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Elegy For a Train Tunnel
Capital New York's got a solid piece on the likelihood that Governor Chris Christie will shelve plans to build a new train tunnel under the Hudson River, a project known as ARC (it stands for "Access...
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They Can’t Even Afford a Second Manhattan Station, But Now the 7 Train Will...
Westward, ho... after all! In the confusion following the disappearance of the ARC Tunnel last month, the biggest question seemed to be what would happen to the $3 billion the federal government had...
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Schumer Slams Christie for Killing ARC Tunnel
This morning, Chuck Schumer took on Chris Christie, the Republican governor of New Jersey, for his decision last year to kill the planned tunnel between New York and New Jersey, citing the increasing...
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The Suburban Shuffle: Medical Groups, Media Hubs and Financial Firms Round...
Connecticut Governor Dannel Malloy wasted little time in locking in four of the five companies he promised would bring the state more jobs under his so-called “First Five” plan, an initiative launched...
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Mayor Bloomberg Defends WTC Pricetag While Christie Is Mum
Going up, regardless. (Getty) The latest bad news at ground zero is that costs continue to mount for the rebuilding of the World Trade Center. A report that found costs rose 85 percent since the...
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Chris Ward Responds to Port Authority Audit and New Role as Dragados Exec
It’s the day after the Port Authority released an audit of the agency and Chris Ward is sitting calmly in his new office above Bryant Park. Coming off of more than three years as its top New York...
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Garden State of Mind: Pearson and the Negotiations Behind its Hoboken Deal
When Kim Guadagno heard that the media and publishing giant Pearson was relocating from its longtime headquarters in Upper Saddle River, N.J., the first thing she recalled was a promise she had made....
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PA Announces New Chairman, $90M for Bus Terminal Improvements
The Port Authority of New York & New Jersey announced $90 million in improvements for its 64-year-old bus terminal yesterday. “The functionally obsolete facility no longer meets the transportation...
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Atlantic City May Finally Win Its Get Out of Jail Free Card
“This city needs a cleaning,” Shaikh Amin, a taxicab driver in Atlantic City, N.J., said from the front seat of his cab as he drove away from the boardwalk. He refused to drive through the side streets...
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Talking Construction, Chris Christie and Affordable Housing With Richard...
When Richard Anderson took over as president the New York Building Congress in 1994, construction spending in the city stood at around $10 billion. Even with inflation, that’s paltry next to the $40...
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Ex-Port Authority Chair and Gov. Christie Confidant Admits Guilt in Bribery Case
David Samson, the highest official at the Port Authority of New York & New Jersey before resigning amid the ongoing Bridgegate scandal, pleaded guilty today to using his powerful position for...
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Port Reform: How the Port Authority Became Less of a Real Estate Entity
Earlier this year at an open board meeting, commissioners of the Port Authority of New York & New Jersey engaged in several heated arguments. Not only were delegates from the two states fighting...
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There’s a Nuclear Meltdown at the Port Authority With No End in Sight
If you’ve ever seen the movie Reservoir Dogs and remember how it ends (spoiler alert: everybody pointing a gun at everybody else), that’s a little what the scene is like at the Port Authority of New...
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Cuomo and Christie Appoint Cronies to Lead Port Authority
Govs. Chris Christie and Andrew Cuomo are shaking up leadership at the Port Authority of New York & New Jersey by replacing Executive Director Pat Foye and Chairman John Degnan, Cuomo’s office...
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City’s Rivers Are Obstacles and Opportunities: Panelists
New York City’s waterways and its 520 miles of coastline were top-of-mind for infrastructure players at Commercial Observer’s Transportation and Infrastructure Construction Forum, held at the City...
View ArticleAmerican Dream Mall Announces October Opening
The long-delayed, 3.1-million-square-foot American Dream Mall in East Rutherford, N.J., will open on Oct. 25 after 16 years of start-and-stop construction, developer Triple Five announced today. The...
View ArticleLight at the End for the New York Region’s Gateway Project
To move its economy forward beyond the pandemic, New York City first needs to figure out how to move commuters, workers and residents around its wider region. Figuring that out will very likely entail...
View ArticleWill Remote Work Cause a Rethink in Big Public Transit Spending?
One of the most inescapable lessons to emerge from pandemic-related lockdowns is that we’re not slaves to the office — most office-based workers can, in fact, do their jobs from almost anywhere there’s...
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