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Mayor Koch talks about Upcoming Roadwork, MBTA Ferry Service in Quincy, Updates on New Furnace Brook Clubhouse, New Animal Care Facility, Public Safety HQ
In this episode of Capital for Good we speak with Janno Lieber, the chairman and CEO of New York's MTA, one of the world's oldest, largest, and most complex public transit systems. “New York is my passion,” Lieber says, and the throughline of his career. Lieber, a lifelong New Yorker, business leader and transit veteran — he was a transportation advisor to Mayor Koch, an Assistant Secretary of Transportation in the Clinton Administration, and led the rebuilding of the World Trade Center site after September 11 attacks — talks about the complexity of overseeing a public transportation system that spans a 12-county, 25-million person region: 6,400 subway cars, 472 stations, 5,700 buses, and two major commuter rails. Lieber notes that the success of the region — it is the economic powerhouse of the local state and much of the national economy — rests on density and mobility. “The ability to get around New York only works if you have great mass transit,” he says; the MTA moves more than six million people per day. For users, trains, buses and subways are 15 percent the cost of owning an automobile. “The magic of transit,” Lieber explains, “is it is one of the very few things that makes living in New York City and the region affordable.” We discuss congestion pricing, the decades in making the policy to charge automobiles $9 a day to enter the most congested part of the city to reduce traffic, improve emissions, air quality, health and safety, and help finance maintenance and upgrades to the 100 year old transit system. The program launched January 5 and early data is very promising: a 10 to 20 percent reduction in traffic; significantly reduced travel times for drivers from New Jersey, Long Island, Queens and the Bronx, and along some of the city's most crowded thoroughfares (i.e., Canal Street, 34th Street, 42nd Street and 57th); increased transit ridership; and revenue generated for critical improvements: elevators and ramps to make all subway stations accessible and ADA compliant, new train cars and electric buses, new tracks, signals and power systems, mitigation efforts in areas that may see spillover traffic. Lieber notes that the economic benefits are already observable in the zone itself: increased pedestrian traffic, an uptick in retail, restaurant and Broadway sales, and promising indices in commercial leasing — “a vote of confidence” in the program. For all these reasons the business community has long supported the policy. The MTA is equally pleased to see high rates of customer satisfaction coming from drivers with reduced commute times, which Lieber believes will also be important to counter the recent political opposition from Washington. Lieber reminds us that congestion pricing has been successfully tested in the courts, and there is nothing in the federal law or program design that would allow for its rollback. We also speak about how central public safety, real and perceived, is to the economic and civic health of the city. “Public transit is where six million New Yorkers every day form their opinion about whether government works, and to some extent whether this community, this experiment in diversity and tolerance and economic dynamism, is working,” Lieber says. While the data show that overall crime in the city is down, crime in the subway is down, and subway crime accounts for less than two percent of overall crime, high profile and frightening crimes, and the city's larger mental health, substance use and homeless crises that are acutely manifest in the subway system, play an outsized play role in the public's sense of security, order and well-being. “Not only to the subways have to be safe, they have to feel safe,” Lieber insists, and we discuss numerous efforts the MTA is taking in coordination with other city agencies to address these issues. We conclude with the resilience of New Yorkers in the face of adversity — the fiscal crisis of the 1970s, the September 11 attacks, the dotcom burst, and the financial crisis, Hurricane Sandy, the pandemic — and how the city “bounces back even better” to become a better version of itself. "Never bet against New York,” is Lieber's motto. Thanks for Listening! Subscribe to Capital for Good on Apple, Amazon, Google, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. Drop us a line at socialenterprise@gsb.columbia.edu. Mentioned in this Episode Congestion Pricing Reduced Traffic. Now its Hitting Revenue Goals, (The New York Times, 2025)
Mayor Koch with an update on all things QUINCY 400!Visit www.quincy400.com
What's in the water in Quincy? Celebrating & Memorializing some of Quincy's extraordinary citizens as we look back at Mayor Koch's State of the City, 2025. Profiling George Burke, Bill Delahunt, Frank Bellotti & Captain Richard Straton and more.
On this Special Episode of City View, Mayor Tom Koch talks with Quincy's own West Point Cadet, Hailey Concannon.
Mayor Koch with more on major roadwork with National Grid, Neponset River Bridge traffic and Pier upgrades at Squantum Point Park
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Mayor Koch with a few updates on the MBTA shutdown and lots of Quincy road work.
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Send us a Text Message.Meg takes a drive on the Cross Bronx Expressway and spots Mayor Koch's Potemkin Village of decal covered bombed-out buildings. Jessica hops on her 10-speed and joins the bike messenger revolution, terrifying pedestrians and forever changing NYC cycling laws.Please check out our website, follow us on Instagram, on Facebook, and...WRITE US A REVIEW HEREWe'd LOVE to hear from you! Let us know if you have any ideas for stories HEREThank you for listening!Love,Meg and Jessica
Mayor Koch addresses the rumors of his salary raise and then talks about the fiscal 2025 City of Quincy Budget.
Mayor Koch with an update on the ongoing Long Island Bridge saga & the topping off ceremony of the new public safety HQ.
