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One on One with a ConnectNYC Fiber Challenge Winner: Creative Hub 3rd Ward
If you check out the city Economic Development Corporation’s map of fiber availability in New York City, it’s hard to
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Gunning for a Good Idea: Crown Heights’ Bedford Union Armory Puts Out an RFP
The community has a lot of ideas about what it would like to see the 138,000-square foot Bedford Union Armory
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De Blasio Says No Contradiction in Keeping Bloomberg Development Commissioner
Amid a flurry of last-minute appointments before he’s sworn in at 12:01 tomorrow morning, Mayor-elect Bill de Blasio made at
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Greenpoint, the MTA Is Just Not That Into You
The MTA is cutting G train service for five weeks this summer.
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Carnival Games: Was Coney Island’s Rebirth Doomed From the Start?
The revitalization plan, produced by the New York Economic Development Corporation and a now-defunct subsidiary—the Coney Island Development Corporation—consists largely of a modernized resurrection of...
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Boardwalk Empires: What Coney Island Can Learn from Atlantic City’s Missteps
We would be remiss to break out our home run trot when it's not at all clear that the ball is headed for the bleachers.
View ArticleWill the High Cost of Housing Slow New York’s Economic Growth?
The Bloomberg administration has a mixed record on affordable housing. It was one of the Mayor’s signature initiatives when he
View ArticleTriangle Equities Moving Forward on Staten Island Lighthouse Point Development
Developer Triangle Equities announced today that it has executed a lease for a three-acre site in St. George Brooklyn, clearing the way for construction to begin on a $200 million mixed-use project...
View ArticleEast Midtown
There’s no question that the area around Grand Central Terminal needs to be dragged into the 21st century. The neighborhood is a major economic engine but one that requires a major overhaul.
View ArticleBill de Blasio’s Twitter Chat Mixed Politics With Poetry
#bdbchat was among the top trends in New York City, as metro residents grilled the mayor on matters of both policy and personal taste.
View ArticleAfternoon Bulletin: Christie ‘Flat Out Lied,’ Snoop Dog Fans Hospitalized and...
Gov. Chris Christie “flat out lied” about his aides being involved in the George Washington Bridge Scandal, according to text messages exchanged between aides disclosed in a new court filing.
View Article‘No Right or Wrong’ on Economic Development Programs, Andrew Cuomo Says—Just...
"It's a matter of opinion on many of these issues, and there's no right or wrong, that's why we have elections, that's why we have debates."
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Ballin! Times Square Has Bigger Economy Than Pittsburgh
The most heavily trafficked neighborhood in New York also happens to be one of the biggest economic hubs in the United States, according to a recent study. The Times Square Alliance and HR&A...
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Green Hills: City Seeking Solar, Wind Power Operator for Staten Island’s...
New York is about to be just as green as the Hudson River! The Deputy Mayor, Cas Holloway, New York City Department of Environmental Protection and the New York City Economic Development Corporation...
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Is Walmart Finished in New York? Greg David Seems to Think So, and That’s Bad...
Walmart is in a pickle, and not the kind that can be found in the canned goods aisle. Following the Mexican bribery scandal, pols high and low have reaffirmed their opposition to the store. But they...
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The Secret to the City’s Tourism Boom? Developing Countries (and Their Deep...
Yesterday, Mayor Bloomberg announced that that the city would be raking in $70 billion from tourists four years from now, as the administration and NYC & Company continue to ramp up tourism to the...
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Techies on a Hill: City’s Third Tech Campus, at Old Brooklyn Navy Yards...
Back in the Spring, The Observer traveled to Steiner Studios at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, where Doug Steiner is working on building the biggest movie studio outside of Hollywood. Part of that plan is...
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Cuomo Fires Back at Trump’s Criticism of His Economic Development Commercials
Gov. Andrew Cuomo defended his pro-business bona fides today, after Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump slammed the ubiquitous and expensive television commercials aimed at luring jobs to...
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Cuomo Unveils New Penn Station-Farley Complex in Ambitious $1.6B Plan
Despite a multibillion-dollar bid-rigging scheme implicating some of his closest associates, Gov. Andrew Cuomo tried to shift the focus to an ambitious infrastructure program—a $1.6 billion plan to...
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To Really Help US Workers, We Should Invest in Robots
America’s manufacturing heyday is gone, and so are millions of jobs, lost to modernization. Despite what Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin might think, the National Bureau of Economic Research and...
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