A Ferris Wheel and Disorderly Development on Staten Island: 9 days after Superstorm Sandy hit Staten Island, the NYC Economic Development Corporation sponsored a meeting on a new plan to building the world's largest Ferris Wheel.  You'd think that a full-throated discussion on disaster recovery would have been more on-message.  

REZONING HARLEM grew out of an innovative Hunter College course co-taught by filmmaker Kelly Anderson and Center Director Tom Angotti, "Media, Community Advocacy and the Urban Environment," that brought together graduate students from Film & Media and Urban Planning programs. Natash Florentino and Tamara Gubernat.

Mayor Still Looks to Building and Zoning to Ease Housing Crunch (Tom Angotti)
City Brownfield Program Clean Sites, But Who Benefits? (Melissa Checker)  
Staten Island's Toxic Stew (Melissa Checker)    
Climate Change Could Threaten a Green Willet's Point (Melissa Checker)    
Community Plan for the 'Highway to Nowhere' (Melissa Checker)    
Making Coney Island Green (Tom Angotti)