A Queens-led coalition of lawmakers and civic groups on Wednesday sued Mayor Eric Adams in an effort to stop the implementation of the City of Yes, the city’s largest zoning overhaul in decades which stands to serve as a major marker of Adams’ time in office, should it stand.
Read MoreThe mayor’s sweeping and controversial plan to address the city’s housing crisis known as the City of Yes for Housing Opportunity cleared its final and highest hurdle on Thursday when it was approved by the New York City Council.
Read MoreThe mayor’s sprawling and controversial plan to rework the city’s zoning laws in an effort to encourage more housing construction cleared a major hurdle Thursday after undergoing some significant changes.
Read MoreWill the mayor’s signature housing policy create too much housing or not enough? The City Council appeared to be divided on the answer on Monday as the legislature grilled members of the Adams administration on the City of Yes for Housing Opportunity.
Read MoreElected officials primarily from Northeastern Queens gathered in Bayside this week and imagined a world where the mayor’s controversial City of Yes for Housing Opportunity proposal becomes a reality – and they don’t like how it looks.
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 MoreFormer State Senator and City Councilmember Tony Avella appears to have won the District 19 Democratic primary, defeating former Queens assistant district attorney and first-time candidate Christopher Bae by a margin of just 123 votes.
The theory goes that with low voter turnout comes few surprises for the incumbents – and that held true during Tuesday’s primary election in Queens.
Read MoreIt was raining and pouring, and most of Queens’ polling sites during Tuesday’s primary election were snoring.
Read MoreAhead of the primary, which falls on Tuesday, June 27, the Queens Daily Eagle sent a five-question survey to every candidate running for one of the borough’s 15 City Council seats.
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