Verena Dobnik - ASSOCIATED PRESS - Wed January 02, 2019
Deep Underground, New NYC Train Hub Slowly Takes Shape
NEW YORK (AP) - Deep in the bedrock 15 stories below the famous Grand Central Terminal, a cavernous construction site is slowly, and expensively, taking shape as a commuter rail hub that will accommodate more than 150,000 passengers a day....
Tutor Perini Corporation - Wed December 05, 2018
WDF Announces $71M Jacob Riis Houses Restoration Project
Tutor Perini Corporation, a civil, building and specialty construction company, has announced that its subsidiary, WDF Inc. , has been approved for award by the New York City Housing Authority for the Sandy Recovery Program Restoration at Jacob Riis Houses....
Amazon - Wed November 14, 2018
Amazon Selects NYC, Northern Va. for New HQ, Nashville for Operations Center
Amazon has announced that it has selected New York City and Arlington, Va., as the locations for the company's new headquarters. Amazon will invest $5 billion and create more than 50,000 jobs across the two new headquarters locations, with more than 25,000 employees each in New York City and Arlington....
Emily Buenzle - Tue November 13, 2018
It's No Secret: Amazon to Announce New HQ2 Location(s)
It's — just about — official: Amazon has chosen New York City and Northern Virginia as split locations for its second (and now third) headquarters. The Wall Street Journal reported the decision the night of Nov....
NYC Department of Environmental Protection - Fri November 09, 2018
$1.9B Project Will Alleviate Flooding in Southeast Queens
Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) Commissioner Vincent Sapienza and Department of Design and Construction (DDC) Commissioner Lorraine Grillo updated homeowners and businesses in southeast Queens on the de Blasio Administration's historic commitment of $1.9 billion to build a comprehensive drainage system and alleviate flooding in neighborhoods throughout the area....
Associated Press - Mon October 22, 2018
Cuomo Tours Hudson River Tunnel in Push for Federal Funding
Gov. Andrew Cuomo toured the tunnel underneath the Hudson River the night of Oct. 17, in a push to get federal funding for the Gateway Project. The governor brought a camera crew along for the tour and said he plans to send the footage to President Donald Trump....
Office of the Governor of New York - Fri October 05, 2018
Gov. Cuomo Announces $13B Plan to Transform JFK Into a World-Class 21st Century Airport
Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo announced an historic $13 billion plan to transform John F. Kennedy International Airport into a modern 21st century airport anchored by two new world-class international terminal complexes on the airport's north and south sides....
Associated Press - Tue October 02, 2018
New York Finally Corrects Misspelling of Verrazzano Bridge
NEW YORK (AP) — A mistake that caused the name of New York City's Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge to be misspelled for more than 50 years has finally been corrected. On Oct. 1, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed a bill adding a second letter 'Z' to the name of the country's longest suspension bridge, which links Brooklyn with Staten Island....
Associated Press - Tue September 11, 2018
WTC Subway Station Reopens for First Time Since 9/11 Attacks
NEW YORK (AP) — A New York City subway station has reopened for the first time since it was destroyed in the World Trade Center attack 17 years ago. Cheers erupted as the first train rolled into the new WTC Cortlandt station at noon Sept....
Emily Buenzle - Tue August 28, 2018
Statue of Liberty Evacuated Due to Construction Fire
A fire at a construction site caused the Statue of Liberty to be evacuated on Aug. 27. Firefighters worked for two hours to put out a blaze after a propane tank caught fire at a construction site on Liberty Island in New York Harbor, CBS News reported....
