Panelists discuss options on how to organize and plan for Tribeca’s future post pandemic. Image credit: CityLand
Panel welcomed small business owners, residents, and other interested parties for a discussion regarding Tribeca and the neighborhood’s ongoing economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. On March 4th, New York Law School’s Dean Anthony Crowell published an open letter in the Tribeca Citizen that discussed the economic impact of the pandemic on the Tribeca community and NYLS’s commitment to helping the neighborhood navigate its recovery following Covid-19. Dean Crowell wrote: (more…)
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In its latest issue, New York Law School Magazine featured the Center for New York City Law and our recently-celebrated 20th anniversary. The feature, along with photos of Center events and speakers across our 20-year history is available in full here. (more…)
The Center for New York City Law rejoiced when, on Wednesday, February 29, 2012, New York Law School’s board chair Arthur Abbey and Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg announced in coordinated press releases that Counselor to the Mayor Anthony W. Crowell would become the next Dean and President of New York Law School. Crowell had been an integral member of the Bloomberg administration since 2002. He has also has been an integral part of New York Law School and the Center for New York City Law.
Crowell has taught as an adjunct professor at New York Law School since 2003, teaching the New York City Seminar and Workshop, a four-credit course with a weekly seminar and an extern job placement in City government. The course originally was co-taught by me and Eric Lane, who had been the counsel to the 1988 and 1989 Charter Revision Commissions. In 2003 Anthony Crowell took over the course and it has since been one of the most popular courses in the local government curriculum. Students rave about the course in their evaluations. Many students associated with the Center for New York City Law have taken the course and have worked directly with Crowell. Some of the students have followed Crowell into City government. (more…)
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The new Inwood and Washington Heights Citi Bike Stations will complete the Manhattan expansion and cause Citi Bike to surpass Paris’ Velib as the second largest bike share system after China. On April 7, 2021, the New York City Department of Transportation and Lyft announced the completion of the Inwood and Washington Heights Citi Bike Expansion. These new expansions will extend the bike share service from the Battery to 220th street, effectively covering the island of Manhattan. (more…)
On April 19, 2021 New Yorkers for Parks and the Play Fair Coalition hosted a conversation with New York City Mayoral Candidates about the future of NYC parks and open spaces and what policies need to be created for a 21st century, equitable system. (more…)
