Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Seth Pinsky

Don’t Ask Seth Pinsky About NYCEDC Parking Development

By Brad Aaron | Aug 15, 2013 | 9 Comments

“The worst thing we could do is create projects that create a parking need and then not provide that parking.” That was Seth Pinsky, former head of the New York City Economic Development Corporation, in 2010. True to that philosophy, during his tenure NYCEDC incentivized and financed suburban-style parking in development projects in neighborhoods across the city, […]

NYC’s Top Parking Subsidizer, Seth Pinsky, Moves On

By Brad Aaron | Jul 16, 2013 | 3 Comments

Seth Pinsky, whose legacy as head of the New York City Economic Development Corporation will be years of parking-induced traffic in city neighborhoods, with taxpayers footing the bill, is headed to the private sector. The news came this morning, via announcements from City Hall and RXR Realty, which hired Pinsky. During Pinsky’s five-year tenure, NYCEDC incentivized […]

Bloomberg’s Resiliency Plan Calls for Permanent Bus, Ferry Expansion

By Stephen Miller | Jun 12, 2013 | 32 Comments

Yesterday afternoon, Mayor Bloomberg unveiled a resiliency plan to better prepare New York for flooding due to climate change and severe storms. The report’s team, put together in the wake of Hurricane Sandy and led by Economic Development Corporation President Seth Pinsky, used the administration’s PlaNYC 2030 sustainability plan as the foundation for a sweeping […]

Infrastructure Bigs: To Compete, NYC Needs Congestion Pricing, Tolls

By Noah Kazis | Feb 1, 2010 | 12 Comments

Tolls at the Holland Tunnel. Now the Port Authority is looking for the next financing model. Image: Library of Congress. At a panel put on by the New School last week, some of New York’s biggest players in transportation and planning came together to discuss the future of the city’s infrastructure. They all seemed to […]

EDC Chief Seth Pinsky: Minimizing Parking “The Worst Thing We Could Do”

By Noah Kazis | Jan 29, 2010 | 27 Comments

Seth Pinsky, NYCEDC president. Image: NYCEDC. The NYC Economic Development Corporation’s predilection for suburban-style, parking-filled projects earned it last year’s Streetsie for worst city agency. Well, now we’ve got some more insight into what makes EDC tick. After an event at the New School last night, NYCEDC president Seth Pinsky told Streetsblog why his organization’s […]