One year ago, in January 2020, the Expert Panel assigned by Mayor Bill de Blasio to study the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway issued its Final Report. Mayor de Blasio in 2019 appointed the seventeen-person Expert Panel* of which I was a member, following the angry rejection of New York City DOT’s plan for reconstructing the section of the BQE adjacent to Brooklyn Heights, Dumbo and Downtown Brooklyn. City DOT presented its plan publicly September 2019. The … <Read More>
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VIRTUAL EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT: 171st CityLaw Breakfast with Richard Ravitch, Former NYS Lieutenant Governor & Former MTA and Urban Development Corp Chair
Dean Anthony W. Crowell and
Professor Ross Sandler, Director
cordially invite you to the 171st CityLaw Breakfast
Featuring Speaker
Richard Ravitch, Former NYS Lieutenant Governor and Former Chair of the Urban Development Corporation and Metropolitan Transportation Authority
Speaking On:
The State and City Budget Crisis
Date: Friday, February 26, 2021
Even though the Center for New York City Law is unable to host our CityLaw Breakfast series in person at New York Law School … <Read More>
COMPLETE VIDEO: 170th CityLaw Breakfast with James E. Johnson, Corporation Counsel
On December 3, 2020 James E. Johnson, Corporation Counsel, spoke at the 170th CityLaw Breakfast. Mr. Johnson spoke on “The Common Good and the Municipal Lawyer: Managing Risk and Building Trust.” Professor Ross Sandler, Director of the Center for New York City Law provided opening remarks and Dean Anthony W. Crowell provided closing remarks. This Breakfast was sponsored by ConEdison, Greenberg Traurig, and Verizon. This was the fourth virtual CityLaw Breakfast as in-person events are … <Read More>