New York Daily News
The New York Daily News is a U.S. newspaper based in New York City. It is the ninth most widely circulated daily newspaper in the country, printing 200,000 copies a day. It was founded in 1919, and was the first U.S. daily printed in tabloid format. As of 2017, the paper is owned by tronc, the publishing operations of the former Tribune Company, and is headquartered at 4 New York Plaza in Lower Manhattan.
Though a self-proclaimed Republican newspaper for much of its history, the Daily News in recent years has exhibited a more moderate-to-liberal bias, and is often contrasted with the right-rated New York Post.
The 122-acre Brooklyn Marine Terminal (BMT) is one of the city’s last remaining maritime industrial sites on the waterfront. It’s also the last place that should be rezoned for market-rate housing. The New York City Economic Development Corp.’s (EDC) claims their redevelopment proposal for BMT ensures the growth of our maritime industry. Nothing could be further from the truth. EDC is a quasi-governmental authority that assumed oversight of our waterfront in 1991. Since then, much of our working waterfront has been converted to housing in Williamsburg, Greenpoint, and Long Island...