Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Weinshall Watch

EDC’s McDonald a Leading Candidate for DOT Commissioner

By Sarah Goodyear | Feb 2, 2007 | 6 Comments

From today’s Crain’s Insider: Insiders say Joan McDonald, senior vice president of transportation for the city’s Economic Development Corp., is the leading candidate to replace Iris Weinshall as transportation commissioner. McDonald has a broad resume, having worked for Jacobs Engineering Group, the city Department of Transportation, the Assembly Ways and Means Committee and the Metropolitan […]

Three Things in Mind

By Aaron Naparstek | Jan 31, 2007 | 13 Comments

New York Daily News, September 9, 2000: "The city’s new transportation chief [Iris Weinshall] said yesterday she will take office with three things in mind: ‘traffic, traffic, traffic.’" What three things do we hope New York City’s next transportation commissioner has in mind as he or she takes office in April 2007?

Weinshall Upheld a “Cars-First Status Quo,” T.A. Says

By Aaron Naparstek | Jan 30, 2007 | 11 Comments

Transportation Alternatives has come out with its statement on the resignation of DOT Commissioner Iris Weinshall along with a brief to-do list for the next commissioner. Executive Director Paul White isn’t pulling punches. From T.A.: Iris Weinshall upheld the cars-first status quo at a time when New York City streets desperately needed innovation and change. […]

Weinshall Resignation Letter to Staff

By Aaron Naparstek | Jan 30, 2007 | 5 Comments

It’s not as exciting as former DOT Bike Program Director Andrew Vesselenovitch’s mass e-mailed resignation letter, but here is Commissioner Weinshall’s: —–Original Message—–From: DOT Announcements Sent: Tuesday, January 30, 2007 3:24 PMTo: #All DOT UsersSubject: From Commissioner WeinshallImportance: High Dear Friends and Colleagues: As many of you have heard, I resigned my post yesterday to […]

NYC DOT Commissioner Iris Weinshall Resigns

By Aaron Naparstek | Jan 29, 2007 | 39 Comments

Commissioner Iris Weinshall is leaving New York City’s Department of Transportation for a job as Vice Chancellor for Facilities Planning, Construction and Management at the City University of New York. The Department of Transportation press office says that Weinshall will stay on for another ten weeks. Her last day on the job will be Friday, […]

Breaking: DOT Commissioner Weinshall Gets a New Job

By Aaron Naparstek | Jan 29, 2007 | 6 Comments

It looks like Streetsblog’s Weinshall Watch may be over. City University of New York just announced that New York City Department of Transportation Commissioner Iris Weinshall has been appointed as Vice Chancellor for Facilities Planning, Construction and Management. There has been no resignation announcement from the Department of Transportation. And there is no word as […]

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