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BQE Plan Preserves Existing Highway with Lane Reduction and Repairs

August 8, 2021

CBS Local reports that “Mayor Bill de Blasio and officials” have announced the long awaited plan for the Brooklyn Queens Expressway. The plan would shrink the highway from three to two lanes in each direction, which is projected to reduce traffic volume by eleven percent. Resurfacing and waterproofing of the cantilever structure would make it safe for another twenty years. The Mayor also said there is an “overarching plan” that “involves limiting oversize trucks, using waterways to transport freight, and more.”Update: Thanks to reader Andrew Porter, here’s a link to the Mayor’s press release, which gives more detail.Second Update: Here’s the Brooklyn Heights Association’s statement on the BQE plan:“Across the nation, the destructive effects…

Filed Under: News Tagged With: bqe rehab, cbs local, mayor bill de blasio

Opinion: It might be time for a clean break

December 6, 2020

Many people know of Shakespeare’s “Friends, Romans, Countrymen” speech, but not as many know its third through fifth lines: “The evil that men do lives after them; The good is oft interred with their bones; So let it be with Caesar.” A lot of bones have been interred this year in New York City, cremated and buried in private graveyards and our potter’s field. (How odd we seem to have an island for everything.) It seems to me that the shame of working for Mayor Bill de Blasio — surely not …

Filed Under: News Tagged With: mayor, mayor bill de blasio, words of rizzdom

NYC business leaders send letter of concern to de Blasio

September 13, 2020

The leaders of a number of businesses urged Mayor Bill de Blasio in a letter Thursday “to take immediate action” on public safety and other issues in New York City as part of dealing with the city’s longer-term economic concerns. Among the more than 150 people on the letter were the heads of Citigroup, Macys, … The post NYC business leaders send letter of concern to de Blasio appeared first on Brooklyn Eagle.

Filed Under: News Tagged With: covid-19, mayor bill de blasio, public safety

Trump threat to Democratic-led cities provokes outcry

September 6, 2020

The White House said President Donald Trump’s latest threat to cut federal dollars for certain big cities is aimed at spurring them to do more to quell violence, but local leaders dismissed it Thursday as a political gimmick that is unlikely to stand up in court if implemented. Trump has made a number of other … The post Trump threat to Democratic-led cities provokes outcry appeared first on Brooklyn Eagle.

Filed Under: News Tagged With: mayor bill de blasio, racist policing, tom cochran

Opinion: The double standards of our Democrats

August 9, 2020

In recent weeks, we have seen the clear hypocrisy of Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Mayor Bill de Blasio. King Cuomo has continued his war on our small businesses that are trying to stay afloat with this pandemic. On July 30, the governor proudly announced more violations that his state Liquor Authority issued to bars and restaurants for violating his edicts related to the novel coronavirus. We must remember that many of these businesses are owned by our neighbors and friends. They have done all they can to survive this ordeal. At first, they were ordered to close. Eventually…

Filed Under: Events Tagged With: mayor bill de blasio, opinion, small business

Cuomo: Protesters have ‘civic duty’ to get tested for coronavirus

June 7, 2020

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — The thousands of people protesting the death of George Floyd have a “civic duty” to be tested for the coronavirus and help New York avoid a spike in new cases as it slowly restarts its economy, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Thursday. Amid widespread concern that people packing in tightly for demonstrations, … The post Cuomo: Protesters have ‘civic duty’ to get tested for coronavirus appeared first on Brooklyn Eagle.

Filed Under: News Tagged With: covid-19, mayor bill de blasio, news

Cuomo: All New York schools to remain closed through spring

May 3, 2020

NEW YORK (AP) — New York’s schools and colleges will remain shut through the end of the academic year because of the coronavirus pandemic, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Friday. The order, which applies to 4.2 million students statewide, continues a shutdown order that was set to expire May 15. Cuomo said it is simply too … The post Cuomo: All New York schools to remain closed through spring appeared first on Brooklyn Eagle.

Filed Under: News Tagged With: mayor bill de blasio, paul cary, schools

Tuesday Morning City Council Hearing on BQE

February 23, 2020

While the expert panel appointed by Mayor de Blasio recently released its report on renovation of the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, the City Council also commissioned a report on that topic by the urban design firm ARUP. That report will be released this Tuesday morning, February 25 at 10:00 a.m., at a public hearing on “The Future of the BQE” in the Council Chambers at City Hall. Representatives of the Department of Transportation will be there, and will answer questions from council…

Filed Under: News Tagged With: bqe rehab, government, mayor bill de blasio

WSJ: BQE Panel Considering Short Term Repairs; Long Term Re-Design – Report Now Expected January

December 15, 2019

The Wall Street Journal reports that unidentified members of the panel appointed by Mayor de Blasio have said data from sensors indicates the cantievered section of the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway under brooklyn Heights is in worse shape than prevously believed. Some panel members have indicated that trucks over a certain weight may have to be banned from this part of the BQE as soon as next year, and that repair work, meant only to stabilize the highway and to allow the city time to design a solution that …

Filed Under: News Tagged With: carlo scissura, mary frost, mayor bill de blasio



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