Erik Engquist
Crain's New York Business
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A hopeless attempt to sway a gentrification foe. Or is it?
This message arrived in my inbox last week: "My name is Mary Jobaida, insurgent Democratic candidate for the 37th Assembly District seat currently held by Catherine Nolan. Today, I am joined by two other progressive candidates in western Queens to unite in calling for an immediate moratorium on… → Read More
Comptroller takes 10 swipes at de Blasio administration
Spending. Housing. Ferries. And more. City Comptroller Scott Stringer rattled off a litany of complaints on Thursday about how Bill de Blasio is running the city, without once mentioning the mayor's name. The City Council took some heat too. In an armchair discussion at a Citizens Budget Commission breakfast, the comptroller—an expected mayoral candidate in 2021, when de Blasio cannot run for… → Read More
Despite de Blasio's promises, delivery people still being fined for e-bikes: lawsuit
In the controversy over e-bikes, what we have here is a failure to communicate. Mayor Bill de Blasio is telling delivery people who ride battery-powered bikes to use models that don't provide a boost unless the rider pedals. But delivery people continue to ride models that zip along without any human power. The mayor also says if e-bike riders are nabbed by police, their employer must pay the… → Read More
To better fund the MTA, Cuomo must also fix it
To better fund the MTA, Cuomo must also fix it → Read More
Airlines reach deal for $344M JFK terminal expansion
American Airlines, British Airways reach deal for JFK Terminal 8 project → Read More
Former de Blasio aide quietly pushed out over sexual harassment claims
Former de Blasio aide quietly pushed out over sexual harassment claims → Read More
Mayor aims to avoid specialized high schools lawsuit
Why the mayor doesn't change the admission policy on five schools not named in state law → Read More
City's surrender on public housing probe puts politicians in the spin cycle
How key players portrayed the $2 billion Housing Authority consent decree → Read More
Pols dinged up in fight over specialized high schools
De Blasio, Cuomo take a beating as debate about Stuyvesant, Bronx Science and Brooklyn Tech rages → Read More
Five flaws in de Blasio's plan for specialized high schools
Are they really the best, or just the ones with the best test-takers? → Read More
The fastest, cheapest way from JFK
An unheralded bus-subway route costs far less than the MTA's AirTrain-LIRR link from Kennedy Airport to Brooklyn → Read More
Who's pandering now?
New York Republicans, citing no evidence, oppose driver's licenses and injection sites → Read More
Unanswered questions in the Schneiderman scandal
Unanswered questions in the Eric Schneiderman scandal → Read More
Don't get swept away by alternate-side parking
Editor's note: The reality of alternate-side parking → Read More
In these best of times, a tale of two budgets
Considering all the good news in Mayor Bill de Blasio's updated budget, there sure was a lot of griping. Even from the mayor himself. De Blasio sought to forestall any credit being given to President Donald Trump or congressional Republicans for the... → Read More
Fintech idea
An ambitious fintech idea for Cuomo To avoid fees as it inflated the housing bubble that eventually crashed the economy, the real estate industry created a system to circumvent counties' system of recording mortgages. That led to lots of fraudulent foreclosures in the aftermath of the crisis. Blockchain technology offers a better way, Daniel S. Alter argues in an op-ed. The former Cuomo… → Read More
For ambitious councilman, a risk in buttering up Cuomo
Buttering up Gov. Andrew Cuomo poses risks for ascendant City Councilman Ritchie Torres → Read More
Politics happens
In politics, politics happens In the early 2000s, after GOP state Sen. Nicholas Spano provided crucial support for a minimum-wage hike, the Working Families Party endorsed him over Andrea Stewart-Cousins in heavily Democratic Yonkers. Spano got 1,800 votes on the WFP ballot line and won by 18. The Working Families Party knows as well as anyone how politics works. But now it is whining that other… → Read More
Disappearing auto dealerships
Brokers upend auto dealerships There's a fascinating new wrinkle in the already-opaque world of automobile sales: brokers who sell cars differently from the way dealerships do. With dealerships steadily dropping in number, this has created quite a controversy in the industry. "We break that typical BS-type mold that dealerships have been deploying for years, where you come in, they sit you down,… → Read More
Mayor's excuses for lack of charity don't add up
Mayor Bill de Blasio's excuses for lack of charity don't add up → Read More