The end of the 2024 New York State legislative session was largely overshadowed by Governor Hochul’s directive to the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) to halt the implementation of congestion pricing indefinitely,...more
Mayor Adams Releases FY25 Executive Budget- Last Wednesday, Mayor Adams released the Fiscal Year 2025 Executive Budget. The Executive Budget for FY25 is $111.6B, higher than the Preliminary Budget at $109.4B. Due to better...more
The first urban-core tolling program in the United States marked a major milestone. In late June, the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) concluded its environmental assessment of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s...more
2023 Mayoral Race Update: Candidate Forums, Major Endorsements, Who’s Not Running- With 110 days left until the May 16 mayoral primary, Democratic candidates have been hard at work campaigning, with many of them...more
On September 3, 2020, San Luis Obispo Regional Transportation Authority (SLO RTA) closed the first TIFIA loan under the U.S. Department of Transportation’s (Department’s) Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation...more
The First District Court of Appeal held that the San Francisco County Transportation Authority is a state agency and thus did not need to comply with local public access rules. SF Urban Forest Coalition v. City and County of...more
Those of us who watched AMC’s hit drama “Breaking Bad” may recall the scene in the pilot episode where Walt and Jesse set out to dissolve a dead body in hydrofluoric acid. Jesse neglects to take Walt’s (the chemistry...more
Not long ago it was false claim concerns and W/M/DBE issues that had public contractors on edge and kept compliance officers busy, but now public work contractors in New York have a new issue to contend with — an issue that...more
Goodwill is one of the trickier areas of eminent domain law. When a governmental agency takes private property through the exercise of eminent domain powers, the agency generally must pay the property owner the fair market...more
The replacement of stairways at the Middletown Road Subway Station in the Bronx triggered accessibility requirements that may include installing elevators, according to a recent decision from SDNY District Judge Edgardo...more