Should anything be done about ticket scalping?
Hundreds of tickets to this weekend’s Bon Jovi concert in Central Park are being offered online at prices of up to $750 a piece, even though the 60,000 tickets for the event were distributed for free...
View ArticleDoes Tavern on the Green need a makeover?
Last week the city selected Dean Poll, operator of the Loeb Boathouse in Central Park, to run the restaurant where Tavern on the Green has stood for more than three decades. Mr. Poll, who outbid...
View ArticleDid NYC need more rules for horse-drawn carriages?
The City Council passed a bill Wednesday that raises fares for horse-drawn carriage rides while requiring improved working conditions for the horses. The bill stipulates that the horses have stalls...
View ArticleDoes NYC really need 1 million new trees?
The city is 500,000 trees into its goal of planting 1 million trees as part of Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s efforts to make New York greener. Trees can clean and cool the air, and help reduce asthma. They...
View ArticleWhat do you plan to do for staycation fun this summer?
The U.S. Energy Information Administration predicts gas prices will hit record levels this summer, even as demand for fuel slips to an all-time low. That presages a lot of people enjoying vacations...
View ArticleShould the New York Marathon be canceled?
Bright and early on Sunday morning, an expected 50,000 runners will begin their 26.2-mile run from Staten Island to Central Park. Mayor Michael Bloomberg and others say ING New York City Marathon will...
View ArticleWas Super Snowstorm ‘Hercules’ overhyped?
“Hercules” had dumped up to eight inches of snow on the city and a half a foot of snow fell on Central Park by early Friday, according the National Weather Service. The blizzard shuttered city public...
View ArticleShould rich parks be required to share their private donations with poorer...
On Friday, Mayor Bill de Blasio named Mitchell Silver, the chief planning and development officer for Raleigh, N.C., as the city’s new parks commissioner. The move rekindled speculation that Mr. de...
View ArticleShould NYC drop the ban on pet ferrets?
The city’s Department of Health and Mental Hygiene is urging the repeal of a policy that prohibits New Yorkers from keeping ferrets as pets, declaring that the musky, sharp-toothed mammals pose no...
View ArticleWhat should the city do about speeding bikers?
The death of a woman who was hit by a bicyclist has prompted the city to say it will step up enforcement against speeding. But the fatality has also highlighted the vulnerability New Yorkers feel on...
View ArticleIs the new horse-carriage ban fair?
A City Council bill introduced Monday on behalf of Mayor Bill de Blasio would stop the renewal of horse-carriage licenses and offer the drivers green-cab licenses as compensation. A previous bill...
View ArticleShould New York City cancel its contracts with Donald Trump?
Mayor Bill de Blasio said the city is reviewing its contracts with real estate mogul Donald Trump as a result of his remarks about Mexican immigrants during his presidential campaign kickoff. In...
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