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‘#Public4Penn’ Demands NY Leaders Take Action On Penn Station
Last Wednesday morning outside of New York’s Penn Station, RPA joined other civic, design and transit organizations, state and local elect..
Once A Landfill, A State Park Will Soon Bloom
On September 5th, Governor Andrew Cuomo led a group of journalists, city and state officials, and New York residents to the site of a larg..
Introducing the Anchor Opportunity Network for the NY-NJ-CT Region
Our region is home to many esteemed colleges and universities, hospitals, libraries, museums and other public and non-profit institutions…
Is the Urban Growth Machine Slowing Down?
Over the last decade, sky high levels of job growth and housing costs in New York and other major cities have reinforced beliefs that the ..
Fourth Regional Plan Design Opens At Center For Architecture
On July 26, the Center For Architecture welcomed over 275 design enthusiasts, urban planners and community members for opening of , The Fu..
Building More Climate Resilience In Queens
On June 19th and July 24th, planners from the Regional Plan Association and organizers from Make the Road New York (MRNY) held community w..
As NYC Transit Plans To “Fast Forward,” Here’s A Road Map To Help
On any given day, the New York City subway moves nearly six million commuters. But in the last several years, our system’s infrastructure ..
The Fight For True Representation on Long Island
Latino residents on Long Island are filing a lawsuit against the Town of Islip, New York to achieve better representation in local decisio..
Is NYC as Transit-Oriented As We Think?
We tend to think of New York City as a transit-oriented city. But is it really?
A recent bill in California that RPA has been following..
Climate Adaptation Network (CAN) Webinar Discusses Collaborative Approaches To Building Resilience
In our recent report, Coastal Adaptation: A Framework for Governance and Funding to Address Climate Change, RPA identified a few major imp..