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Housing Preservation and Development Commissioner Vicki Been.
Jan 17

De Blasio Housing Czar Becomes Latest Administration Official to Head for the Door

Vicki Been, head of the Department of Housing Preservation and Development, will go back to teaching in February.
By Will Bredderman
A helicopter takes off from the Downtown Manhattan Heliport. (Photo: Mandel Ngan for Getty Images)
Nov 12

Tourist Choppers Facing Council Regulation—and Port Authority Lawsuit

As the Council moves to ban sightseeing helicopters, one charter chopper company battles the Port Authority over $200,000 in fees.
By Will Bredderman
Mayor Bill de Blasio with incoming NYCEDC President Maria Torres-Springer (Screengrab: NYC Mayor's Office).
Jun 29

De Blasio Taps Business Commissioner to Replace Bloomberg EDC Head

Bill de Blasio picked Maria Torres-Springer to succeed Kyle Kimball at the New York City Economic Development Corporation.
By Will Bredderman
The Queensboro Bridge.
Nov 18

Air Rights for Affordable Housing: City Pitches LIC Development Deal Swap

By Kim Velsey
Mar 10

Flipping Out: Loop the Loop-like Coaster to Return to Coney Island This Summer

By Richy Rosario
Science.
Dec 4

Life Sciences? We’ve Got (More of) ‘Em, Announces EDC

By Chris Pomorski
Leaving for the private sector.
Jul 16

Twilight of an Era: Seth Pinsky Leaving EDC for RXR Realty

By Kim Velsey
Nov 14

Startup News: Etsy Goes Big for Christmas and Bloomberg Giving Away Big Prize to Makers

By Myles Tanzer
The Thunderbolt in 1995.
Sep 21

Hold the Applause: Coney Island Calls for Entertainment Encore on Old Thunderbolt Site

By Chloë Ashby
Aug 13

App Ideas from High-Schoolers: a Pitch Presentation with NYC Generation Tech

By Erica Schwiegershausen
Our setting. (Photo: Yelp)
Jun 28

Pop-Up Pretty! NYC Partners with Local Retailer for Fashion Tech STORY Store

By Kelly Faircloth
May 15

Mayor Bloomberg Unveils New Map to Chart the Locations and Job Openings of NYC Tech Companies

By Jessica Roy
Apr 23

New Yorker Reveals More Details About NYC’s Botched Tech Campus Deal With Stanford

By Nitasha Tiku
Apr 4

Let’s Make a Deal! How Mike’s Mild-Mannered Closer Seth Pinsky Got the City Building Again

By Observer Staff
Mar 21

Scott Stringer Tours MakerBot’s 3-D Printing Operation

By admin
Jan 20

Forever Alone in New York City? The EDC Is Here to Help!

By Nitasha Tiku
The man in the middle
Nov 15

New York City Gets Its First Ever Entrepreneur In Residence, Steven Rosenbaum

By Ben Popper
Jul 29

Forget Silicon Alley, Politicians Want Tech Campus in the Middle of the East River to Become ‘Silicon Island’

By Nitasha Tiku
Apr 19

The City Wants to Know if You Think We’re in a Tech Bubble

By Adrianne Jeffries
Feb 18

Stanford Prez–a New Yorker!–Hot on NYC for New Campus

By Adrianne Jeffries
Feb 18

Stanford Prez—A New Yorker!—Hot on NYC for New Campus

By Adrianne Jeffries
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