Jordan Moss
A plan to build the world's largest ice sports in the Kingsbridge Armory has the support of developers, the city and a coalition of community groups. If the plan is approved, it will end a two-decade-long saga of competing plans and tension between local community groups and the city.
For 20 years, community groups and the city wrestled over the Kingsbridge Armory. The latest and most likely proposal includes a landmark community benefits deal that could be a national model.
Three candidates vying for the northwest Bronx seat squared off. Five more televised debates are on tap for other districts.
Eleven candidates have signed up for the Q&A session in the city’s only mainland borough.
Newly signed legislation will correct a blind-spot in the NYPD’s crime-report transparency, one we reported on last year.
Responding to the shelter surge, the city has placed homeless families in clusters of apartments in private buildings. The pricey program might undermine rent stabilization.
While it regularly publishes precinct crime statistics, the NYPD largely refuses to release data on crime at the level of smaller patrol sectors. It’s unclear if Council Speaker Christine Quinn will allow action on a bill to require more disclosure.
Recent experiences with troubled buildings have housing advocates wondering if government needs new tools to protect tenants.
A Housing Court judge ordered repairs to the electrical system at the building on DeKalb Avenue. A year later, the work undone, an eight-year-old resident died in an electrical fire.
Brooklynites who fought against the Atlantic Yards development shared lessons they learned with Bronx residents who are resisting a different city-subsidized development deal.
While Bronx residents wonder whether the city will build a water filtration plant in their neighborhoods, Mayor Bloomberg is sending mixed messages.
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