{"id":326563,"date":"2026-08-21T11:22:18","date_gmt":"2026-08-21T11:22:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/326563\/"},"modified":"2026-08-21T11:22:18","modified_gmt":"2026-08-21T11:22:18","slug":"tribeca-citizen-in-the-news-more-on-congestion-pricing-x-air-quality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/326563\/","title":{"rendered":"Tribeca Citizen | In the News: More on congestion pricing x air quality"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\t\tIn the News: More on congestion pricing x air quality<\/p>\n

August 20, 2026 \u2022 Arts & Culture<\/a>, Community News<\/a>, Parks<\/a>, Real Estate<\/a><\/p>\n

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ANOTHER TAKE ON AIR QUALITY x CONGESTION PRICING
Tribecan Charlie Komanoff has a more nuanced and historical take [than mine] on the city\u2019s recent report on air quality after a year of congestion pricing in Streetsblog here<\/a>. \u201cWhat\u2019s unconditionally validating is the report\u2019s finding that in environmental justice neighborhoods, \u2018congestion pricing didn\u2019t increase pollution.\u2019\u2026 From 2022 until recently, \u2018Gridlock\u2019 Sam Schwartz and I expended considerable effort critiquing extreme MTA modeling scenarios and pushing back against local activists who worried that \u2018diverted traffic\u2019 unleashed by the toll plan could more than offset reduced through-traffic, leading to higher localized emissions and worsened air quality.\u201d<\/p>\n

NO HOUSING FOR ELIZABETH STREET GARDEN
In case you are engaged with this issue \u2014 it makes me wild with frustration \u2014 Crain\u2019s has an update<\/a> on the Elizabeth Street Garden: \u201cAfter years in limbo, the Elizabeth Street Garden will remain a green space instead of transforming into senior housing. The Mamdani administration reached a deal with Pennrose, Riseboro and Habitat for Humanity on Thursday, providing the developers with an alternative site to build housing and leaving the NoLita garden\u2019s newly minted parkland status intact.\u201d<\/p>\n

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GLOBAL POLITICS OVER LOCAL SCULPTURE
The Trib has a story<\/a> on a sculpture integrated into Elizabeth Berger Park in Fidi titled \u201cAl Qalam: Poets in the Park,\u201d<\/a> which honors Little Syria and the writers of the Pen League. \u201cTo understand who they were and where they came from needs explaining,\u201d The Trib writes. \u201cAnd that\u2019s the hitch. According to Lebanese officials and some Lebanese-American organizations, the text of the original sign\u2026misrepresented the writers of Lebanese descent as Syrian. That\u2019s a touchy issue given modern-day hostilities between the two countries.\u201d<\/p>\n

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BROKERS SUE OVER COMMISSION AT 1 PARK ROW
The Real Deal reports<\/a> that \u201cCorcoran, Corcoran Sunshine Marketing Group, and Brown Harris Stevens have filed a lawsuit against Circle F Capital, alleging the developer failed to pay full commissions following the $94 million sale and restructuring of the 1 Park Row luxury condo project.\u201d<\/p>\n

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