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Cody Lyon

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As seen in: LinkedIn, CNN, Medium, HuffPost, New York Daily News, Austin Business Journal, Puget Sound Business Journal, Crain's New York Business, El Diario Nueva York, Farm Bureau and
Covers:  retail, commercial real estate, lgbt, real estate, new york city, politics, planning, startups, transportation, small business
NYC - lyoncody@gmail.com writer/public affairs BMCC/CUNY, occasional op-ed writer and Manhattan Community Board 1 member--(views, opinions...they are my own)

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Freelance reporter Cody Lyon has covered everything from the rebuild of the World Trade Center to the history of Southern accents. An Alabama native living in New York City, Lyon has written for a number of web and print publications including American City Business Journals, American Law Media, Gotham Gazette, Wine Enthusiast, Next American City and several other dailies and monthlies.

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Freelance reporter Cody Lyon has covered everything from the rebuild of the World Trade Center to the history…

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Transit Advocates Push for More Attentive MTA, Modern Subway System

Transit Advocates Push for More Attentive MTA, Modern Subway System

The L (all photos: Cody Lyon) Almost every New Yorker has at least one horror story about riding the subway. …

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Brooklyn and the Nation's Oldest Bike Path

Brooklyn and the Nation's Oldest Bike Path

Posted: Late one unusually crisp August afternoon in 2014, I was riding my bike around the Gowanus Canal area…

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Are Small NYC Retailers in Trouble?

Are Small NYC Retailers in Trouble?

I got back to Brooklyn around 9 p.m. on Memorial Day after a trip upstate visiting a friend in Ulster County.…

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Taming The Intercity Bus Industry

Taming The Intercity Bus Industry

NEW YORK - On any given day, hundreds of passengers toting bags and suitcases crowd sidewalks near Penn Stati…

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The Court Street Bike Lanes Will Save Lives in Brooklyn

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By Cody Lyon
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A new protected bike lane on a 1.3-mile stretch of Brooklyn’s Court Street has divided many of the corridor’s residents leading to media attention and a lawsuit that could result in the dismantling of a potentially life-saving road diet that has already calmed aggressive traffic and soothed countless rattled nerves—including my own. Like thousands of other New Yorkers, I ride a non-electric bicycle pretty much everywhere I go.
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Opinion: Trump is Wrong-Congestion Pricing is Working

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By Cody Lyon
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“Don’t throw out the baby with the bathwater. Give the congestion pricing program at least one full year to operate unfettered and then re-evaluate or make necessary adjustments where needed.” CityViews are readers’ opinions, not those of City Limits. Add your voice today! As if the tsunami of news alerts hurling out of Washington D.C. over the past few weeks weren’t stressful enough, President Donald Trump is saying he has a plan to kill congestion pricing in Manhattan.
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Opinion: Congestion Pricing is a Step Forward for NYC

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By Cody Lyon
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“Congestion pricing is just one of many tools that will help tame some of the city street chaos a generation of car-centric planning left us with. And one of the primary benefactors of congestion pricing will be automobile drivers themselves.” CityViews are readers’ opinions, not those of City Limits. Add your voice today! Hundreds of supporters and critics of the city’s proposed congestion pricing tolling plan sounded off at a final public hearing with MTA officials on March 4 in lower Manhattan.
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