Mayor Koch with updates on 4 major city projects and how it all works!1. Pine Hills and Wollaston Cemeteries. 2. New Public Safety HQ3. Furnace Brook Golf Course
Mayor Koch talks about the Inauguration and Quincy 400 plans!
Mayor Koch is BACK talking Christmas in Quincy, Ice Skating by the Generals Bridge and what's to come to that area.
Trader Joes in Quincy? New Medical Facility? Mayor Koch with some big updates!
Mayor Koch talks about historic preservation, affordable housing, development & traffic in the City of Quincy.
Mayor Koch with a recap on the ENC Community Meeting on 9-12-23, Listener email Questions, Tunnel to Towers 9/11 Mobile Exhibit.
Mayor Koch on Public Safety in Quincy!
Mayor Koch updates on Faxon Park improvements & the state of all Quincy parks & open spaces.
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 922, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: baseball managers 1: IN '72 Ted Williams became the 1st manager of this team that plays its home games in Arlington, TX.. the Texas Rangers. 2: Since taking over the Yankees in 1996, he's guided the team to 6 World Series appearances, winning 4 times. Joe Torre. 3: After retiring as the Dodgers' manager, he guided the 2000 U.S. Olympic baseball team to the gold medal. Tommy Lasorda. 4: This San Francisco Giants manager has the same name as a 49ers running back. Roger Craig. 5: Hall of Fame manager George Anderson receved this nickname because of his scrappy determination. "Sparky". Round 2. Category: "union"s 1: This country's breakup December 25, 1991 made headlines. the Soviet Union. 2: It's what ads for the International Ladies' Garment Workers want you to "Look for". the union label. 3: Nickname for the flag of Great Britain. the Union Jack. 4: It's a co-op banking association in which members pool their savings and lend to each other. credit union. 5: This company erected the first transcontinental telegraph line. Western Union. Round 3. Category: "i", "ay", "eye" 1: Portugal's peninsula. Iberian. 2: Bart Simpson's foreign catch phrase. "Ay Caramba!". 3: Mr. Merchant's movie partner. James Ivory. 4: On the Cuban Missile Crisis, Dean Rusk said "We're" this "and the other fellow just blinked". Eyeball to eyeball. 5: Title for a scholar in Islamic law and religion; he may be a young up and "Khomeini". Ayatollah. Round 4. Category: beauty queens 1: The Miss America Pageant stopped giving this award for friendliness in 1974. Miss Congeniality Award. 2: He was involved with 1972's Miss Tennessee, Linda Thompson, while he and Priscilla were divorcing. Elvis Presley. 3: She was Miss Mississippi and Miss America, and now she's Mrs. Gary Collins. Mary Ann Mobley. 4: A scandal involving her lover lost this ex-Miss America her job with Mayor Koch's office. Bess Myerson. 5: She won Miss World-USA in '73 --but the headband, bracelets and red, white and blue costume came later. Lynda Carter. Round 5. Category: hits of the '90s 1: This 1996 dance hit was actually an English remix by the Bayside Boys using the Spanish chorus by Los Del Rio. "The Macarena". 2: TLC "don't want no" these; one of these "is a guy that can't get no love from me". "Scrubs". 3: In Spetember 1995 this artist's "You Are Not Alone" became the first single in history to enter the Hot 100 chart at No. 1. Michael Jackson. 4: Toni Braxton asked her lover to do this to "my heart, say you'll love me again". un-break. 5: The refrain of his hit "Lullaby" is "Everything's gonna be all right, rock-a-bye...". Shawn Mullins. Thanks for listening! Come back tomorrow for more exciting trivia! Special thanks to https://blog.feedspot.com/trivia_podcasts/
Mayor Koch talks about current road work in Quincy, Back 2 School prep and New Schools coming to Quincy
Mayor Koch on the Quincy IHOP property, Quincy's financial stability, traffic & for Quality of Life for first-time home buyers, Quincy is #1 in NE, 16th in the US.
Mayor Koch with an update on the Furnace Brook Golf Club, NQHS & Kennedy Center Building Upgrades, BIG Change on July 1st with the Quincy Fire Department, Upcoming Events, NE Freejacks, & 4th of July thoughts from the Mayor.
Mayor Koch on the Quincy Public Schools as the year closes, Updates on New Public Safety Building, Roads and More..
Mayor Koch on Flag Day 2023 & Koch Club 75th Anniversary
Mayor Koch Update on Fiscal 2024 City Budget & $100 Million Dollars in Road Upgrades.See full Budget Video for more on Fiscal 2024 City Budget...https://youtu.be/fCSQN_eOQBE
Esperanza and Irwin can barely contain their excitement for this podcast! Elizabeth Barlow Rogers is best known for her work as a driving force behind the resurrection of Central Park. 1970's New York City was a time of strife. Budget woes, crime, graffiti, defined NYC during this era, and the iconic Daily New headline, Ford to City: Drop Dead said it all. Central Park was in Ms. Barlow Rogers words, dying. In 1979, then Mayor Koch appointed her the first Central Park Administrator, and in 1980, she was one of the founders, and first president of the Central Park Conservancy. This non-profit combined public and private funding to rescue Central Park, and return it to its former glory. Great story, of course, and an essential part of this episode. But it's the Betsey Barlow circa 1965, buying a modest 1906 house in an unspoiled Wainscott that stole our hearts. Through Betsey's own words, reflections and observations, we'll share with you a Wainscott life spanning over 50 years, and a goodbye that very well may bring a tear to your eye.
