The Stupak Amendment follows in the long, sad tradition of restricting abortion access by class: Back when the debate over health care reform began — I believe it was a Tuesday, in the late Pleistocene — nobody expected that it … Continue reading
The great thing about living in the 21st century is that you can go online and, in five minutes, find the best price for an item you want to order. The not-so-great thing is … well, click here to read … Continue reading
More revelations about the Atlantic Yards arena deal, plus some hint of how the Nets themselves will fare in Brooklyn: Uberdeveloper-turned-Nets-owner Bruce Ratner better have some good meds, because this is rapidly shaping up to be a month of rapid … Continue reading
Sure, Brooklyn has become fashionable on Mayor Bloomberg’s watch, but can he make it livable? A few years back, when the New York real estate market still looked within reach of, say, itinerant op-ed writers, I got to spend some … Continue reading
Attempting to make sense of yesterday’s court ruling on Brooklyn’s Atlantic Yards arena project: So is the long-heralded arrival of Atlantic Yards finally at hand, or what? According to the front page of today’s Times (echoed on its sports page), … Continue reading
Still more on Coney Island, this time an analysis of how we got here for Metro: It’s happy time in Coney Island! Sure, Astroland is still a vacant lot, as are the former batting cages and go-cart rides, and even … Continue reading
New York City has put out the call for an amusement-park operator for its newly acquired Coney Island land: Now that it has seven acres of Coney Island beachfront property in its mitts, the city isn’t wasting time gearing up … Continue reading
The long-running saga of New York City’s battle with developer Joe Sitt over Coney Island is over, but the amusement district’s future remains unclear: It was, Mayor Bloomberg said more than once, “a day people probably thought never would arrive.” … Continue reading
The wrecking ball (or rather, the backhoe) has arrived at Yankee Stadium: While the World Champion Yankees are fighting their way through lower Manhattan traffic this morning, a more somber ceremony is taking place in the Bronx, where the demolition … Continue reading