City’s controversial housing plan begins review in Queens
/The Adams administration officially began rolling out its controversial plan to rezone a large swath of the city, known as the City of Yes for Housing Opportunity, last week.
Read MoreThe Adams administration officially began rolling out its controversial plan to rezone a large swath of the city, known as the City of Yes for Housing Opportunity, last week.
Read MoreThe second phase of the development of Willets Point took another step in its long road to city approval this week, appearing before the commissioners of the City Planning Commission on Wednesday.
Read MoreLast week, City Councilmember Julie Won, urban designers and city agencies laid out their broad plan for the ONE LIC project, a new attempt to redevelop a large swatch of the Long Island City area.
Read More“The ZCFR was shaped by very real lessons learned on the ground.”
Read MoreIn a year like no other, Queens residents continued to fight for climate justice.
Read More“We should not be adding to the population because we don't have the resiliency measures in place to protect us.”
Read More“Hurricane Sandy continues to serve as a painful reminder that we must continue to adapt to the ever-so-real threats of climate change. This includes updating our zoning to help New Yorkers build, and rebuild, more resiliently.”
Read MoreThough they can seem inscrutable to anyone who hasn’t followed the inner workings of New York City, “yes” or “no” votes can overhaul aspects of the City Charter.
Read MoreA quirk of community districting gives Queens outsized influence on the final closure of the nine isolated and outdated jails on Rikers.
Read MoreA new webtool, named Community District Priorities, allows for community boards to formally submit their annual needs and budget requests to the city.
Read MoreA new waterfront plan will expand the public waterfront and improve water quality, among other issues identified by the public and the city.
Read MoreThe modern zoning code is manipulated, and changes rubber-stamped, by developer-friendly members of the DCP, said organizers.
Read MoreOver 600 designs for the new logo were submitted in an international design competition, meant to replace a decades-old design that the spaces had outgrew.
Read More"New York City is capturing the vast majority of post-recession economic growth.”
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