Mayor Koch talks about the teachers contract process, the updates at Pageant Field & The Ruth Gordon Amphitheater, updates with Quincy Center
Mayor Koch recaps the State of the City address, the Mount Wollaston and Pine Hill Cemeteries project update.
Mayor Koch talks taxes in Quincy, State of the City coming & new city property for a good cause.
Mayor Koch recaps the most recent School Committee Meeting & discusses the yearly tax rate process.
Mayor Koch talks about the Massachusett Tribe & their future in Quincy & this weekends Thanksgiving & Christmas festivities.
Mayor Koch touches upon the **NEW** Abigail Adams Statue Unveiling and gives an update on the new Public Safety HQ's.
This week Chazz is joined by a New York City legend, Bo Dietl. Bo was a police officer in the NYPD and has some stories that Chazz could write so many scripts on, you don't know! Listen to the famous cases he worked on, one that Mayor Koch deemed "the most heinous crime in New York City" that he ended up solving! Listen to the details of his time on the force and his favorite food in New York - other than Chazz's restaurant of course! #podcast #ChazzPalminteri #LifeAdvice Send an email to ChazzPalminterishow@gmail.com! And check my out one man show and merchandise at ChazzPalminteri.net ! Thank you for the support and continue to share and send in your questions!
Mayor Tom Koch talks about the primary election results, Upcoming entertainment and activating open spaces in Quincy, Back 2 School in the Q!
Ronan Tynan, Good Health Store closing & Mayor Koch touches on China & Taiwan and talks recession?
Mayor Koch talks about the Adams Presidential Center!
Mayor Koch with a few Quincy, summer updates & celebrations, Notable Quincy people trivia
Mayor Koch fills us in on matters before the City Council & infrastructure and street improvements across the city
*Special Episode* Mayor Koch's interview with General Joseph Dunford, former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the United States Armed Forces. Part 2On part 2 of Mayor Koch's interview with General Dunford, the former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs weighs in on the war in Ukraine, Russia and China.
*Special Episode* Mayor Koch's interview with General Joseph Dunford, former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the United States Armed Forces. Part 1On part 1 of Mayor Koch's interview with General Dunford, the former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff talks about his distinguished military career, Afghanistan, wounded veterans and of course Quincy.
Michael speaks with New York Times reporter Matt Flegenheimer, who co-wrote (with Rosa Goldensohn) the weekend New York Times story about the life of the late former mayor of New York City, Ed Koch, and the secret he kept about his sexual orientation. Original air date 9 May 2022.
Mayor Koch responds to "The Bridge to Nowhere?" The Mayors son on the QPD, Cynicism & World Politics and Finally, Donny Bowes will be missed
Mayor Koch's update on the upcoming Squantum School project & other improvements on Quincy Public Schools
How do we handle snow storms in Quincy? Mayor Koch talks about snow emergency plans & procedures, before, during and after the storm..
Generals Bridge is open, Mayor Koch talks about the new City Council Presidents new agenda and zoning changes. Book recommendations.
Kevin and Anne discuss the Ledger's recent story "A tale of two Quincys: Unbridled growth in a city rich with history" by Joe Difazio and Mayor Koch's recent podcast regarding the development and Kevin reads a "Listener Mail" letter about the same subject. https://www.patriotledger.com/in-depth/news/2021/10/04/quincy-unbridled-development-city-known-historical-character/5475312001/ (The Ledger Article:) A tale of two Quincys: Unbridled growth in a city rich with history. CityLimits Artwork | Liam Mahoney. Check out his https://www.lmillustration.com/ (artwork.)
In the 1970s, New York City was broke. Today, we know the city eventually bounced back, but at what cost? When a city is broke, who pays? Mayor Ed Koch dramatically cut the city’s budget in an effort solve a $600 million deficit. Among the cuts, were city hospitals. One in particular, Sydenham Hospital in Harlem, was a neighborhood institution with an important history for the Black community. When Mayor Koch announced the city was closing Sydenham, the community mobilized to save it. The years-long fight culminated in a takeover of the hospital by demonstrators in September 1980. What made Harlem fight so hard for this hospital? And why wouldn’t Mayor Koch listen? We spoke with New Yorkers who were central in the fight to save Sydenham. Ebun Adelona, MS, PhD, CPHQ, a community organizer whose dissertation “The Social Relations of Health” was a critical resource for this project. Carole Doneghy, a social worker at Harlem Hospital, and Judy Wessler, a health advocate, both of whom were active in organizing efforts. Haskell Ward, former Deputy Mayor in the Koch Administration, who resigned over the plans to close Sydenham.