Public Works Gives Back 2022
Giving back is a core value for us at Public Works. Our work focuses on improving municipal systems so that planning agencies, nonprofit service providers, educational institutions, and community leaders can better support their communities. Throughout the year, we...
November 2022 Newsletter: Our latest project supporting a NYC transit icon!
We’ve got all hands on deck to redesign Penn Station Exciting news! Public Works Partners has been selected to support the transformation of Penn Station into a world-class transit hub as part of the design team led by FXCollaborative and WSP. This monumental effort...
Circular Economies: Accelerating Sustainable Consumption through Reuse
Sustainability is one of New York City’s central goals for the next 30 years. In the OneNYC 2050 plan, the city set carbon neutrality by 2050 as a goal, seeking 100% clean electricity, elimination of single-use plastics, a carbon neutral fleet of city vehicles by...
October 2022 Newsletter: Open role for Principal of urban planning!
Big news for our urban planning practice The latest news in Public Works Partners’ growth is out: we’ve begun our search for a Principal to lead our Urban Planning practice! We are absolutely delighted about the growth our team has seen this past year and are proud to...
What Public Works is Reading, Watching, and Listening To!
Allison Quigney, Principal I'm reading...Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner I'm watching...I'm very happy to have finally gone back to the movie theater for Top Gun: Maverick and Marcel the Shell with Shoes On. Also very excited about season 3 of Never Have I Ever...
Pandemic Innovation: Lessons Learned for Small Business Support
Opportunities to innovate are rare within most organizations. It takes time and focus and is often not a top priority amid the daily, weekly, and quarterly pressures of keeping the business running. When the COVID-19 pandemic hit in 2020, it was a shock and a wake-up...
September 2022 Newsletter: See you at an event this fall! (We’ll be at lots of them)
Falling for Workforce Development at Niagara We are proud to sponsor and present at the NYATEP 2022 Fall Conference for Workforce and Economic Development on October 3-5 in Niagara Falls, NY. Our panel, “Building Partnerships Between Small Higher Education...
Scootering into the Future: Micromobility and Public-Private Partnerships in New York City Transit
In August 2021, New York City joined the scooter revolution via a pilot program in the East Bronx spanning from the neighborhood of East Chester to Van Nest. This e-scooter pilot program, in partnership with Lime, Bird, and Veo, was implemented here to reach transit...
August 2022 Newsletter: Boy, it’s hot out there!
The Dog Days of Summer: What's Up with this Heat? New Yorkers saw a record-breaking heat wave at the end of July, which will only get longer and more frequent as the threat of climate change worsens. Across the country, heat waves often disproportionately impact...
What Can We Do to Improve Community Policing Initiatives?
Fundamentally restructuring police systems nationwide to be more emblematic of community policing models is easier said than done. Nationwide integration of community policing practices has to overcome meandering political will, a lack of standardization and...