Day: November 8, 2025

Feature Story

One Reader’s View: Reject the EDC’s Brooklyn Marine Terminal “Sophie’s Choice”, James Morgan, Columbia Waterfront

“Sophie’s Choice” — a term from William Styron’s 1979 novel of the same name — describes an impossible decision between two equally terrible outcomes. That’s exactly the false “choice” New York City’s Economic Development Corporation (EDC) and Mayor Eric Adams have presented us with in their Brooklyn Marine Terminal Vision Plan: either let them seize half of our public port […]

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OPINION: Maybe it’s not the housing supply, it’s the distribution, by George Fiala

Unlike last year, the elections this year turned out more to my liking. Except for the ballot initiatives. It’s sad for me to see that groups like Open New York have convinced a majority of otherwise progressive New Yorkers to think that taking away local land use decisions and giving them to a central executive is the right thing. Regular […]