August 17, 2021
IN THE NEWS
LOCAL & LICA NEWS:
- Twitter: NYSDOT Employment Opportunities
- Newsday: Mario Posillico Obituary
- Obituary: Christopher James Hogan
- MTA: Celebrating Latest LIRR Expansion Project – LIRR Parking Garage Westbury
- CBS2NY: Official Announce Plan to Preserve Crumbling BQE for Another 20 Years
INDUSTRY:
- The City: Governor’s Ouster Could Spur Quick MTA Board Shakeup, Thanks to Law He Backed
- NY Daily News: Boosting NYC subway service, MTA construction programs are goals
- PoliticoPro: Why OSHA won’t protect workers from climate change
- PANYNJ Authorizes new discretionary procurement program to address disparities
- Bizjournals: General contractor group wants seat at the table in call for industry climate-change reform
- Reuters: AFL-CIO President Trumka, prominent U.S. labor leader, dies
- Construction Dive: Despite dodging tax hikes in Infra bill, contractors could still see higher rates
- StreetsBlog: Active Transportation Advocates See Silver Lining in Infrastructure Bill
NEW YORK STATE:
- AMNY: Transportation organizations see ally in Hochul
- The City: Many of Cuomo’s Big Transit Projects Remain Divisive, Incomplete
- The Hill: Biden says Cuomo has done ‘a hell of a job’ as Governor on infrastructure
- RealClearPolitics: Cuomo resigns as NY governor doesn’t want to be a ‘distraction’
FEDERAL ISSUES/INFRASTRUCTURE
- ARTBA Webinar on IIJA & state-by-state breakdown of highway apportionments
- The City: MTA to Get Slim Slice of Federal Infrastructure Bill as Cars Outpace Mass Transit
- ARTBA Washington Newsline
- PoliticoPro: Democrats omit debt limit from budget that launches $3.5T party-line spending plan
- The White House: Remarks by President Biden on the Build Back Better Agenda
- Verify (YouTube): Yes, 45,000 bridges in the US are in poor condition
- Washington Post: Biden’s $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill could take years to transform U.S.
- NY Times: Senate Passes $1T Infrastructure Bill, Handing Biden a Bipartisan Win
- ARTBA: Historic Infrastructure Package Passes Senate
- Construction Dive: Lawmakers consider options for the Highway Trust Fund
POLITICAL:
- Newsday: Ex-Suffolk DA Thomas Spota, former aide, sentenced to 5 years in prison
- Newsday: All the governor’s people
- News12 LI: ‘I will fight like hell for you’: Hochul pledges to battle for all New Yorkers
- Politico: Hochul confirms plans to run for Governor in 2022
- Politico: Can the Cuomo infrastructure plan survive after Cuomo?
- CrainsNY: ‘Mr. SALT’ and NJ ally fight Ocasio-Cortez to revive tax break
- Buffalo News: Hochul says she’s ‘prepared’ to take the reins
- Politico: ‘The king is dead’: Albany celebrates Cuomo’s collapse-and worries about his ghosts
- Politico: Melissa DeRosa, Cuomo’s top staffer, resigns