March 15, 2022
IN THE NEWS
LOCAL & LICA NEWS:
- LICA Spring Meeting: Key Facts/Talking Points/Did You Know?
- LIBI’s Mitch Pally to Retire
- Long Island drivers pleading with local, state officials to fix potholes - CBS News
- Nelson + Pope: Welcomes Bruce Mawhirter to their Transportation Dept.
- Newsday: Final Point: Where we’re going, we need roads…
- NYRIC/Rebuild NY Now Call for Increased Capital Program Funding
- Check out the new Spring Issue of LICA’s LI Road Warriors feat. Mitch Pally!
INDUSTRY:
- PoliticoPro: City finishes $50M sewer upgrades in Southeast Queens
- ANewLGA.com: LGA Mass Transit Access Evaluation March 22
- NBC News: Transit worker unions call on safety agency to implement infra law
- EB 22-011: NYSDOT Issuance re: MWBE Goal Plan (SFY 2021-22)
- EB 22-012: NYSDOT Issuance re: Fuel, Asphalt & Steel Price Adj (March 2022)
- PoliticoPro: Deal reached for Brooklyn offshore wind port
- Fox News: Pothole Season is here!
- Transportation Leaders Rally for New York to Use Federal Funds on Urgent Road Repairs
NEW YORK STATE:
- SpectrumNews: Could New York’s Environmental Bond Act get even bigger?
- Gov. Hochul announces PLA for Long Island Public Work Projects
- Times Union: GOP thanks Hochul but seeks more cash for roads and bridges
- NYS DEC: Jt. Statement from DEC and DOT Commissioners
- Patch: Transportation Leaders Urge NYS to Fix Failing Roads, Bridges
- Gothamist: After scrapping Cuomo’s AirTrain, Port Authority releases 14 other options
FEDERAL ISSUES/INFRASTRUCTURE
- ARTBA: Landmark Transportation Spending Bill headed to President’s Desk
- PoliticoPro: Senate gives final OK to $1.5T government funding bill
- PoliticoPro: House Democrats clear $1.5T spending deal after stripping Covid aid
- Sec’y Pete Buttigieg and the $560B investment in America’s transportation infra
- FHA Details Efforts to Advance Complete Streets Design Model, Improve Safety….
POLITICAL:
- PoliticoPro: The LI Sound takes star billing in House race to succeed Suozzi
- PoliticoPro: ‘Screw the Republicans’: NY’s GOP forgets Trump and angers Giuliani
- PoliticoPro: Zeldin wins Republican convention for gov. but a primary fight looms
- Newsday: Lee Zeldin backed for governor by state Republicans