Last week, a fire in the engine room of the North River Wastewater Treatment Plant — located on the Hudson River, from 137th Street to 145th Street — shut the plant down, causing millions gallons of untreated sewage to pour into the New York waterways. The North River plant is one of the largest in [...]
No “vendor, hawker or huckster shall park a vehicle at a metered parking space to offer merchandise for sale from the vehicle.” According to the New York Times, this Transportation Department regulation has been on the books for at least 60 years, but has not been actively enforced in recent memory. However, a May 24th [...]
The 2008 economic crash changed the way many Americans think about housing, at least for a while. While the faltering economy plays a key factor in what kind of dwellings people buy and rent, this CNBC report suggests that shifting demographics may be more important in the long term. According to a report written by [...]
Us New Yorkers are not likely to be faced with this question any time soon, although CISC’s philanthropic founder did commission an exceptional report on the merits of free mass transit and what it could potentially do for our city. But the near half million residents of Murcia, Spain got to ponder this offer quite [...]
Brazil is set to host the 2014 FIFA World Cup and 2016 Summer Olympics. As with the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, and the 2008 Olympics in China, Brazil is using the two sporting events to showcase its rapid development and encourage investment. All of this is further magnified by the fact that the [...]
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