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News
Oct 16 2025
Statement on the Importance of the Gateway Program
by Tom Wright & Joshua Berman
Oct 07 2025
RPA Supports YES on Affordable Housing Coalition’s Push to Pass Charter Revision Proposals 2 - 4
by Sam Bowden Akbari
Oct 01 2025
RPA Statement on Funding Freeze for Critical NYC Infra Projects
by Tom Wright & Sam Bowden Akbari
Sep 26 2025
Coalition Statement from New Yorkers for Clean Air Following Gov. Hochul’s Announcement of the Sustainable Future Fund
Sep 25 2025
Regional Plan Association Debuts New Report of National Reduced Fare Programs at Climate Week NYC 2025
Sep 22 2025
RPA Statement Following Affirmative BMT Vision Plan Vote
by Tiffany-Ann Taylor
Sep 19 2025
RPA Statement Ahead of the BMT Vote
Sep 15 2025
RPA’s New Report Details Opportunities for Transit-Oriented Development in Connecticut
Sep 11 2025
RPA Releases Planning Priorities for the Next New Jersey Governor
Aug 27 2025
RPA Statement on the Penn Station Renovation Announcement
by Tom Wright
Aug 18 2025
RPA Statement on Second Avenue Subway Phase 2 Tunneling Contract
Aug 14 2025
RPA Statement on New York City Council Passing the Midtown South Mixed-Use (MSMX) Plan
by Moses Gates
Aug 04 2025
RPA Recognizes the Davis Center at Harlem Meer, the Commissioners of the Gateway Development Commission, and Dr. Eugenie L. Birch at Annual Benefit
Jul 29 2025
RPA Statement on Proposed EPA Repeal of Endangerment Finding
by Robert Freudenberg
Jul 23 2025
RPA Statement on the Proposed Massive Cuts to Vital HUD Programs
by Moses Gates & Sam Bowden Akbari
Jul 17 2025
RPA Statement on NYS Department of Public Service Decision to Halt Offshore Wind Transmission Planning
Jul 08 2025
RPA Releases an Extensive Review of New Jersey’s Residential Growth and Progress Since the Adoption of the 2001 State Plan
Jul 03 2025
Joint Statement from New York Renews and New Yorkers for Clean Air
Jul 01 2025
RPA Submits Amicus Curiae Brief in Lawsuit over the Future of New York City’s Congestion Pricing Program
Jun 26 2025
RPA Welcomes Eight New Members to its Board of Directors
by Christine Hsu & Meaghan McElroy
Jun 24 2025
New RPA Report Finds NJ TRANSIT Drives Net Annual Economic Benefits of $12.7 Billion to $13.8 Billion Statewide
Jun 23 2025
RPA and Desegregate CT Statement on Veto of HB 5002 in Connecticut
by Pete Harrison & Nick Kantor
Jun 18 2025
New Congestion Pricing Research Shows Fewer Traffic Jams and Delays Across the City and Region
May 29 2025
Statement on Dyer Ave. Deck Over Groundbreaking
May 28 2025
Work Live Ride, part of HB 5002, passes in the House of the Connecticut General Assembly
by Nick Kantor, Pete Harrison & Meaghan McElroy
May 22 2025
New Report by Regional Plan Association (RPA) Finds Billions in Lost Economic Opportunity If Westchester Fails to Meet Housing Demand
May 19 2025
RPA Statement Regarding the Reinstatement of the Empire 1 Offshore Wind Project
May 16 2025
Statement from the Congestion Pricing Now Coalition on the Amicus Brief Filed for the MTA v. Duffy Lawsuit
RPA Statement Concerning the NJ TRANSIT x BLET Strike Action
by Zoe Baldwin
May 09 2025
New Yorkers for Clean Air Coalition Statement on the FY 2026 New York State Budget
by Dale Bryk & Sam Bowden Akbari
RPA Statement in Support of the FY 2026 New York State Budget
May 05 2025
RPA Supports Gov. Hochul and Regional Leaders for Joining a Coalition of 15 other States Standing Up to Federal Overreach in OSW
Apr 23 2025
New Report from Regional Plan Association (RPA) Finds Investments in Gateway Program Will Generate Over $445 Billion in National and Regional Economic Benefits
Apr 20 2025
Congestion Pricing Now coalition statement on 4/20, the arbitrary deadline to ‘halt’ NYC’s congestion pricing program
Apr 17 2025
RPA Statement on the U.S. Department of Interior’s Halting of the Empire Wind 1 Offshore Wind Project in New York
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