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Lander: City Must Study Whether the ‘Benefit’ of Helicopters Covers Their Egregious Health Costs
It's time to put a price on the cost of losing one's mind.
February 22, 2021
Advocates Say Bill to Address Helicopter Frustrations Doesn’t Go Far Enough — NYPD, and Out-of-Towners Still a Problem
A City Council effort to rein private helicopters that locals say has terrorized the city with noise and pollution will do little to actually curb the problem, advocates say.
February 18, 2021
Real Estate Snafu Sinks NYC Ferry Service in Greenpoint
Greenpoint has lost ferry service for three days and counting after the city was seemingly caught unaware about the sale of the India Street dock.
October 19, 2020
ICYMI: De Blasio Plugged Debt-Spouting Ferry Service With Millions From Times Square
The NYC Economic Development Corp. sent $28 million to city coffers last fiscal year — a fraction of the proceeds passed along before costly boat service launched.
October 1, 2020
Op-Ed: Current LGA AirTrain Route is the Best, Greenest Transit Option
Alternative proposals are fatally flawed, argues the Port Authority executive director.
January 6, 2020
BQX Advocates Make Pitch for Trolley — But Critics Push Back
Mayor de Blasio needs to just abandon his beloved $2.7-billion BQX streetcar, opponents said Thursday at the City Council's first trolley task force hearing.
May 31, 2019
EDC: LOL, BQX Not DOA, OK?
The mayor is still pushing his trolley, even after his Department of Transportation named part of its route a "Vision Zero Priority Corridor." Can that really happen?
February 27, 2019
New York’s Amazon Deal Has Little For Miserable Queens Commuters
Transit is not going to get appreciably better under this sweetheart deal with Amazon.
November 14, 2018
Sweetheart Deal for Amazon Includes Tiny ‘Infrastructure Fund’ for City
Could an "infrastructure fund" help ease the burden of having 25,000 Amazonians move to Long Island City?
November 13, 2018
