Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about New York Building Congress

Construction Industry Adds Muscle to Fight Against Albany Transit Raids

By Noah Kazis | Jan 31, 2011 | 1 Comment

An erstwhile ally is getting back into the ring to fight for transit riders. Traditionally, the politically powerful construction industry has focused its attention on keeping the MTA’s capital program funded. Contractors and the building trades unions depend on the MTA’s maintenance and expansion projects for business, but haven’t been so concerned if an unbalanced […]

Huge Coalition Lines Up Behind Ravitch’s MTA Rescue Plan

By Ben Fried | Mar 20, 2009 | 29 Comments

The Daily News published an op-ed today that highlights the broad coalition of labor unions, business interests, good government groups, transportation advocates and neighborhood activists who want Albany to adopt the Ravitch Commission’s MTA rescue plan. Yesterday the coalition sent this letter [PDF] to every member of the state legislature. Notably, three of the state’s […]

Big Builders Explain Why Congestion Pricing is Important

By Jason Varone | Nov 8, 2007 | 4 Comments

In a letter to Marc Shaw, Chairman of the New York City Traffic Mitigation Commission, the New York Building Congress urged the Commission to support a congestion pricing plan that dedicates all revenues to capital improvements for the city’s transit system. The NYBC also indicated their support for the MTA’s propsed fare hike "as merely […]