
Dominic Sonkowsky
Analyst
Dominic supports infrastructure, transit-oriented development, and economic development projects across the country that make great places and create shared, sustainable growth.
Based in HR&A’s New York office, Dominic blends policy and market research, data analysis, and stakeholder engagement to deeply understand the challenges clients face and find the best way to achieve their goals. Dominic has supported the creation of strategies to catalyze statewide, regional, and local transit-oriented development, and to support small business and overall economic vitality across the United States. He has also created funding and other implementation strategies for multimodal transportation infrastructure projects like regional trail networks and the redevelopment of transit hubs like New York Penn Station and Chicago Union Station.
Prior to HR&A, Dominic supported market analyses for private and non-profit clients at another consultancy, was the lead author of a white paper on the equity effects of New York City’s Covid-19 outdoor dining policy at New York University, and was a commercial litigation paralegal at a law firm specializing in real estate disputes. Dominic volunteers with Welcome to Chinatown, a nonprofit supporting Manhattan Chinatown’s small businesses.
Dominic holds a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Swarthmore College and a Master of Urban Planning from New York University’s Wagner School of Public Service. For his capstone project at New York University, Dominic led a team of graduate students in creating Greenway Connectivity Plan for the City of Jersey City. The plan, which recommends 16 new or upgraded pedestrian and cyclist paths that will transform Jersey City’s separate greenways into a citywide active transportation network, also laid a foundation for a feasibility study to convert a disused sunken railway into a new urban trail.
Member, American Planning Association
Member, Young Professionals in Transportation