Full Coverage: Ernest Sternberg addresses the public plaza in article on Times Square

Ernest Sternberg, professor of urban and regional planning, is quoted in a Reuters article about a proposal to rip out the pedestrian plazas in New York City’s Times Square in order to combat what city officials call aggressive solicitation of tips by topless women coated in body paint and hucksters dressed like cartoon and superhero characters who pose for pictures with tourists. The article was picked up widely by the syndicated news service.