Pat Lynch Makes the Case for Automated Traffic Enforcement
If there's one thing to glean from the story of Joseph Spina -- the NYPD officer who got caught on tape telling a motorist, “Mayor de Blasio wants us to give out summonses, okay?" -- it's that NYC needs more automated traffic enforcement.
April 13, 2016
Andrew Cuomo, City Builder
The headline is no joke. In his sixth year governing the state of New York, Andrew Cuomo is on a bit of a roll when it comes to urban planning and city-based economic development. Cuomo and his administration have announced or budgeted for multiple projects over the past few months that promise to heal urban neighborhoods by repairing the damage inflicted by mid-century highways.
April 12, 2016
Cuomo’s MTA Debt Bomb: How the Pieces Fit Together
NY1's Zack Fink reports that last week's Albany budget deal raised the MTA's debt ceiling to $55 billion (about one-third higher than the previous cap of $41 billion). That's $14 billion more in potential borrowing that, in all likelihood, straphangers will pay off in the form of higher fares.
April 8, 2016