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Tenant Protections During COVID-19: How New York State Can Do Better

by Winnie Shen The ongoing global pandemic has laid bare how intimately connected stable housing is to public health. Unfortunately, COVID-19’s resulting economic crisis has also put nearly 40 million people at risk of eviction. State policymakers have implemented stopgap measures, such as temporary eviction moratoriums and lackluster rent relief programs, which only serve to… Read more Tenant Protections During COVID-19: How New York State Can Do Better

Posted on February 23, 2021February 23, 2021 by The Wagner Planner

Ever Upward – Moynihan Train Hall: A Transit Improvement for New York

by Charley Cohen Corner of 34th St. & 8th Ave, Exterior of Moynihan Train Hall To start 2021 on the proper track, New York’s Moynihan Train Hall opened its doors for Amtrak, New Jersey Transit, and Long Island Railroad riders. Located in the Farley Post Office Building on 34th and 8th, it lies across the… Read more Ever Upward – Moynihan Train Hall: A Transit Improvement for New York

Posted on February 18, 2021February 17, 2021 by The Wagner Planner

Secure Bicycle Parking in a Post-Pandemic New York City

by Ben Listman Over the course of the COVID pandemic, cities around the world have seen an increase in the use of bicycles. Many have found cycling necessary in order to avoid public transit or as a means of safely exercising. The decrease in vehicular traffic also helped to encourage many to ride bikes as… Read more Secure Bicycle Parking in a Post-Pandemic New York City

Posted on February 16, 2021February 15, 2021 by The Wagner Planner

What Our Faculty & Staff Have Been Reading: 2020 Holiday Edition

As we come to the end of this fall semester and we get ready for the end-of-the-year holidays and winter break, the Wagner Planner team turned to our professors and staff to ask: “What were your favorite reads of 2020?” Here are their picks and why. Enjoy! Carter Strickland, Urban Planning Adjunct Assistant Professor… Read more What Our Faculty & Staff Have Been Reading: 2020 Holiday Edition

Posted on December 21, 2020December 21, 2020 by The Wagner Planner

What We’re Reading (12/18/2020)

Each Friday, the Wagner Planner editorial board will publish a news roundup of recent planning news. Topics range the gamut of urban planning concentrations, but will mostly be at the discretion of the editor. Note: This will be the last news roundup for this term. We’ll return in spring 2021 – we hope to see… Read more What We’re Reading (12/18/2020)

Posted on December 18, 2020December 21, 2020 by The Wagner Planner