Amazon.com is pulling out of a plan to build a headquarters in New York City, after a backlash from some residents and politicians, the e-commerce giant said.
February 14, 2019New York
Government, Business, Logistics
Mark Lennihan/Associated Press
Amazon Ditches Plans for New York Headquarters
Mark Lennihan/Associated Press
Government, Business, Logistics
Bartek Sadowski/Bloomberg News
New York Mayor Bill de Blasio Calls Amazon’s HQ2 Jobs ‘Mission Critical’
Bartek Sadowski/Bloomberg News
Defending the incentive package to attract Amazon.com Inc.’s HQ2 to New York City, Mayor Bill de Blasio said the prospect of the tech giant bringing tens of thousands of jobs to the area was “mission critical.”
February 12, 2019
Government, Business, Logistics
NYC residents protesting Amazon outside City Hall. (Sangsuk Sylvia Kang/Bloomberg News)
Amazon Reconsidering NYC Headquarters After Opposition
NYC residents protesting Amazon outside City Hall. (Sangsuk Sylvia Kang/Bloomberg News)
Amazon.com Inc. is reconsidering its plan to build a corporate campus in New York after facing a wave of opposition, according to a news report that cited unnamed people familiar with the matter.
February 8, 2019
Government, Business, Technology, Logistics
Jeenah Moon/Bloomberg News
N.Y. Mayor Says Amazon Will Prevail as City Needs Tech
Jeenah Moon/Bloomberg News
New York Mayor Bill de Blasio said he thinks Amazon.com will prevail in building its huge new campus in the city — despite an opponent being recommended to serve on a board with veto power over the transaction.
February 5, 2019
Government, Business, Logistics, TCA
A Walmart truck crossing a bridge on Interstate 81 in Pennsylvania. (Carolyn Kaster/Associated Press)
Truckers, Residents Voice Concerns Over Aging Syracuse Viaduct
A Walmart truck crossing a bridge on Interstate 81 in Pennsylvania. (Carolyn Kaster/Associated Press)
AUBURN, N.Y. — U.S. Rep. John Katko held a town hall meeting regarding the fate of an aging viaduct in the center of Syracuse on Feb. 4, listening to concerns regarding the trucking industry, lakes, pollution and traffic.
February 5, 2019
Government, Business, Technology, Equipment, Safety
Jimmy Emerson, DVM/Flickr
New York Hadn't Been Enforcing the ELD Mandate. Now It Is.
Jimmy Emerson, DVM/Flickr
The New York State Department of Transportation announced that state inspectors will begin enforcing federal electronic logging device rules, ending a year-plus stretch during which a lawsuit kept the state law enforcement in limbo and left federal inspectors as the sole enforcers of the rule in the state.
January 18, 2019
Government, Safety
A "Welcome to New York" sign along northbound Interstate 287 and State Route 17. (Famartin/Wikicommons)
New York DOT Removes Controversial Highway Signs
A "Welcome to New York" sign along northbound Interstate 287 and State Route 17. (Famartin/Wikicommons)
The New York State Department of Transportation completed ahead of schedule the removal of hundreds of the large blue tourism signs that line highways.
November 29, 2018
Government, Business, Technology, Safety, TCA
New York City Mayor Mayor, Bill de Blasio (Jonathan Levinson/Bloomberg News)
New York City to Roll Out ‘High Vision’ Trucks
New York City Mayor Mayor, Bill de Blasio (Jonathan Levinson/Bloomberg News)
New York City’s initiative to reduce traffic deaths may be called Vision Zero, but for municipal truck drivers it will translate into a little more vision — in the form of fewer blind spots.
November 28, 2018
Government, Safety
Vehicles pass an "I Love New York" sign on the New York State Thruway in Utica, N.Y. (Mike Groll/AP)
New York DOT Strikes Deal With Feds Over Controversial Signs
Vehicles pass an "I Love New York" sign on the New York State Thruway in Utica, N.Y. (Mike Groll/AP)
The New York State Department of Transportation will retain $14 million in federal funding after reaching a compromise with the Federal Highway Administration over the large blue tourism signs that line the state’s highways.
October 3, 2018
Government, Business, Safety
A sign at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York. (Photo by Seth Wenig/AP)
Gov. Andrew Cuomo Proposes Additional $125 Billion for N.Y. Infrastructure
A sign at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York. (Photo by Seth Wenig/AP)
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced May 8 that an additional $125 billion will go toward infrastructure investment over the next five years.
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