Sentences with phrase «citywide ferry»

And beyond connecting residents to jobs in Manhattan, our new citywide ferry system will spur the development of new commercial corridors throughout the outer boroughs.

In January, the EDC released a preliminary citywide ferry survey that identified potential new stops and additional routes.

NY Waterway — which lost a bid to operate the citywide ferry and formerly operated the East River Ferry — runs service on the Hudson River but gets no subsidies from the city to push fares down, a spokesman for the company said.

One of the companies vying to run de Blasio's citywide ferry service sent an email to its staff warning them that if the city chooses another company, their jobs will cease to exist.

While he touted achievements like citywide ferry service and addressed more parochial concerns like stop signs, he also took a swipe at the White House in praising the city's diversity.

«Beyond connecting residents to jobs in Manhattan, our new citywide ferry system will spur the development of new commercial corridors throughout the outer boroughs,» de Blasio said.

Citywide Ferry Service, BQX, Citi Bike, the list can go on and on.

New Yorkers, meanwhile, are left scrambling — and the city, which has no real control over the MTA, can only implement alternative methods of transit (Citi Bike, the new citywide ferry service, an impractical streetcar) in an attempt to fill in the gaps.

Curbed NY article on BP Adams displaying a miniature ferry at Brooklyn Borough Hall to showcase the future vessel for Citywide Ferry Service.

Citywide ferry service launches in less than a day, and NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio christened one of the new boats in the Rockaways today, delivering remarks and taking a ceremonial first trip to Pier 11 in Lower Manhattan.

At 5:30 a.m., Sen. Joseph Addabbo, Jr., Assemblywoman Stacey Pheffer Amato and NYC Councilman Eric Ulrich attend the inaugural launch of the new Citywide Ferry Service in Rockaway Beach, dock at Beach 108th Street, Queens.

At 3 p.m., NYC Republican mayoral candidate Paul Massey will call on de Blasio to include a Staten Island stop on citywide ferry service this summer, 778 Front St., Staten Island.

Not exact matches

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In just one example of how he excludes Staten Islanders, Mayor de Blasio has been touting the launch of a new «Citywide» ferry service, but his definition of «Citywide» does not include Staten Island.»

She also said she supports adding a South Shore fast ferry to the mayor's plan that has been called a citywide plan but omits Staten Island.

Private ferry ridership also jumped citywide to 11.2 million riders — a 3 percent increase — which the report credited largely to the May 1 and June 1 launches, respectively, of the Rockaway and South Brooklyn routes on the NYC Ferry serferry ridership also jumped citywide to 11.2 million riders — a 3 percent increase — which the report credited largely to the May 1 and June 1 launches, respectively, of the Rockaway and South Brooklyn routes on the NYC Ferry serFerry service.

Borough President James Oddo wrote on Facebook that the increased number of ferry riders in the city shows the need for more routes and vowed to continue to pressure Mayor Bill de Blasio to add Staten Island to the «citywide» service.

«We have to remind the city that apparently we are an island, and as an island we should take advantage of the water, so we should want to find a way to bring ferry service in any form,» said Borough President James Oddo, who has pushed the city to add a Staten Island NYC Ferry route since the «citywide» service was annouferry service in any form,» said Borough President James Oddo, who has pushed the city to add a Staten Island NYC Ferry route since the «citywide» service was annouFerry route since the «citywide» service was announced.

In practice, it has city crackdowns in zoning, lousy subway service, soaring citywide real estate values, and construction blocking use of the park by the old ferry landing.