Urban Planning and Development

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Food Cart Vendors Are Getting Kicked to the Curb Food Cart Vendors Are Getting Kicked to the Curb

Street food vendors square off with big business in a David and Goliath feud.

Jul 13, 2015 / Michelle Chen

The High Line, Manhattan

Another City Another City

A cruel economics of forced mobility is the new planning mantra of New York City.

Jun 17, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Michael Sorkin

NYC rent regulation protest

How to Dump Tenants and Make a Fortune How to Dump Tenants and Make a Fortune

The chaotic, abusive process through which New York City landlords turn affordable housing into luxury apartments.

Jun 11, 2015 / Feature / DW Gibson

How Defunding Derails Our Infrastructure

How Defunding Derails Our Infrastructure How Defunding Derails Our Infrastructure

John Boehner claims public financing had nothing to do with the Amtrak disaster, but like so many others, it can be directly traced to funding shortfalls.

May 20, 2015 / John Nichols

The View

The View The View

How Michael Bloomberg turned architecture into a sixty-four-ounce Coke.

Sep 3, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Michael Sorkin

$1 Billion Port Authority Heist Could Be the Final Nail in Christie’s Political Coffin

$1 Billion Port Authority Heist Could Be the Final Nail in Christie’s Political Coffin $1 Billion Port Authority Heist Could Be the Final Nail in Christie’s Political Coffin

Two top Christie aides were subpoenaed in an ongoing investigation into the Port Authority slush fund.

Jun 2, 2014 / Bob and Barbara Dreyfuss

First Witness Called in Bridgegate Hearings

First Witness Called in Bridgegate Hearings First Witness Called in Bridgegate Hearings

A former aide says Christie's deputy chief of staff was "instrumental," but for whom?

May 7, 2014 / Bob and Barbara Dreyfuss

Chris Christie’s Bridge Scandal Goes Beyond the George Washington

Chris Christie’s Bridge Scandal Goes Beyond the George Washington Chris Christie’s Bridge Scandal Goes Beyond the George Washington

Will the Pulaski Skyway bring down New Jersey’s governor?

May 5, 2014 / Bob and Barbara Dreyfuss

Cuomo Went Along with Christie’s Port Authority Money Grab

Cuomo Went Along with Christie’s Port Authority Money Grab Cuomo Went Along with Christie’s Port Authority Money Grab

The New Jersey governor may have acted illegally in diverting $1.8 billion from the Port Authority to pet projects in the state.

Apr 2, 2014 / Bob and Barbara Dreyfuss

3 Ways Public Transportation Makes Life Better for Pretty Much Everyone

3 Ways Public Transportation Makes Life Better for Pretty Much Everyone 3 Ways Public Transportation Makes Life Better for Pretty Much Everyone

Every $1 billion invested in the U.S. transportation infrastructure supports and creates some 47,500 jobs.

Mar 27, 2014 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

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