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Re: Mayoral Hopefuls Speak Out On Public Health

Gotham Gazette — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 21:49:09 -0000

Good question. We'll see if it's available. -- The Editor.

Re: Cops In High Schools (Gotham Gazette, Dec 2006)

Gotham Gazette — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 07:03:55 -0000

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Re: Online Shopping And Its Impact On The Environment (Gotham Gazette, January 2006)

Gotham Gazette — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 08:36:44 -0000

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Re: (Gotham Gazette, Feb 2010)

Gotham Gazette — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 10:17:26 -0000

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Re: Guide for the Last Minute Voter: 2011 Primary and Special Election (Gotham Gazette, Sep 10, 2011)

Gotham Gazette — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 20:38:17 -0000

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Re: 'There's No Problem!' Newsrooms in Denial About Rampant Errors

Gotham Gazette — Fri, 29 Apr 2011 12:32:21 -0000

Interesting. Along with all this, papers can simply buy into conventinal swisdom -- even if it;s wrong.

A case in point: The New York Times sometimes writes that there have been major advances in student achievement (test scores, graduation rate, etc,) under Bloomberg. This is the conventional wisdom, thanks in no small part of a masterful public relations effort by the billionaire mayor and his supporters. But many experts -- and the state government -- see a more nuanced picture.

Here's a (warning quite long) account from one blogger/activist about her effort to correct this: http://nycpublicschoolparen...

I can't vouch for all of it but the basic thrust -- that the massive test gains reported by the Times have been called into question by the state government and even by Bloomberg himself last summer -- is certainly correct.

In its correction, the Times tries to evade the fact here. That is that the figures cited in the article, showing the huge increase in test scores, are ot from the official state report, released and accepted by the city, which, in fact, showed a decline. The figures the Times reported as "fact" were, as the correction implies, a new effort by the Department of Education to spin the numbers.

Why does the Times stick by this? Is it their legendary reluctance to admit error? Have they simply bought the conventional wisdom? For reasons of their own ideology, do they want to make the numbers appear better than they are? Or is something else going on?

Re: Does Social Media Really Boost Traffic?

Gotham Gazette — Thu, 28 Apr 2011 18:10:34 -0000

Good suggestion -- the toll, not Jen. Jen would get more hits of course but it might be a tad (just a tad) misleading. Thanks!

Re: Does Social Media Really Boost Traffic?

Gotham Gazette — Thu, 28 Apr 2011 18:09:39 -0000

Thanks!

Re: (Gotham Gazette, Mar 23, 2011)

Gotham Gazette — Sat, 26 Mar 2011 15:06:01 -0000

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Re: New York's Wealthiest Need to Sacrifice a Little Too (Gotham Gazette, Mar 25, 2011)

Gotham Gazette — Sat, 26 Mar 2011 13:31:05 -0000

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Re: (Gotham Gazette, Mar 25, 2011)

Gotham Gazette — Sat, 26 Mar 2011 11:15:59 -0000

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Re: (Gotham Gazette, Mar 23, 2011)

Gotham Gazette — Fri, 25 Mar 2011 19:41:02 -0000

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Re: (Gotham Gazette, Mar 25, 2011)

Gotham Gazette — Fri, 25 Mar 2011 17:46:10 -0000

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Re: (Gotham Gazette, Mar 26, 2011)

Gotham Gazette — Fri, 25 Mar 2011 13:16:11 -0000

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Re: New York's Wealthiest Need to Sacrifice a Little Too (Gotham Gazette, Mar 25, 2011)

Gotham Gazette — Fri, 25 Mar 2011 13:01:22 -0000

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Re: New York's Wealthiest Need to Sacrifice a Little Too (Gotham Gazette, Mar 25, 2011)

Gotham Gazette — Fri, 25 Mar 2011 12:36:04 -0000

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Re: On the Waterfront Plan: Real Estate Dreams and Future Conflicts (Gotham Gazette, Jan 2011)

Gotham Gazette — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 15:28:49 -0000

It's been fixed.

