New York Faces New Commuter Surge, Ready or Not, Study Suggests "The study appears to underscore the need for a new rail tunnel under the Hudson River, part of the huge and long-planned Gateway project." (New York Times)
Adams outlines long-awaited plan to tackle NYC’s housing crisis "The plan, titled Housing Our Neighbors: A Blueprint for Housing and Homelessness, addresses the city’s range of housing problems with a focus on reforming NYCHA, expanding affordable homeownership opportunities, creating more units of supportive and affordable housing, and eliminating unnecessary administrative barriers to housing for homeless New Yorkers. But unlike many of the affordable housing plans released in recent years, Adams’ plan does not set a clear goal for the number of new affordable housing units created." (6sqft)
Manhattan politician Erik Bottcher floats moving MSG "The comments from the council representative come as New York struggles to upgrade the train station on 34th Street, despite years of attempts and the successful launch of Moynihan Train Hall, which sits across the street from the arena, and began fully operating last year." (amNY)
Can NY’s plan to convert hotels into affordable housing help alleviate homelessness? Some hope it will. "A year ago, Gov. Kathy Hochul and state lawmakers set aside $100 million to encourage real estate developers to take New York City's vacant and underutilized hotels that were struggling due to a lack of guests during the pandemic and turn them into permanent housing for the homeless and low-income residents. Not one hotel has been converted under the program so far....Lawmakers in Albany doubled the funding to $200 million this month and Hochul signed legislation waiving some regulatory hurdles to make it easier and faster for nonprofit developers to fully convert hotels into affordable and supportive housing. The new program, officials said, is meant to save developers time and money as a way of enticing them into converting enough units to help solve the city’s housing crisis." (Gothamist)
Report: Cross-Hudson Transit Trips Will Hit New Highs No Matter What Awful Future Awaits "A new report from the Regional Plan Association laid out four scenarios for the future (if there is one) — and the prognosis is that more transit is needed....No matter what the variables between now and 2070 — high job and population growth with low work from home trends, low job and population growth plus low work from home trends, high job and population growth combined high work from home trends and low population and job growth and high work from home trends — transit ridership in the cross-Hudson tunnels between New York and New Jersey will wind up outdoing the ridership figures from before the pandemic." (Streetsblog NYC)
