Matthew Schuerman

NYC Economic Development Corporation

From the look of the map above, the Bloomberg administration apparently thinks pretty much ...

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A new 17-story tower will now become part of the Brooklyn Skyline, next to one of the most famous landmarks in the city. The City Council yesterday approved a controversial building that will be built near the Brooklyn Bridge on the Brooklyn side by a ...

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Days after marquee architect Frank Gehry was dropped as the architect of a new Brooklyn Nets Basketball arena, WNYC has learned the architect won't be involved in other parts of the complex either. WNYC's Matthew Schuerman reports.

REPORTER: Just two years ago, developer Forest City Ratner ...

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The first portion of the High Line Park will open to the public tomorrow. WNYC's Matthew Schuerman has more.

REPORTER: The High Line will be a public park. But it's uniqueness has attracted a lot of private money. Fashion designer Diane Von Furstenberg and media executive ...

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New York City has doubled the number of bike lanes since 2006, while the number of bicyclists commuting to work has risen 35 percent in the past year alone. But the rising popularity of bikes doesn’t always sit well with the drivers who are used ...

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After months of speculation, developer Bruce Ratner has replaced Frank Gehry as the architect for the new basketball arena in Brooklyn. WNYC's Matthew Schuerman has more.

REPORTER: Ratner used Gehry's name liberally while winning government approvals for Atlantic Yards. But in the end the developer couldn't ...

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Vice President Joe Biden was in town for a roundtable at Pace University yesterday WNYC's Matthew Schuerman says it was designed to promote the federal stimulus plan and how it's helping New Yorkers.

REPORTER: The event had a real manufactured quality about it, with reporters kept ...

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Vice President Joe Biden came to Pace University in Lower Manhattan today to promote the federal stimulus package. He says the package may have had little direct effect on the economy in the first 100 days since the bill's signing, but he says that's about ...

Atlantic Yards is looking like a worse and worse deal for the city treasury, according to the Independent Budget Office. Back in 2005, the nonpartisan IBO said the new Nets arena would bring the city $28.5 million more in tax ...

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State lawmakers have held a hearing on the Atlantic Yards development in Brooklyn, even though the project was approved three years ago. As WNYC's Matthew Schuerman reports, Friday's gathering was a raucous one.

Sound: Crowd booing...

REPORTER: Construction workers and other supporters of the project packed the ...

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A group of residents from East Harlem and the Bronx won a case over playing fields on Randall's Island more than a year ago. But they went back to court yesterday because the city hasn't complied with the judge's order. WNYC's Matthew Schuerman explains.

REPORTER: In ...

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Dozens of running boards along the edges of subway platforms have been falling apart, according to a new independent report, and the MTA failed to keep track of which ones needed to be repaired until recently.

During a year-long investigation, MTA Inspector General Barry Kluger found ...

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MTA officials got a lot of tough questions from MTA board members today about why they're eliminating 800 station agents. At a board meeting, members said they expected the state bailout approved this month would prevent service cuts. Ed Watt is a non-voting member of ...

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The distinctive glass dome that was to go on top of the new transit hub at Fulton Street is no more. In the latest redesign of the hub, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority will make the dome out of metal, with glass at the top, saving ...

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Mayor Bloomberg plans to meet with other officials tomorrow to discuss what to do about the latest impasse at Ground Zero. WNYC's Matthew Schuerman reports that seven civic groups have come out against developer Larry Silverstein getting any more subsidies. WNYC's Matthew Schuerman has more.

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Mayor Bloomberg will shut off parts of Broadway to traffic starting this Sunday. WNYC's Matthew Schuerman reports that the closures in midtown will have ripple effects on the city's bus system.

REPORTER: The MTA will reroute six bus lines and eliminate entirely the M6, which follows ...

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Unemployment among construction workers is running close to 20 percent, according to federal figures. But that isn’t stopping New Yorkers from trying to land jobs in the industry. WNYC’s Matthew Schuerman reports.

REPORTER: In a courtyard in Long Island City, Queens, two dozen workers are learning ...

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City comptroller and mayoral candidate Bill Thompson wants the Metropolitan Transportation Authority to reverse its plan to eliminate almost 600 customer service agents in the subway. The MTA abandoned other planned service cuts after the state legislature agreed to a bail-out earlier this month. In ...

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Today is National Bike to Work Day. A leading advocacy group is doing something that shows just how far bicyclists have come. WNYC's Matthew Schuerman reports.

REPORTER: The group Transportation Alternatives is expecting to hand out thousands of copies of a new handbook called "Biking Rules" ...