J.R. Reed

Housing, Econ Dev, & Sustainability at @NYCEDC; @NYUWagner Urban Planning grad | previously @NYCHA, @NYClimate, @NYCHousing, @FurmanCenterNYU, + @BrookingsMetro

[J.R. Reed @JRReed]

Last month marked 10 years since Sandy struck NYC.

It crystallized the need to both invest in resilient infrastructure and a climate-ready workforce.

Could NYC be a model for tackling those twin priorities?

@jwkane1 and I explore for @BrookingsMetro:
https://t.co/HN0NPIakHY

[David Brand @DavidFBrand]

NEW: Mayor Mamdani's first neighborhood-level housing plan targets the blocks south of Prospect Park — near the future IBX

City Planning Director Sideya Sherman: “There’s an opportunity to create potentially thousands of housing units for our city"

@Gothamist @WNYC

[Ethan Stark-Miller @Estarkmiller]

Exclu: Mayor Mamdani is set to announce this morning plans to turn Brooklyns Bergen and Dean Streets, two heavily used bike corridors that currently have painted lanes, into bike boulevards.
https://t.co/xeOVW3d0T9

[Adam Crafton @AdamCrafton_]

Exclusive @TheAthleticFC :

Current NJ Transit plans for return train from NY Penn Station to MetLife Stadium during World Cup are for tickets to be priced at over $100.

Usual price is $12.90, making it more than a 7-fold increase for World Cup fans.

https://t.co/iYESwgfuwY

[Sally Goldenberg @SallyGold]

NEW: @nycmayor plans to eliminate a treacherous stretch of road surrounding Grand Army Plaza in Brooklyn, @stefanoschen reports:

https://t.co/znGw6MOCsg via @NYTimes

[Chris Sommerfeldt @C_Sommerfeldt]

Mamdani is asking Trump for $21 billion in federal grants for the Sunnyside Yards housing development they discussed in their White House meeting today, City Hall finally confirms.

https://t.co/bAMMVbUbGB

[J.R. Reed @JRReed]

“Between 2023 and 2025, the [Dept. of Consumer and Workforce Protection] inspectors visited more than 4,000 grocery stores. Nearly 1/4 of groceries were cited for at least one violation and inspectors confiscated 100 scales.”

(via ⁦@THECITYNY⁩) https://t.co/Bzhmv2SCVD

[NBC News @NBCNews]

BREAKING: Zohran Mamdani wins the New York City mayoral race, NBC News projects. https://t.co/GmUlvADGhV

[patrick spauster @patrickspauster]

“It’s a wake up call.”

Most NYCHA developments are in worse shape than the partially-collapsed Mitchel houses in the Bronx, I find in @citylimitsnews

NYCHA residents remain split on how to address deteriorating conditions 👇

[Streetsblog New York City @StreetsblogNYC]

NEW: The Trump administration says it will withhold $18 billion for New York's Hudson River Gateway Tunnel and Second Avenue Subway projects — attacking the projects' adherence to federal woman- or minority-owned business mandates. https://t.co/VMgOxZ8cQr

[Nicholas Fandos @npfandos]

BREAKING: Mayor Eric Adams is dropping out of the race for NYC mayor, conceding he cannot win a second term while saying neither of his leading rivals can be trusted.

https://t.co/kaji12yhSI

[Gothamist @Gothamist]

There won't be a casino in Times Square: https://t.co/vs19hEsKjx

[Jeanmarie Evelly @JeanmarieEvelly]

The Long Island City Neighborhood Plan aims to spur nearly 15,000 new apartments in a 54-block swath of the waterfront community. Here's what rezoning area looks like now, pre-transformation, via the great @aditalwar's lens📸: https://t.co/sK6am6Xlv5

[J.R. Reed @JRReed]

"The agency reported 138 major incidents — or calamities that delay 50 or more trains — in June and July, the highest for those two months since 2018, when the city’s transit system was under a state of emergency."

(via @ramseykhalifeh)
https://t.co/lbmjRhqDNM

[Nicholas Fandos @npfandos]

Employers in New York City significantly reduced hiring in the first half of the year, adding just 956 private-sector jobs, the city’s slowest growth in payrolls outside a recession in decades.

https://t.co/Ntq3JM2sx5 via @matthewhaag

[patrick spauster @patrickspauster]

Mamdani’s victory was not just characterized by turning out younger voters, but remaining competitive in parts of the city many wrote off for Cuomo—places like NYCHA campuses.

I dove deep on NYCHA votes for @citylimitsnews - and mapped it! Short thread 🧵 ⤵️

[Mike Sisak @mikesisak]

NEW YORK (AP) — Andrew Cuomo concedes New York City Democratic mayoral primary to Zohran Mamdani.

[Bloomberg CityLab @CityLab]

New York City’s congestion pricing toll raised $215.7 million in the program’s first four months https://t.co/1Ncor86oGD

[Andrew Siff @andrewsiff4NY]

NEW: judge issues TRO which keeps congestion pricing in place until at least June 9. Orders federal government not to cut any MTA funding during TRO. @MTA @SecDuffy #NBC4NY

[David Brand @DavidFBrand]

NYC's Rent Guidelines Board is meeting Tues for a rare re-vote on their preliminary range of potential increases for 2-year leases

The board initially voted to consider an increase between 4.75 and 7.75% but is revising that to a lower number

@Gothamist
https://t.co/k7YtKRQMXV

[J.R. Reed @JRReed]

New York’s highest court upheld Local Law 97 today, affirming the City's ability to regulate building greenhouse gas emissions and delivering a huge win for climate action and policymaking at the local level 👇

[Crain's New York @CrainsNewYork]

Court of Appeals puts an end to bid to overturn Local Law 97 https://t.co/yrIKFWV4aE