Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Parking

Quinn’s Top Transpo Priority in 2011: Convenience For Car Owners

By Noah Kazis | Feb 15, 2011 | 35 Comments

In her State of the City address this afternoon, City Council Speaker Christine Quinn laid out her priorities for the year ahead. Her speech focused on four issue areas: balancing the city budget, creating jobs, preserving affordable housing and parking. Quinn’s parking platform isn’t aimed at making parking cheaper or more plentiful — though she’s […]

Parking Minimums Make NYC Housing More Expensive, NYU Report Finds

By Noah Kazis | Feb 11, 2011 | 13 Comments

You don’t need Jimmy McMillan to tell you that housing in New York is expensive. But figuring out why the rent is so damn high, and what to do about it, is a knotty policy question. Thanks to new research from NYU’s Furman Center for Real Estate and Urban Policy, one underlying reason for the […]

Shady Dealings Drive EDC Subsidies for Moisha’s Supermarket Parking Lot

By Noah Kazis | Feb 10, 2011 | 10 Comments

Wondering why the city is subsidizing 18,000 square feet of parking for a project that’s supposed to make fresh food more accessible to low-income New Yorkers? Political favors seem to have something to do with it. Moisha’s Discount Supermarket is receiving $2 million in tax incentives to expand its operations and build parking for 45 […]

Questions Remain for Hunter’s Point South Transpo Plan

By Noah Kazis | Feb 9, 2011 | 6 Comments

This morning, the Bloomberg Administration announced the developer for the first phase of Hunter’s Point South, a Long Island City project the city is billing as the largest middle-class housing project since Co-Op City and Starrett City went up in the 1970s. A team led by the Related Companies will be developing the first 900 […]

EDC-Backed Supermarket to Build More Space for Parking Than Groceries

By Noah Kazis | Feb 8, 2011 | 7 Comments

Thanks to New York City’s Economic Development Corporation, the residents of Midwood are about to enjoy a wider selection of produce and kosher foods. Under the FRESH program, Moisha’s Discount Supermarket is slated to receive just under $2 million in tax breaks to double its size and provide more grocery options to the underserved community […]

DOT’s Interactive Map Points the Way to a More Livable Jackson Heights

By Noah Kazis | Feb 2, 2011 | 2 Comments

Since 2009, the Department of Transportation has been engaged in a major study of Jackson Heights’ streets and sidewalks. At the request of community groups and with federal funding from Rep. Joe Crowley, DOT has been developing a plan to make the neighborhood safer, less congested, and more transit-accessible. After two years of research and […]

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