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Ideas
that shape the city’s planning, housing, and development
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Julia
Vitullo-Martin
Director
Julia
Vitullo-Martin is a Senior Fellow at the Manhattan Institute and
Director of the Center for Rethinking Development. Her work focuses
on development issues such as planning and zoning, housing, rent
regulation, environmental reviews, building and fire codes, and
landmark preservation.
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Hope
Cohen
Deputy
Director
Hope
Cohen is Deputy Director of the Center for Rethinking Development.
With over a decade of experience in New York City government at
the Department of Parks and Recreation and MTA New York City Transit,
she brings invaluable experience navigating the complex city bureaucracy
and an acute ability to solve complex problems by building consensus
among multiple stake-holders.
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| Debating
Development in New York: Selected Articles and Comments |
| Thompson says other developers might join AY; "I'm not sure what that project is any longer", Atlantic Yards Report, 05-02-08
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| 125th Street Rezoning Raises Concerns About Preserving Harlem's Affordability, Columbia Spectator, 04-24-08
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| Harlem reborn, The Economist, 03-13-08
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| Battle for soul of Harlem's famed 125th Street, Guardian, 03-11-08
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| World Service, BBC Radio, 01-30-08
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Once Synagogues, Now Churches, and Ailing Quietly New York Times,
01-28-08 |
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Columbia's $6 Billion Expansion Likely to Win Approval From NYC Bloomberg.com,
11-26-07 |
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When the Gown Devours the Town New York Times,
11-16-07 |
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Forest City Enterprises: Deals and Ideals Governing Magazine,
November 2007 |
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Time for Some Jane Jacobs Revisionism? New York Times,
November 6, 2007 |
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Not so Superblock Built Environment Blog, October 19, 2007 |
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Atlantic Yards Report: Vitullo-Martin Takes a Second Look at Jane
Jacobs New York Times, October 15, 2007 |
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Study Finds Disparities in Mortgages by Race New York Times,
October 15, 2007 |
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The Politics of Public Housing The Brian Lehrer Show, August
9, 2007 |
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Hard Times in the Projects Gotham Gazette, August 20, 2007 |
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Environmental Reviews for Small Developments The New york Times,
August 19, 2007 |
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The Future of New York's Past New York Times, May 15, 2007 |
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Brooklyn gets affordable housing boost AM New York, April
25, 2007 |
The First Reductions of Street Homelessness in 20 Years Wall
Street Journal, February 15, 2007
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| Blight
off the Block? New York Post, December 4, 2006 |
Up
in arms about the Yards Economist, September 21, 2006
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New
York's Post-9/11 Liberty Bond Program Gets Mixed Grades Bloomberg
News, September 11, 2006
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First
Tribute Wall Street Journal, September 11, 2006
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In
Big Slow Brooklyn Build, Is It Affordable Housing Last? New
York Observer, September 11, 2006 by Matt Schuerman
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Blight
on the Block: Helter Shelter New York Post, September 5,
2006
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Congregations
turn creative as they learn how to leverage holdings New York
Business, July 31, 2006
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| Feds
could hobble affordable housing New York Business, February
20, 2006 Editorial |
| New
York's Home Front New York Sun, November 11, 2005 Editorial |
| Beyond
Brooklyn: Ratner’s Stadium The Columbia Spectator, October
13, 2005 by Erin Durkin |
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a Still-Growing City, Some Neighborhoods Say Slow Down New
York Times, October 10, 2005 by Janny Scott |
| Not
Your Typical Landmark New York Post, October 5, 2005 Letter
to the editor by Peg Breen, President New York Landmarks Conservancy |
| The
Eminent Domain Fight-Back New York Sun, October 5, 2005
Editorial |
| How
Dense Can You Get? Governing Magazine, August 2005 |
| Time
May Drive Suburban Flight Newsday, Aug. 21, 2005 |
| Environmental
Groups and the Economy Friends of Hudson, July 10, 2005 Letter
to editor by Susan Falzon, New York Times |
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On Thursday,
November 1, 2007, the Manhattan Institute's Center for Rethinking
Development hosted Mayor Michael Bloomberg as the keynote
speaker of a conference entitled "Thinking Big for New York
City." Julia Vitullo-Martin moderated the panel of Amanda Burden,
Chair of the City Planning Commission, Kenneth Jackson, Columbia
University Professor of History, and Felix Rohatyn, Senior Advisor
to Lehman Brothers.
