Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about NYCEDC

In Third Term, Bloomberg Must Align All Agencies With PlaNYC

By Ron Shiffman | Nov 19, 2009 | 2 Comments

We continue our series on the next four years of New York City transportation and planning policy with today’s essay by Ron Shiffman. Co-founder of the Pratt Center for Community Development and a professor at the Pratt Institute’s Graduate Center for Planning, Shiffman served on the City Planning Commission from 1990 to 1996. Read previous […]

Eyes on the Street: The Gateway Center Pedestrian Maul

By Brad Aaron | Oct 29, 2009 | 30 Comments

When it opened its doors this spring, the Gateway Center mall was plugged as a boon to the South Bronx. So invested was the Bloomberg administration — along with city taxpayers, thanks to subsidies granted by the NYC Economic Development Corporation — that the mayor himself participated in the grand opening of the center’s Home […]

Pro-Parking Policies Will Sully the Legacy of PlaNYC

By Brad Aaron | Apr 27, 2009 | 6 Comments

Photo: Getty via Daily Intel Former Deputy Mayor Dan Doctoroff, widely credited as the architect of PlaNYC, spoke at the Museum of the City of New York last week on the potential impact of Mayor Bloomberg’s signature program. According to City Room, Doctoroff considers the two-year-old environmental blueprint on par with such grand projects as […]

Bloomberg: Buildings Can Be Green and Full of Parking

By Ben Fried | Apr 23, 2009 | 26 Comments

Mayor Bloomberg at today’s Gateway Center grand opening. Photo: WNYC. Kudos to Mayor Mike for calling out the Senate Dems’ poor excuse for an MTA plan. If only Bloomberg could see his own policies with such clear eyes. Yesterday the mayor unveiled a package of legislation designed to cut carbon emissions produced by buildings, to […]

Next American City Invites You to Their Spring Party, Thursday

By Aaron Naparstek | Mar 2, 2009 | 6 Comments

The good people over at Next American City have extended an invitation to Streetsblog readers to the launch party for their Spring issue this coming Thursday. Seth Pinsky from the New York City Economic Development Corporation will be their guest of honor. It might be a great opportunity to ask him why his agency so […]

Gehl-O-Rama: City Agencies Take Lessons From Copenhagen

By Ben Fried | Nov 17, 2008 | 1 Comment

After evaluating downtown streets, city staff reported their findings on public life. Photo: Shin-pei Tsay. Before hitting the "World Class Streets" launch Thursday night, Jan Gehl addressed about 70 staffers from DOT, City Planning, and NYCEDC, part of a day-long exercise that introduced participants to the Danish planner’s site evaluation methods. Commissioners Amanda Burden and […]

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