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Bloomberg administration

Shots Fired

It’s becoming an unsettlingly familiar routine in too many of New York’s police precincts: a report of shots fired.
By The Editors

Parks and Wreck: The Fight for Pier 40 and the Myth of Public Parks

When Sandy swept into the town almost two months ago, Hudson River Park—as its name might suggest—was among the places
By Matt Chaban

With Sandy as an Excuse, Community Boards Beg Governor Cuomo to Stop Midtown East Rezoning

Basically everybody but the Bloomberg administration and select landlords in the area wants to see the Midtown East Rezoning delayed.
By Matt Chaban
Disconcertingly disconnected. (Bing Maps)

The Real Problem With Willets Point

By Matt Chaban

Citi Field’s Suicide Squeeze! Redone Willets Point Will Bracket Stadium With Huge Malls

By Matt Chaban
From muck to mall. (Getty)

Related and Wilpons Win Willets Point, Plan Mall [Update: Defendents ‘Ecstatic’ City Abandoning Eminent Domain]

By Matt Chaban
Tourist attractions.

The Secret to the City’s Tourism Boom? Developing Countries (and Their Deep Pockets)

By Matt Chaban
The studio, nestled (at right) into the Brooklyn Navy Yards.

Hollywood Along the Hudson: Can Doug Steiner Turn the City’s Largest Film Studios Into an Urban Real Estate Empire?

By Matt Chaban
Design makes this possible. (Getty)

The Taxi of Tomorrow Is Great, But New York Needs More Design Thinking

By Susan Chin and Paul Herzan

Preserve Buildings, Not Districts

By The Editors
P.U.! (Crain's)

This Stinks! City Looking to Build UES Waste Transfer Station

By Matt Chaban

Bloomberg Has Fight On His Hands To Sell Three City Buildings

By Stephen Duffy and Matt Chaban
If you build it, how will you pay for it? (Maya Palmer)

Kimmelman Cautious on Libertarian Parks

By Matt Chaban
Looks like fun. (Spencer Tucker)

When Some Blacktop and Monkey Bars Will Do

By Stephen Duffy
The classic New York Observer Logo against a white background.

Big Architecture: AIA New York Has Shaped the City, But Can it Reshape City Hall?

By Matt Chaban
All aboard - well almost...

Handicapped? Want a Taxi? City Says Try Walking

By Stephen Duffy
Zuccotti Park rangers. (Getty)

Brookfield: Thank You Mayor Bloomberg for Letting Us Clean Up Zuccotti Park

By Matt Chaban
Protest art!

Why Do Vendors Get Tents in Parks and Not Occupy Wall Street?

By Matt Chaban
At least someone is smiling. (Getty_

Bloomberg: At Zuccotti Park 'Inaction Was Not an Option'

By Matt Chaban
Taking it to the street—paying your fare, that is. (Spencer Tucker/Office of the Mayor)

Curbed Enthusiasm on 34th Street: The Next Phase of Sadik-Khan's Select Bus Service

By Sarah Hucal
Keep 'em coming. (Getty)

Governor’s Island Gets Rained Out, So What’s on the Horizon?

By Matt Chaban
A land swap to make Robert Moses proud.

Park Life: The East Side’s Landless Gentry Fight for Every Scrap of Open Space

By Matt Chaban
The New York Observer logo in black against a peach background.

Mayor* Meta: Rachel Figueroa-Levin Responds to Mayor Bloomberg Responding to El Bloombito

By admin
Hola Newo Yorko! El stormo grande is mucho dangeroso!

Meet Rachel Figueroa-Levin, the Soap-Making, Jewryican Stay-at-Home Mom Behind Twitter’s ElBloombito

By Matt Chaban
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