Tag Archives: NYC
New York and Formal Infrastructure
New York is a great place to live, in large part because of the informal infrastructure: the texture of neighborhoods that deftly interweaves the past, the present, and the future; the “texture,” for want of a better word, that New Yorkers seem to love, and visitors often dismiss as “grime” or urban decay. Call it […]
Congestion Pricing
Dear Assembly Member O’Donnell: Thank you for taking the time to reply to my email. Naturally, I am extremely disappointed to see the proposal, supported here in my own city, die in Albany with your help. In the email below, you note we “can do better.” I can’t disagree with that notion, nor with some […]
Spitzer and hypocricy
Why was the left so mean when it went after Larry Craig, among others? Why, some said, would those who described themselves as broadminded be so adverse to a wide stance among their politicians? They failed to see that the issue was not Mr. Craig’s sexual orientation, nor even his relationship with his family, but […]
Tax haven: Connecticut