Bloomberg Working on Livable Legacy

Matthew Scheuerman in today’s New York Observer runs a meaty cover story about secret efforts underway in City Hall to build a foundation for a more livable city. This is a big story and there is a lot more that has yet to come out. Stay tuned:

The Shape of Things to Come: View City in the Year 2026

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Sunday Times City Section Hits Livable Street Trifecta

By Aaron Naparstek |
Priorities for New York’s New Year (Editorial)Traffic Congestion. Mayor Michael Bloomberg has offered a dazzling and hopeful plan to prepare the city for what is expected to be a substantial rise in population during the next quarter century, but unless the number of motorists is reduced, New Yorkers will choke on their own gridlock. Mr. […]

Bloomberg: Four More Years?

By Brad Aaron |
With Michael Bloomberg expected to announce today that he will seek a third term as mayor, current and would-be electeds are, understandably, in a tizzy. While few two-term City Council incumbents seem to support term limits, several have their sights set on other offices, and many say they are leery of changing the rules to […]

Bloomberg Touches on Safe Streets, Pricing in State of the City

By Ben Fried |
Mayor Bloomberg delivered his seventh State of the City Address yesterday morning at Flushing Meadows Corona Park. The speech had several nuggets of news and info related to livable streets issues. Touting the good news from 2007, the Mayor noted that New York City’s streets are getting safer: In 2007, we made the safest big […]

The City That Never Walks

By Aaron Naparstek |
The messenger is unexpected — Robert Sullivan, a contributing editor at Vogue magazine — but the message to Mayor Bloomberg on today’s New York Times op/ed page is clear: It is time to act. When it comes to building a more livable urban environment and reversing automobile domination, New York City is falling behind other […]

Congestion Pricing: What’s the Deal?

By John Kaehny |
Nobody knows whether the convoluted and difficult congestion pricing "deal" reached by political leaders yesterday will actually result in anything. The deal is complex even by Albany standards. A few things, however, are clear: Mayor Bloomberg does not have a "green light" to move forward with congestion pricing, nor has he been granted any new […]