Click
here to watch video of the Mayor's address, or to read his
prepared remarks. Click here for event audio [PART I] [PART II].
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Hope Cohen Participates in Discussion of Bloomberg's State of the City speech, 01-21-08
CRD NEWSLETTER:
Thinking Big for New York City, October-November 2007
PODCAST:
Hope Cohen discusses the future of Coney Island, a theme from the October-November CRD newsletter.
OP-ED:
A
Tale of Two Cities, New York Post, 11-04-07
IN
THE PRESS:
Astroland Saved!, New York Magazine, 11-01-07
West
Side Residents vs. Bloomberg over Rezoning Plan, New
York Daily News, 11-05-07
The
Revolutionary, Newsweek, 11-03-07
New York defiant
as boomtime melts away, Financial Times, 11-03-07
How
Is Bloomberg Like Pope John XXIII?, The New York Times
City Room Blog, 11-01-07
Coming
to a Neighborhood Near You, Gotham Gazette Wonkster Blog,
11-01-07
At
Manhattan Institute, Bloomberg Praises Big Ideas, Denounces
Autocratic Urban Planning, New York Observer Politicker
Blog, 11-01-07
Click here for a comparable event on upstate issues, 'Can Upstate Cities Save Themselves?'
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To Save Moynihan Station New York Post, 04-01-08
Urban Decay, Wall Street Journal, 03-14-08
Dooming Our Cities New York Post, 03-05-08
GENTRIFEARCATION New York Post, 03-02-08
125th Street: Yes, Rezone New York Post, 01-31-08
Ahead of the Curve New York Post, 01-06-08
Due To Ex-spire New York Post, 01-06-08
The Biggest Mies Collection Wall Street Journal, 12-22-07
New York Gritty New York Post, 12-02-07
Newburgh's Newcomers Wall Street Journal, 11-17-07
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ARTICLES>>
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FEATURED
TOPIC: TRAFFIC CONGESTION |
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CRD COMMENTARY
Tolls, Fees, and Fares by Hope
Cohen, April 2008
Clearing New York City Streets by Hope
Cohen, Gotham Gazette, 04-14-08
The Critics of Mayor's Toll Plan Get Silly by Hope
Cohen, New York Post, 03-31-08
A Simpler Alternative to Congestion Pricing by Hope
Cohen, Gotham Gazette, 01-07-08
Public Transit Should be Cheaper Option by Hope
Cohen, NY Metro, 08-06-07
Fill Potholes in Congestion Pricing Plan by Hope
Cohen, New York Daily News, 07-26-07
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Solution to Crawling City Traffic? Not So Fast
by Julia Vitullo-Martin, The New York Times, 05-20-07
Improve
Transit Before Congestion Pricing by Hope Cohen,
Gotham Gazette, 05-07-07
Don't Wait for the Congestion Pricing Pilot: Fix Transit
Now!
by Hope Cohen, April 2007
Buses, Trains, and Automobiles by Hope Cohen,
December 2006
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TESTIMONY
Testimony of Hope Cohen before the City Council, March 24, 2008
Testimony of Hope Cohen before the Traffic Congestion Mitigation Commission, January 16, 2008
Testimony Regarding Intro. 199
Testimony of Hope Cohen before the New York City Council
on traffic congestion, January 25, 2007
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PANEL DISCUSSION TRANSCRIPT
Road Pricing Worked in London. Can It Work in New York?
What New Yorkers Think, December 2006
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CRD
REPORT
Battling Traffic: What New Yorkers Think About Road Pricing
Transportation expert Bruce Schaller shows that New Yorkers
would embrace congestion pricing as part of a comprehensive
solution to traffic problems.
