On March 5, 2025, New York City Department of Transportation Commissioner Ydanis Rodriguez and officials in Greenwich Village celebrated the redesign along the Avenue of the Americas in Manhattan at Sixth Avenue with a ribbon cutting. The project is one of several across Manhattan avenues designed to improve street safety by providing wider protected bike lanes to accommodate the record growth in cycling across the City. The City Department of Transportation has completed redesign projects … <Read More>
Comptroller’s Report Shows Inadequate Heat Complaint Responses from HPD
On March 3, 2025, the New York City Comptroller Brad Lander 2025 Turn Up the Heat report, an updated version to the 2023 Turn Up the Heat report, revealed that the New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development has failed to adequately respond to many tenants’ heat complaints for seven winters in a row. The New York City annual heat season runs from October 1st through May 31st, where landlords must maintain adequate … <Read More>
NY Elections, Census and Redistricting Update 03/10/25
This week: Update on Congressional Reapportionment/Census Lawsuit; Suffolk County Seeks VRA Preclearance for Poll Sites; Register Now for April 1 Census Conference; Jan Vink on Modified Race Data from Census Bureau; Around the Nation
by Jeff Wice & Alexis Marking
A Mayor, A Governor and a Public Corruption Lawyer: Déjà vu All Over Again?
By Jim Caras
A New York City mayor described by the periodicals of the day as a “dapper” dresser with “swagger.” A mayor who spent nights out on the town and had a reserved table at his favorite club. A mayor accused of misusing his office for personal gain. Charges leveled against him by a respected government official after an investigation. The mayor claiming, in a presidential election year, that the allegations were politically motivated … <Read More>
City’s New Vision Zero Campaign Promotes Traffic Safety
On March 3, 2025, New York City Department of Transportation Commissioner Ydanis Rodriguez announced the implementation of a new Vision Zero initiative involving increasing the public’s access to traffic safety messages. This increased access will be done by displaying traffic safety messages on street light polls and City-owned buildings across the five boroughs.
DDC Celebrates Renovation of Mark A. Constantino Judicial Center in Staten Island
On February 25, 2025, New York City Department of Design and Construction Commissioner Thomas Foley and Department of Citywide Administrative Services Commissioner Louis A. Molina announced the completion of the Mark A. Constantino Judicial Center located in Staten Island. The project cost the City $10.7 million and was managed by the Department of Design and Construction on behalf of the New York City Department of Citywide Administrative Services.