A report recommends using the revenue from tax-increment financing to fund community land trusts.
BRONX BUREAU
Bronx Groups Hope State Doesn’t Insist on its Way for the Highway
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The public has until July 16th to add comments for the Hunts Point Interstate Access Improvement Project.
Homepage Featured
Planning Commission Approves Inwood Rezoning
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There was a lone vote against the plan to upzone several blocks, preserve the current mix on others, replace the library and try to connect the neighborhood to its waterfront. Next stop is the City Council.
campaigns
Overshadowed By Donovan-Grimm Battle, Six Democrats Vie for Chance to Turn NYC’s Lone Red Seat Blue
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Union ties, military experience and a personal connection the immigration debate characterize many of the Democratic hopefuls.
BIDs
Boost to Local BID Has Some Inwood Rezoning Skeptics Worried
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A city grant to the Washington Heights Business Improvement District and a group of Inwood arts organizations is part of the city’s Inwood Action Plan aimed at shoring up local firms. But some see BIDs as agents of gentrification.
BRONX BUREAU
Report Finds Deep Need for Open Space in Brooklyn & Bronx Nabes
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The call is for the city to double down on its ‘fantastic work on park equity.’
Election Watch 2018
Who’s Funding Former IDC Members and their Primary Challengers?
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Seven of the former Independent Democratic Conference members face primary challenges, but nearly all the incumbents enjoy heavy financial advantages.
BROOKLYN BUREAU
City Trying to Strengthen Brooklyn’s Claim to a Shipping Trade
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The new deal for the South Brooklyn Marine Terminal aims to get trucks off the road and jobs on the site—and to create a more sustainable business model for the Brooklyn docks.
BROOKLYN BUREAU
Industry, NYCHA and Flooding are Areas of Concern as Gowanus Moves Toward Rezoning
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A long, multifaceted public-engagement process produced a planning framework with many positives and few surprises for neighborhood advocates. But two areas of concern remain.
GOVERNMENT
Video: First-Time Candidate Challenges Veteran Upper East Side Rep
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Suraj Patel has mounted an energetic and well-funded campaign to wrest the Democratic line away from Carolyn Maloney, who has represented the Silk Stocking district in Congress since 1993.
BRONX BUREAU
Some NYCHA Residents Raise Fire Safety Concerns
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Lead, mold, heat and hot water aren’t the only concerns of NYCHA residents.