With the cost of the New York Yankees’s new stadium project running close to $2 billion, the team has asked the city for another $350 million in city-backed tax-exempt bonds to help raise money for the project. I break down … Continue reading
It’s hard to find much to add to a story that begins with a young couple trying to evict 15 families so they can turn their apartment building into a mansion, but I give it the old college try anyway: … Continue reading
A brief item on the Voice site on a Coney Island fixture quitting the local development board in protest of the city’s revised plans for redeveloping the famed amusement strip: Six weeks after Mayor Bloomberg abruptly revamped his Coney Island … Continue reading
From an article in amNewYork (Newsday’s free daily) on how European tourists don’t tip enough at New York restaurants: Some restaurants have wizened up and now put gratuity right into the bill. Unless they’re talking about really old restaurateurs, amNewYork’s … Continue reading
Soaring food prices, like soaring oil prices, are hitting hardest those who can least afford it, as well as the emergency food providers set up to help them: With the price of a loaf of bread approaching that of a … Continue reading
Another opening day at Coney Island – this time, it was the beach being opened for the summer – and another rainy day. Also this time, protests: Another sign that the weather gods hate Coney Island this year: Rainclouds and … Continue reading
The Metro website is still apparently running on autopilot, so you’ll need to consult the PDF version to see my column from this Monday. The topic, once again, is all the ways New York City spends money without telling anyone: … Continue reading
I weigh in on stadium financing in two far-flung corners of the nation today: In the Whittier Daily News I analyze a report by Los Angeles sports promoters on the economic impact of sports in Southern California (key quote: “I … Continue reading
I neglected to post here about this Monday’s Metro NY column, but then, Metro has neglected to post it to their site yet, either. (Or update their site at all this week, for that matter.) You can read the PDF … Continue reading
In which I consider the latest rumors that the New Jersey Nets could be headed to Newark instead of Brooklyn, and whether that might not be best for Brooklyn in the long run: The recent news that a group of … Continue reading