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Manhattan

NYC to Cancel Contracts with Trump Organization, Citing Capitol Insurrection

By Jeanmarie Evelly | January 13, 2021

The city will start the process of terminating the company’s contracts to operate the Central Park Carousel, Wollman and Lasker ice skating rinks and the Ferry Point Golf Course in the Bronx.

Opinion: Any Plan to Convert Empty Offices to Housing Must Center Inclusivity, Affordability

How Manhattan's Next DA Might Handle Lying Cops and Bad Prosecutors

Opinion: Ping-Pong is a Competitive Sport, Not a Way to Treat the Unhomed

Fed Up with Anti-Chinese Racism, Chinatown Voters Dominantly Vote for Biden

Affordable Housing

SoHo/NoHo Rezoning Could Bring Less Than 1,000 Affordable Units

By Sadef Ali Kully | October 30, 2020

The rezoning could lead to a total increase of an estimated 3,200 housing units, including 600 to 900 affordable units, plus an additional 3,181 residents over a 10-year period, according to a key document released this week.

Economy

99% of Chinatown Restaurants Opt Out of COVID Recovery Charge

By Jiaying Yan for World Journal | October 30, 2020

The City Council allowed the charge to help struggling businesses cover costs. But owners fear steeper charges might drive away customers.

Mapping the Future
Jerome Avenue development

Six Down, One to Go: Where de Blasio’s Rezonings Stand

By Sadef Ali Kully | September 10, 2020

What impact have the mayor’s moves had on East New York, Downtown Far Rockaway, East Harlem, Jerome Avenue and Inwood?

Mapping the Future

Another Court Win for City Hall Against Critics of Development Schemes

By Sadef Ali Kully | August 28, 2020

An appeals court on Thursday sided with the de Blasio administration in one element of a tangled legal dispute over a proposed development in the Two Bridges neighborhood.

Mapping the Future

Inwood Groups Want State’s Highest Court to Hear Rezoning Dispute

By Sadef Ali Kully | August 27, 2020

The suit raises questions not just about one rezoning but also about the balance of power in New York over land-use policy.

chinatown

Longtime Chinatown Restaurants Close for Good Amid Pandemic

By April Xu for Sing Tao Daily | August 6, 2020

Eateries like Golden Mandarin Court, Amazing 66 and Hope Shing are shuttering after months of quarantine restrictions and decreased tourism. ‘It’s been four months now. It’s not getting any better,’ one owner said.

Budget

Opponents of New Jail Celebrate Budget Postponement

By Lotus Chau for Sing Tao Daily | July 10, 2020

For the city’s borough-based jail plan, this is a temporary halt, not a permanent rest. And for the community members fighting the plan, there’s still a long way to go.

Homepage Featured

Japanese Artist Paints George Floyd Mural in Manhattan

By NY Japion | July 3, 2020

“I was filled with sadness. I didn’t know what to do,” the street artist told NY Japion. “I looked for a space to create art.”

Health and Environment

Court Cases in Inwood and Flushing Test Mayor’s Power Over Development

By Sadef Ali Kully | June 15, 2020

An appeals court heard arguments over the annulled Inwood rezoning just days after activists sued over the approval process for the Flushing Waterfront plan.

Coronavirus

‘The Virus Spreads Faster Here’: El Barrio Tops Manhattan’s COVID-19 Rate

By Fernando Martínez for El Diario | May 6, 2020

East Harlem zip code 10029 had the most COVID-19 cases in Manhattan, city data shows. ‘When a plague comes to New York, it always hits Harlem hard,’ one resident told El Diario.

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