Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Adolfo Carrion

NYC’s First Bus Rapid Transit Line Debuts in the Bronx

By Brad Aaron | | 16 Comments
L-R: Assembly Members José Rivera and Adriano Espaillat, Mayor Michael Bloomberg, DOT Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan, MTA CEO Lee Sander and Bronx Borough President Adolfo Carrión at Fordham Plaza today Mayor Michael Bloomberg this morning unveiled details of the city’s first Bus Rapid Transit project, called "Select Bus Service," to debut on the Bx12 line, which […]

StreetFilms: Tour de Bronx, in Pictures

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 StreetFilms’ Clarence Eckerson put down the heavy video equipment and brought along a still camera for this weekend’s Tour de Bronx. Blessed by incredible weather, this year’s ride was kicked off by Bronx Borough President Adolfo Carrion (ahem) and DOT Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan, who Clarence says got "perhaps the biggest ovation I have ever heard […]

City Approves Subsidized Yankee Stadium Parking

By Brad Aaron | | 15 Comments
Yes, the Yankees’ season is over. But on the bright side, this morning the city handed the team a nice consolation prize: $225 million in tax exempt bonds for parking deck construction at the new Yankee Stadium. Under the agreement, the city will give up some $2.5 million in taxes, with an estimated $5 million […]

Bronx Boro Prez Issues Protest at Yankees Parking Hearing

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This morning a representative of Bronx Borough President Adolfo Carrion, Jr., read a statement of protest ahead of an expected Tuesday vote on the city’s deal with the Yankees to subsidize the construction of three parking garages. Testifying before the NYC Industrial Development Agency (IDA), which is poised to issue over $200 million in triple tax […]
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