Sentences with phrase «over rail yards»

Public Advocate James, who brought Brawley to the general election mayoral debate on Tuesday night as her guest, has also recently started calling for a much more ambitious overall program of building new affordable housing, putting forth ideas like building more over rail yards across the five boroughs.

In New York City alone, MTA brass never attempted to sell $ 12 million worth of air rights over rail yards that could be used for commercial structures — even though they hired Massey Knakal Realty Services in 2006 to consult on the matter.

Not exact matches

Diaz announced in his 2015 State of the Borough address that his office would study the feasibility of building platforms over three Bronx rail yards operated by the MTA: 149th Street in Mott Haven, the 1 train yards that connect Riverdale and Kingsbridge, and the Concourse Yard next to Lehman College.

Beginning with outgoing mayor Richard Daley, community leaders fell all over the Chinese as part of their multifaceted effort to transform Chicago from a city of meat packers and rail yards into the hub of Sino - American commercial activity of every sort.

Southern California's air quality board took a crucial step in the long - running battle over pollution near rail and truck yards.