Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Interviews

Larry Hanley: Part-Time Labor Won’t Save American Transit

By Tanya Snyder | Aug 5, 2011 | No Comments

Streetsblog sat down last week with Larry Hanley, the president of the Amalgamated Transit Union and member of the AFL-CIO executive council. Yesterday, we published the first part of our interview, focusing on movement-building around transit. Here, we had a vigorous discussion about union rules and Buy America provisions that are the subject of some […]

Dan Biederman: “If You Try to Change Things, You Get Opposition”

By Ben Fried | Aug 4, 2011 | 4 Comments

Here’s the second installment of Streetsblog’s interview with Dan Biederman, head of the 34th Street Partnership and the Bryant Park Corporation. In the first part of the interview, Biederman discussed reactions to NYC DOT’s recent public space projects on Broadway, and why the reality on the ground is much better for Midtown than most press […]

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ATU President Larry Hanley on How to Build a Strong Coalition for Transit

By Tanya Snyder | Aug 4, 2011 | No Comments

Streetsblog sat down last week with Larry Hanley, the president of the Amalgamated Transit Union and member of the AFL-CIO executive council. Hanley started his career in New York as a bus driver in Brooklyn and then Staten Island, from 1978 to 1987. He became active in the transit union and worked his way up […]

A Verbal Tour of Midtown With Public Space Maestro Dan Biederman

By Ben Fried | Aug 3, 2011 | 10 Comments

Before Dan Biederman came to Bryant Park, there were no movable chairs, no free movies on summer evenings, no kiosks selling sandwiches and refreshments. No lunch time crowds and not much in the way of civic life or social activity, either. There was, basically, an open-air drug market in the New York Public Library’s backyard. […]

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New T&I Rep. Richard Hanna: a Little Bit Upstate NY, a Little Bit Portland

By Tanya Snyder | Jan 28, 2011 | No Comments

Rep. Richard Hanna is one of 19 freshmen Republicans on the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee. (Duncan Hunter is the 20th new Republican on the committee, but he’s not a freshman.) He represents New York’s 24th District, which includes Cooperstown, Utica, Norwich and the Finger Lakes. He’s a licensed pilot, an NRA member, and the founder […]

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The Search for GOP Partners on Transit: Streetsblog Q&A With Glen Bottoms

By Adam Voiland | Oct 28, 2010 | No Comments

The opposition of some Republicans to any transportation policy that doesn’t follow the highway-oriented status quo seems to be reaching a fever pitch this election season. Just look to New Jersey, where Republican Governor Chris Christie just killed the ARC rail tunnel. Or to Wisconsin, where gubernatorial candidate Scott Walker has made opposition to rail […]

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