For more than a year now, opponents of the proposed $4.2 billion Atlantic Yards project have been trying to create the illusion that a majority of local residents don’t want the project built. But that’s simply not true, and they hate me for saying so. more>

An incredible 80 percent of the city’s garbage gets shipped out of just three neighborhoods: the South Bronx, southeast Queens and Greenpoint/Williamsburg. Manhattan, by contrast, has no waste transfer stations. This is not just unfair, it’s deadly. more>

Although harm to the environment and the displacement of local businesses have been cited as reasons for denying BJ's and Wal-Mart a location in the Bronx, it’s their labor practices that are the root cause for keeping them out. Both companies work actively to keep unions out, and both have been sued for allegedly cheating workers out of overtime pay. more>