With Albany broke and distracted, the Bloomberg administration has proposed that the city take over Governor’s Island. It’s a good idea. Albany should graciously relinquish its role in developing the island, because it’s clear that it has no interest in the project.
Governor’s Island, a former Coast Guard base, was turned over to Read More
–compiled by Azi Paybarah and Jimmy Vielkind
Mayor Bloomberg is seeking to grab control of Governors Island and Brooklyn Bridge Park, pushing the Paterson administration aside in an attempt to spur progress on the two projects, both of which would create new real estate development and public parkland.
As part of the mayor’s plan, his administration would take money it invested Read More
Mayor Bloomberg is seeking to grab control of Governors Island and Brooklyn Bridge Park, pushing the Paterson administration aside in an attempt to spur progress on the two projects, both of which would create new real estate development and public parkland.
As part of the mayor’s plan, his administration would take money it invested Read More
Mayor Bloomberg is seeking to grab control of Governors Island and Brooklyn Bridge Park, pushing the Paterson administration aside in an attempt to spur progress on the two projects, both of which would create new real estate development and public parkland.
As part of the mayor’s plan, his administration would take money it invested Read More
It was a sea of watery witticisms on the steps of City Hall this afternoon, as supporters of Governors Island, clad in orange lifejackets, gathered to protest the Island’s omission from the state budget. Beneath an inflatable 22-foot curved pink tube, their signs ranged from the predictably maritime — “Keep the Island Afloat!” “Don’t Let Read More
Governor Sarah Palin isn't the only government official to try to sell state property on eBay—although unlike Palin, the city has actually succeded.
In 2007, the city-state agency charged with developing Governors Island, the 172-acre former Coast Guard base off of Lower Manhattan, bought a Martha’s Vineyard ferry for Read More
On Monday, Ken Fisher made his way to his first directors’ meeting for Governors Island. An attorney, former councilman and chairman of the advocacy group Governors Island Alliance, Mr. Fisher had never been to the board meetings of the island’s operating agency at the 41st Street state office building, preferring to stay more behind the Read More
On Monday morning, Leslie Koch, the slim, sandy-haired official tasked with developing Governors Island, took a ferry, then a train, and arrived at a midtown board meeting of the Governors Island Preservation and Education Corporation, the agency of which she is president.
On the agenda was the approval of a lease with the second Read More
Governors Island, the former Coast Guard base and possible parkland-to-be off the southern tip of Manhattan, is offering free bikes to those who venture there on Fridays this summer.
The bikes, sponsored by Transportation Alternatives, come as part of a state and city effort to draw more people to the island while Read More
