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A helicopter waits at the Downtown Manhattan Heliport. Photo: Anna Zvereva via Wikimedia Commons

Going in Circles: Laws to Tame Helicopters Struggle to Take Off

By Kevin Duggan | Dec 12, 2022 | No Comments

Helicopters are like the weather: Everyone complains about them, but no one fixes the problem. Here's our deep dive into how all three branches of government have failed the public.

Hell's Kitchen Council Member wants MTA to make good on its promise to build a 7 train station on 10th Avenue and 41st Street. Photo: Julianne Cuba

Pols and Advocates: Build the Promised 7 Train Station in Hells Kitchen

By Julianne Cuba | Aug 10, 2022 | No Comments

Nearly 20 years later, pols and advocates say it’s time to finally make good on what was promised.

Rep. Carolyn Maloney (below right) played a role in halting a proposed bike lane where cyclist Carling Mott (above) was killed this week. Main photo: Upper East Site

Cuo-no! Andrew's Sis and Rep. Carolyn Maloney Helped Kill E. 85th Bike Lane

By Julianne Cuba | Jul 29, 2022 | No Comments

The Cuomo family and Rep. Carolyn Maloney have blood on their hands.

Enviro Review of Cross-Harbor Freight Tunnel Set to Wrap By Winter

By Stephen Miller | Jul 30, 2013 | 5 Comments

A Congressional road show on freight came to New York late last week, with Port Authority Executive Director Pat Foye joining air, trucking, and rail industry representatives Friday afternoon to testify before the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee’s freight panel. The hearing covered a range of issues, including a status report on the long-discussed Cross-Harbor Freight Tunnel. […]

NYC Congress Members, MTA Chief Repudiate House GOP Attack on Transit

By Noah Kazis | Feb 6, 2012 | 3 Comments

Four New York City members of Congress joined the chairman of the MTA today to bluntly denounce the House GOP’s anti-transit transportation bill. “It’s the worst piece of legislation you could ever imagine,” said MTA chief Joe Lhota, a Republican who served as the city’s budget director during the Giuliani administration. “The worst transportation bill […]

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Mica Drops Amtrak Privatization Plan in Call for Northeast Corridor HSR

By Noah Kazis | Nov 8, 2011 | No Comments

House Transportation Committee Chairman John Mica backed off his controversial plan to privatize passenger rail on the Northeast Corridor today, announcing at a press conference that reforming Amtrak would suffice. Mica stood with New York Representatives Carolyn Maloney and Jerry Nadler at a conference held by the US High Speed Rail Association to announce further […]

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