Re: A Laptop For Every Student? (Gotham Gazette, May 2006)

Gotham Gazette — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 07:20:39 -0000

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Re: (Gotham Gazette, Apr 2010)

Gotham Gazette — Tue, 04 May 2010 16:14:49 -0000

The response was submitted by Sandy Hornick, director of strategic planning for the NYC Dept of City Planning.

Mr. Paul's opinion piece cites theory and speculation that are not grounded in real-world facts. The Department of City Planning (DCP) has been studying the dynamics associated with parking regulations and cars and demonstrating real-world success in steering growth toward transit.

There are indeed cities where high parking requirements act to encourage high automobile ownership. But DCP's 2009 Residential Parking Study documented that we are not such a city. Parking requirements do NOT drive automobile ownership here – rather it is correlated with distance from the center of Manhattan, household income and family structure, and housing type.

The column embodies a fundamental misconception that transit-oriented development means an absolute absence of cars. People own cars even where no parking is required - no parking has been required in the Manhattan core since 1982, but car ownership has climbed. The essence of transit-oriented development is that people have practical choices for travel other than by private automobile. While some people will choose not to have automobiles, others will for a variety of reasons. A nurse that lives in Glendale, Queens and works at Coney Island Hospital in Brooklyn, for instance, may choose to commute to work by automobile rather than a lengthy trip by public transit while other households with more convenient transit trips to work may still choose to maintain a car to do a big shopping and for family trips to areas that aren't well-served by transit.

Overall, transit-oriented locations – and no American location has more transit-oriented development than New York City – reduce automotive travel. That’s why New Yorkers who own cars drive significantly fewer miles than the average American and those who live in our denser, inner city neighborhoods drive even fewer miles. New York’s increased competitiveness within the region has resulted in the City capturing a much higher share of regional housing growth. Instead of people living in the suburbs and driving everywhere, more people are able to live in the city while both maintaining their mobility and reducing their mileage and greenhouse emissions. It would be counterproductive to drive (pun intended) people who want or need cars to live in the suburbs.

The Department has completed over 100 neighborhood rezonings that distinguish between real opportunities for transit-oriented growth and zoning capacity that only existed on paper - where capacity could not be realized without harming the essential fabric and scale of neighborhoods. And this policy to steer development toward transit have been successful - from 2007-2009, over 87 percent of new housing permits were located within 1/2 mile of a transit station. We have supported our recent growth without an increase in auto commuting. (The share of people traveling into the Manhattan business district each day by automobile, truck and taxi declined from 33.9 to 24.7 percent between 2000 and 2008 while those entering by subway increased from 51.1 to 57.8 percent. ) Even as the City’s population and employment grew during this period, the City’s DOT reports that traffic has largely remained flat in the rest of the city.

And while we continue to study the relationship between parking regulations, car ownership and usage patterns, we are making our streetscape more pedestrian-friendly with requirements for street trees and planted yards, and limitations on intrusive curb cuts and have adopted zoning for secure indoor bike parking in the home and workplace to complement DOT’s efforts to expand bicycle commutation. We have also just introduced a zoning amendment to facilitate the expansion of car sharing, which can provide New Yorkers with mobility without the need to own a car, and reduce local demand for parking along with congestion, pollution, and greenhouse gas emissions.

Re: (Gotham Gazette, Mar 05, 2010)

Gotham Gazette — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 12:35:16 -0000

Hi David,

I've fixed the Knapp Commission but am baffled because I was sure I had
fixed it in the copy.

Have a good weekend.

Best,
Gail

Re: Cigarette Ban (Gotham Gazette, October 15, 2009)

Gotham Gazette — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 06:26:57 -0000

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Re: Mayor Bloomberg�s Record on Parks (Gotham Gazette, October 2009)

Gotham Gazette — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 11:27:58 -0000

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Re: Salt commentaries (Gotham Gazette, Jan 25, 2010)

Gotham Gazette — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 00:56:14 -0000

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Re: Recreation Centers: For Members Only (Gotham Gazette, July 2006)

Gotham Gazette — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 10:52:03 -0000

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Re: New York Shopping: Chains and Bargains (Gotham Gazette, Dec 10, 2007)

Gotham Gazette — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 20:12:25 -0000

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