Some are saying that Zohran Mamdani’s win is indicative of what’s to come for the Democratic Party, but New York City is too unique for his victory to mean much for national politics, says a Cornell University professor Richard Bensel. 

Law and Policy

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Rick Geddes is the director of the Cornell Program in Infrastructure Policy. He noted both projects targeted by the freeze have already faced long delays.

New York City

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Sara Bronin is a professor of planning at Cornell University, an architect, attorney and founding director of the National Zoning Atlas. Her recent work with the Regional Plan Association analyzed the increasing risk of future flooding in New York City and how it may affect housing. 

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Stephan Schmidt, an associate professor at Cornell University, studies the design and use of urban public space and has previously written about the rise and fall of the American pedestrian mall. He says this plan would benefit pedestrians, but a lack of alleyways could complicate things.

New York City

Architecture & Design

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The Metropolitan Transportation Authority has given final approval to a congestion pricing plan to toll vehicles entering part of Manhattan, even as the plan faces pending lawsuits and some concerns from New York City’s mayor.

New York City

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Cornell University experts weigh in after Governor Kathy Hochul announced an indefinite delay to congestion tolling in New York City, weeks before the first-in-the-nation system was set to launch.

New York City

New York State

Architecture, Art and Planning

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Cornell University experts Zakhary Mallett and Rick Geddes weigh in on how congestion pricing in New York City could impact policies in other parts of the United States.

New York City

Architecture, Art and Planning

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Michael Samuelian, Ben Furnas and Timur Dogan discuss the debate around the rollout of Local Law 97 in New York City to limit building emissions.

New York City

Energy, Environment & Sustainability

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Thomas O’Rourke, professor emeritus in the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Cornell University, and Rick Geddes, director of the Cornell University Program in Infrastructure Policy, talk about the Gateway tunnel project moving forward.

New York City

Engineering

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Alexander Kobald and Nina Bassuk discuss the considerations that are needed before New York begins planting trees to meet its 2033 goal.

New York State

New York City

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