Every week, Panel of Business Interests member Sam Schwartz Engineering shares with Empire State Future’s readers updates on New York City, State and National transportation issues. Featured At Closed Delaware Bridge, Obama Announces New Plan to Attract Private Funding for Transportation AP New York MTA Service Enhancements to Include More Workers to Respond […]
continue readingLocal/Regional Inside The Futuristic Neighbourhood Being Built Over A Busy NYC Rail Yard New Binghamton development puts a spotlight on noise Made in WNY: Living Green Insulation Proposed ferry service would link Buffalo’s Canalside to outer harbor Binghamton zoning change could pave way for development Harlem: New York’s new tech hub? New Apartment Building in […]
continue reading Every week, Panel of Business Interests member Sam Schwartz Engineering shares with Empire State Future’s readers updates on New York City, State and National transportation issues. Featured House Passes a $10.9 Billion Transportation Funding Extension Reuters New York LIRR Contract Talks Break Down as Strike Deadline Looms Link to article from Bloomberg Contingency Plans […]
continue readingLocal/Regional Tax Relief Approved For New Owner of Bausch and Lomb’s Former Headquarters (Rochester) Maps detail development rights (NYC) Albany-area buildings chosen for re-use project North Bellport land-use plan draws support, concerns (Long Island) Rome solar power future continues to grow Second hotel planned for Syracuse’s Inner Harbor, Cuomo says Public access is vital to […]
continue reading Every week, Panel of Business Interests member Sam Schwartz Engineering shares with Empire State Future’s readers updates on New York City, State and National transportation issues. Featured Lawmakers Hit the Gas to Save Highway Fund The Hill New York LIRR Strike Talks Break Down; MTA Chief to DC to Petition Congress Link to […]
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Major media extol new housing starts as a sign of a robust economy. But this metric ignores the significant service and infrastructure costs that housing–and surplus housing–exacts on local governments and taxpayers. In 2003, Cleveland State University planning professor Tom Bier illuminated the extent of residential overdevelopment in America’s regions in a report he wrote […]
continue reading Every week, Panel of Business Interests member Sam Schwartz Engineering shares with Empire State Future’s readers updates on New York City, State and National transportation issues. Featured Liberals Are More Likely Than Conservatives to Use Public Transit The Washington Post New York City Council Funds New Countdown Clocks for Buses Link to article […]
continue readingIn what appears to be a monumental decision, New York’s highest court has ruled that municipalities can use their land use and zoning authority to ban hydraulic fracturing for natural gas, or “fracking.” This decision comes as the state continues its lengthy deliberation about whether to lift a current statewide prohibition of fracking. Read more […]
continue readingEmpire State Future backs up Coalition Member Scenic Hudson’s efforts to protect a key Hudson River location and achieve balanced growth for the Hudson Valley. Letter to the Editor Southern Ulster Times Published June 25, 2014 In regard to the recent article in the Southern Ulster Times about the proposed Wine Village project in […]
continue reading Every week, Panel of Business Interests member Sam Schwartz Engineering shares with Empire State Future’s readers updates on New York City, State and National transportation issues. Featured 12-Cent Hike Fuel Taxes Proposed in Senate AP New York De Blasio Signs 11 Traffic Safety Bills Into Law Link to story on WPIX-TV Transit Hub and […]
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