A slide from Ya-Ting Liu’s CityLaw Breakfast presentation. By Mark Chiusano Ya-Ting Liu was appointed New York City’s ...

Ya-Ting Liu was appointed New York City’s inaugural chief public realm officer two years ago this month. How has the realm changed so far during her tenure?

That was the subject of Liu’s talk at New York Law School’s 196th CityLaw Breakfast on Wednesday, during which she described well-used public space as “the secret sauce of cities” and how she thinks ...