Prospect Park bike lanes-lanes that we have no personal interest in-is still of utmost impo...
Tuesday, March 08, 2011

Van Wicked

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For those of you who have been downplaying our concerns about the traffic impact of the Willets Point development, today's NY Daily News...

Hitting for the Cycle

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The NY Times is reporting that local Park Slope residents are bring a lawsuit against the Prospect Park bike lanes-and it's about time ...
Monday, March 07, 2011

Commissioner Arrogance

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While we're on the subject of our favorite commissioner, the wild and wacky Sadik-Khan, let's take a longer look at the NY Times pro...

Willets Pointman

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The NY Daily News' Adam Lisberg focuses his column on our lobbying work on Willets Point-and beyond: "Lobbyist Richard Lipsky, who...

Bursting Bloomberg's Bubble

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In yesterday' NY Post, Fred Siegel and Sol Stern get to display their Bloomberg deconstruction project that appears in a fuller form in...

No Khan-Do

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With much of the public up in arms over the arbitrary actions of DOT Commissioner Sadik-Khan to unilaterally transform the NYC streetscape, ...
Friday, March 04, 2011

Deceit Suits EDC

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We are now coming close to the moment of truth for EDC, the city's rogue development agency-as WPU's lawsuit is getting ready to cha...

Sadik-Khan Blinks!

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In a rare victory for sanity, the Bloombergistas have apparently thrown in the towel on turning 34th Street into a vast pedestrian mall. The...

Pity Bloomberg's Poor Immigrant

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City Room is reporting that Mayor Bloomberg is looking to devise a program to aid in the formation of immigrant businesses-this from the is...
Thursday, March 03, 2011

Senioritis

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Josh Robin at NY1 has a fascinating take from Mike Bloomberg on the issue of teacher seniority-and questions the mayor on the inconsistency...

City Ramps Up Its Willets Point Dishonesty

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Last night's eminent domain hearing was the culmination of 15 months of  utter frustration for the Bloombergistas-despite all of the cit...

Crain's Covers Willets Point Condemnation

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Crain's online edition is reporting on the city's effort to create a new Phase I of the Willets Point development-and condemn 13 pr...
Wednesday, March 02, 2011

There is No Public Use at Willets Point

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WPU is represented by attorney Mike Rikon at today's condemnation hearing in its effort to stymie the city's effort to use eminent d...