City Council

URA says the TRID can turn around an $813 million drop in Downtown property values.

Pittsburgh City Council’s July 22 committee meeting featured two hours of public comment and two and a half hours of council discussion about the proposed Downtown Pittsburgh Transit Revitalization…

Two hours of comment, 40 speakers, and almost no support for the Downtown TRID.

The meeting started with two hours of public comment as 40 speakers addressed council about the TRID.

Controller Heisler urges caution, citing $44.7 million deficit.

Controller Rachael Heisler had her own assessment of the proposed Downtown TRID.

Council advances $50 million Downtown TRID despite public opposition, controller’s deficit warning, and benefits that are “murky at best.”

Downtown TRID amendment would guard service workers from layoffs but require them to give up the right to strike.

The legislation was changed after council’s June 3 committee meeting to include a requirement to pay a prevailing wage and service employee protections as negotiated by the 32BJ branch of the Service…