MAYOR RELEASES PRELIMINARY FY24 BUDGET: New York City Mayor Eric Adams released on Jan. 12 the City’s balanced $102.7 billion Preliminary Budget for Fiscal Year 2024 (FY24). The budget reflects the mayor’s ongoing commitment to promoting an equitable recovery by making investments in affordable housing, keeping city streets clean, ensuring the safety of communities, and
The highs and lows of New York City have never felt more extreme. On the one hand, office occupancy continues to remain stagnant around 50% of its pre-pandemic levels. On the other hand, the streets feel more crowded than Rio during Mardi Gras. And it is not just tourists wearing Santa hats and gawking at the Rockefeller tree along Fifth Ave. the diversity and energy of the crowd suggests a newfound appreciation of street-life for New Yorkers.
MAYOR’S RE-ENVISIONED BQE CENTRAL: New York City Mayor Eric Adams marked a new phase on Dec. 13 in his effort to accelerate a long-term fix and redesign for the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway (BQE), unveiling preliminary design concepts for a re-envisioned BQE Central, the city-owned section of the BQE from Atlantic Avenue to Sands Street. The concepts
The nontraditional emphasis on reducing commute times, expanding open spaces and investing in culture would keep the city vibrant, op-ed contributors Jonathan Bowles and Winston Fisher write