Mayor Michael Bloomberg stumped before the Queens Chamber of Commerce two years ago flanked by real estate giants Related Companies and Sterling Equities. The pair, he announced, had gotten the green light to redevelop Willets Point, not too far away. Two years later, the joint venture, known as the […]
If manufacturing is going to have a revival in New York, its leaders are going to need help from the city. Just no money, please. Instead, manufacturing leaders would prefer the city rezone and provide tax credits to ensure the reshaping industry keeps producing. If varying forms of rezoning were […]
In 1936, the Empire State Building was still new to the city’s skyline, cars were still a luxury good and Robert Moses solidified his legacy with the Triborough Bridge. Nearly almost 80 years later, 432 Park Ave. reigns king in the skyline, the city is ripe with vehicles and […]
It seems wherever Major League Soccer wants to build a stadium in New York, there’s a problem. In Flushing Meadows-Corona Park, there were issues with removing a big chunk of the park. There were problems with a landlord in the Bronx. And, if approved, the league will have to grapple […]
Flights, construction and everything else seem to be postponed at the city’s airports these days. And LaGuardia Airport’s Central Terminal Building will stay on virtual life support for the time being, as the Port Authority continues to stall on the city’s largest infrastructure project. The half-century-old building will continue to cramp […]