NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — A $13 billion project to build a new rail tunnel between New York and New Jersey received another blow from federal authorities Friday in the form of a rating that continues to make it ineligible for critical grant funding. The Federal Transit Administration released its ratings for infrastructure projects around the country and rated the Hudson River tunnel project ... Read More

March 14-- Mar. 14--Mayor de Blasio proposed extending the South Street Seaport area by two city blocks into the East River -- part of a $10 billion effort to fend off rising sea levels as a result of climate change. "We had to find something that would work, no matter how expensive or ambitious it was," de Blasio said Thursday at a press conference downtown. The plan also advances $500 ... Read More

There's a storm brewing, and New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio wants to be ready when it comes. Since 2012's Superstorm Sandy flooded lower Manhattan and climate change threatens more powerful storms like it, de Blasio is arguing that the city needs a more aggressive program to fortify the low-lying waterfront area. Although the city already had a plan to enhance climate resilience, the ... Read More

March 12-- Mar. 12--President Donald Trump continued to spurn the Hudson River's failing commuter rail tunnels, as elected officials stared down a "doomsday scenario" for the region. The White House's proposed 2020 budget does not include any new funding for the stalled Gateway Program, which in part would replace the two 110-year-old, Sandy-damaged Hudson River tunnels -- a vital, 2.5-mile ... Read More

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Federal regulators have given official approval to New Jersey Transit for a two-year extension to complete the implementation of a required emergency braking system. The Federal Railroad Administration sent a letter this week that said NJ Transit met six key criteria by the end of December. NJ Transit and several other railroad operators around the country had sought and ... Read More

Feb. 26-- Feb. 26--Gov. Cuomo and Mayor de Blasio voiced their joint support Tuesday for a long-debated Manhattan congestion pricing plan in a proposed 10-point overhaul of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority. The plan, if approved, would install electronic tolling devices on streets south of 61st St. in Manhattan, according to a news release. Money generated by the new tolls would go ... Read More

After decades of delays and billions in cost overruns, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority now says there is light at the end of the tunnel for the East Side Access Project - one of the biggest public works program of its kind in the nation - that will provide a direct route for Long Island Rail Road commuters to Grand Central Terminal in Manhattan for the first time. The ESA, as it is ... Read More

Feb. 25-- Feb. 25--ALBANY -- The demise of the Amazon deal to come to Queens has heartened some New York lawmakers and activists who criticize corporate giveaways as wrongheaded. Now, they are trying to ban such company-specific inducements altogether, hoping to start a movement that will prevent other states and cities from forking over playing off one another in bidding wars. They call their ... Read More

The New Jersey Schools Development Authority has awarded a $2.6 million construction management contract to CBRE Heery Inc. of Philadelphia for the construction of the new $133 million Camden High School in Camden.The new Camden High School will be an approximately 270,000-square-foot, two-story education complex, serving more than 1,200 students in grades nine through 12.The school will ... Read More