Guest Opinion: A Block 780 Resident Reacts to the FRA’s Recent Takeover at Penn Station

Guest Opinion: A Block 780 Resident Reacts to the FRA’s Recent Takeover at Penn Station

BY EUGENE SINIGALLIANO | I write this piece to express my views to the Federal Rail Administration (FRA) which announced on April 17 that it will now be taking a more “hands on” approach to the Penn Station project and has appointed Amtrak to lead the project and relegated the MTA and NJ Transit (all three herein […]

Guest Opinion: Destroying Guns, Protecting Our City

Guest Opinion: Destroying Guns, Protecting Our City

BY NYC MAYOR ERIC ADAMS |. The Adams administration has been committed to public safety from the start, and getting illegal guns off our streets and out of our lives is core to that mission. Since the day I took office, the NYPD has seized more than 21,400 illegal firearms — and last week, I […]

Guest Opinion: NYCHA’s Chelsea Gold Mine

Guest Opinion: NYCHA’s Chelsea Gold Mine

The following Guest Opinion by David Holowka is comprised of written and visual content that first appeared as part of  “NYCHA’s Chelsea Gold Mine”–published on April 23, 2025 on the blog ArchiTakes. To access the full piece, click here. Above Image: A proposed rezoning of Chelsea’s public housing sites—Fulton Houses and Elliott-Chelsea Houses—could transform much […]

The Fed Takeover at Penn Station Can–and Should–Bring Truly Transformative Change

The Fed Takeover at Penn Station Can–and Should–Bring Truly Transformative Change

On April 17, 2025, the Federal Rail Administration (FRA)  and U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) announced that it would be recasting plans known as the Penn Expansion (the addition of a NJ Transit station south of Penn Station being the preferred route) and Penn Reconstruction (the above ground station) to a project to be led […]

Guest Opinion: Improving Quality of Life as We Make New York City the Best Place to Raise a Family

Guest Opinion: Improving Quality of Life as We Make New York City the Best Place to Raise a Family

BY NYC MAYOR ERIC ADAMS | We all want to enjoy a great quality of life in the greatest city in the world — but it’s the everyday things that matter. New Yorkers don’t want to live with excessive noise, illegal parking, homelessness-related issues, outdoor drug use, aggressive panhandling, and all the other issues that […]

Guest Opinion: Adams Administration Neighborhood Plans Will Bring More Jobs, Housing, and Opportunity to the City

Guest Opinion: Adams Administration Neighborhood Plans Will Bring More Jobs, Housing, and Opportunity to the City

BY NYC MAYOR ERIC ADAMS | New York City is breaking jobs records over and over again, which is good news for every New Yorker. To keep up with this economic expansion, this administration has been actively working to rezone key neighborhoods throughout the five boroughs, advancing bold, transformational projects that will strengthen the local […]