Caroline Spivack

Reporter at Crain's New York Business

Reporter covering transportation/climate change at @CrainsNewYork | 📩 [email protected] | @Columbiajourn alum

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Port Authority bus terminal breaks ground on $10B revamp

1 week ago | crainsnewyork.com | Caroline Spivack

After years of stops and starts, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey on Wednesday put shovels in the ground on a $10-billion project to transform Midtown's notoriously run-down bus terminal into a spacious, modern travel hub. The project will reimagine the 41st Street facility between Eighth and 10th avenues with gleaming new structures that will expand the bus terminal’s capacity, add ground-floor retail and a new park on Dyer Avenue.
Judge reprimands feds for ‘game of chicken’ in new order on congestion pricing

1 week ago | crainsnewyork.com | Caroline Spivack

A federal judge late Wednesday blocked the Trump administration from shutting down congestion pricing or retaliating against New York transit projects before the toll’s fate is decided in court. A 109-page decision by Judge Lewis Liman of the Southern District of New York extends a Tuesday order that protects the MTA and New York from punitive action by the federal government from at least June 9 until the lawsuit is resolved.
New York natural gas pipeline revived in apparent Trump-Hochul deal

1 week ago | crainsnewyork.com | Caroline Spivack

The developer behind two long-dead natural gas pipeline projects to New York is preparing to file plans with the federal government to revive the projects, the Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday. Oklahoma-based pipeline company Williams wants to take another shot at building a pair of controversial pipelines, the Constitution and Northeast Supply Enhancement projects, that would carry natural gas from Pennsylvania into New York.
MTA greenlights $68B plan to modernize mass transit

1 week ago | crainsnewyork.com | Caroline Spivack

The MTA board on Wednesday approved an ambitious $68 billion plan to keep the region’s mass transit from falling into disrepair — enabling transit officials to carry out roughly $15 billion in projects per year to improve the subway, buses and commuter rail over the next five years. The capital plan, which funds projects getting underway between 2025 and 2029, primarily invests in efforts to keep the city’s 120-year-old subway and its bus network functioning.
MTA moves to acquire 18 Bronx, Westchester properties for Metro-North expansion

1 week ago | crainsnewyork.com | Caroline Spivack

The MTA is laying the groundwork to use eminent domain to acquire 18 properties in the Bronx and Westchester that are key to clearing the way for a $3 billion extension of the Metro-North Railroad to Penn Station.
Brooklyn could get residential parking permits under new state bill

1 week ago | crainsnewyork.com | Caroline Spivack

State lawmakers want to restrict street parking to residents in parts of Brooklyn, joining a similar push on the Upper West Side as more out-of-town drivers are looking for spots to avoid the congestion pricing toll. Brooklyn Assemblywoman Jo Anne Simon and Manhattan State Sen.
Judge blocks feds from freezing funds in NYC congestion pricing battle

1 week ago | crainsnewyork.com | Caroline Spivack

Buck Ennis Cars and trucks travel under a congestion pricing toll gantry in Manhattan. A New York federal judge temporarily blocked the Trump administration from shutting down congestion pricing or following through on threats to withhold funds and approvals from other New York transportation projects in retaliation for refusing to end the toll.
Amtrak to close East River tunnel as it kicks off $1.6B in repairs

2 weeks ago | crainsnewyork.com | Caroline Spivack

Amtrak will shut down one of four tubes that make up the East River Tunnel beginning Friday night, kicking off a two-and-a-half-year reconstruction of the tunnel. The project has faced staunch criticism from the MTA for its potential to disrupt rail service.
Court of Appeals puts an end to bid to overturn Local Law 97

2 weeks ago | crainsnewyork.com | Caroline Spivack

A panel of state Court of Appeals judges on Thursday dismissed a lawsuit that sought to overturn Local Law 97, ending a longshot, more-than-three-year court battle against a city law that requires landlords to slash carbon emissions from their buildings. The statue was signed into law in 2019 and took effect at the start of 2024. It requires most buildings larger than 25,000 square feet to meet escalating limits on their greenhouse gas emissions or face fines.
Andrew Cuomo tells New York co-op leaders he’d be open to Local Law 97 changes

2 weeks ago | crainsnewyork.com | Caroline Spivack

Mayoral race front-runner Andrew Cuomo told a coalition of co-op board presidents in a private meeting Wednesday that, if elected, he’s open to modifying New York City’s landmark climate law that restricts building carbon emissions to go easier on co-op buildings that are struggling to pay for building retrofits to comply with the law, according to two people at the meeting.