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PODCAST
Hope Cohen discusses congestion pricing
elaborating on a theme she discusses in the August
CRD newsletter
WHAT
THE PUBLIC SAID:
Finding
Ways to Ease the Gridlock Blues, New York Times,
12-24-06
OP-EDS:
We
Will Clog You, By Bruce Schaller and Hope Cohen, NY
Times, 12-17-06
Congestion
Pricing And The Future Of NYC: Addressing The Objections,
By Bruce Schaller, Gotham Gazette, December 2006
WHAT
THE PRESS SAID:
New
York City Voters Oppose 'Congestion Pricing', Bloomberg
News, 01-18-07
In
Traffic's Jam, Who’s Driving May Be Surprising, New
York Times, 01-12-07
Kick
Out the Jams, Village Voice, 01-02-07
Some
wishes for the new year, The Villager, Editorial,
12-27-06
The
Road Not Taken, New York Sun, 12-22-06
Opposites
team up against gridlock, AM New York, 12-12-06
Are
Tolls the Fix in NYC?, Times Record Herald,
Editorial, 12-08-06
Transit
Officials Sour on Idea of Increasing Express Bus Service,
New York Sun, 12-08-06
Fees
To Ease Midtown Traffic Jams May Get a New Look From City
Hall, New York Sun, 12-04-06
Bigger
Push for Charging Drivers Who Use the Busiest Streets,
New York Times 11-27-06
Groups
Study Congestion Pricing for City, New York Sun
11-20-06
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| FEATURED
TOPIC: ENVIRONMENT
& INFRASTRUCTURE |
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SELECT MEDIA:
One to One, CUNY TV, 01-21-08
TESTIMONY:
Testimony re: Safety of New York City's Bridges
Testimony of Hope Cohen, September 17, 2007
CRD
REPORT:
Rethinking
Environmental Review: A Handbook on What Can Be
Done
By Hope Cohen, with a
foreword by Richard Ravitch
New York City's environmental review process was
instituted so that public officials would understand
the full environmental implications of a development
project and could plan for any necessary changes
to municipal infrastructure and services. Over
time, the process has evolved to become a hindrance
to all developers, especially small-scale ones.
The Center for Rethinking Development offers simple
and effective suggestions for reform in a new
report, "Rethinking Environmental Review."
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Fix
the Drains (and Trains and Bridges)—and Train the
Fixers Hope Cohen, Center for Rethinking Development
newsletter, August 2007
Podcast:
Hope Cohen elaborates on the themes of the August
newsletter
Building
Blocks by Richard Ravitch and Hope Cohen, The
New York Times, August 5, 2007
Ensuring
It Doesn't Happen Here by Hope Cohen, New
York Post, August 3, 2007
A
start on trading cumbersome (city) environmental
review for the civic work of planning Atlantic
Yards Report, May 18, 2007
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The
Center
for Rethinking Development
(CRD) fosters a new understanding of the importance of development
to New York City's well-being. Focusing on such areas as zoning
and planning, environmental review, building codes, historic preservation,
and public housing, CRD conducts research, hosts forums, and offers
concrete, feasible proposals for reform.
The
city has adopted many of CRD's specific recommendations for zoning
changes. CRD's work on bottlenecks to building continues to frame
policy discussions in the development world—public, private,
and not-for-profit.
New
Yorkers have become far more development-friendly in the past few
years, but are rightly troubled about New York's decaying infrastructure—roads,
subways, bridges, tunnels—so necessary to support an expanding
city. The costs of housing—rehabilitation as well as new construction—worry
everyone concerned about keeping and attracting jobs and business.
CRD explains and makes a case for the importance of reconnecting
environmental reviews to infrastructural planning and implementation,
targeting incentives to neighborhoods that are still weak rather
than those that are strong, and tempering historic preservation
with economic reason. Addressing these common-sense concerns is
key to the city's future.
For
more information please contact Hope
Cohen
(hcohen@manhattan-institute.org), (212) 599-7000, fax (212) 599-3494.
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