Tommy Tomita, a tour guide who dedicated his career to building a cultural bridge between his native Japan and adopted home of Harlem, passed away on January 11 at the age of 80, Shukan NY Seikatsu reports.
Community Boards
Inwood Seeing New City Programs and Developer Interest 1 Year After Rezoning
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Inwood’s rhythms and feel seem unchanged a year after the rezoning. But physical changes are underway, with more to come.
At NYCHA’s Fulton Houses, A Bitter Divide Over the Future of the Development
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At the Fulton Houses, activists and residents are fighting a proposal to demolish two buildings and allow a private developer to build market-rate apartments. But NYCHA says the plan is the only way to raise funds to make desperately-needed repairs.
city planning
Court Ruling Rebuffs De Blasio Admin Over Manhattan High-Rises
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A state Supreme Court judge’s decision released Thursday could send the developers behind proposed four high-rises in Manhattan’s Two Bridges neighborhood back to square one.
Chinatown Working Group
LES Groups Try to Revive Rezoning that De Blasio Admin. Rejected
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Community groups and elected officials hoping to stop four high-rises planned for Two Bridges have taken the city to court. Win or lose there, they are also pursuing elements of the Chinatown Working Group rezoning plan that City Planning dismissed in 2015.
coastal resiliency
East Side Resiliency Plan Faces Key Hearing
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Two community boards have approved the plan, but with conditions, and some neighbors are still stunned the city dropped a plan developed in cooperation with local stakeholders.
court
Two Bridges Foes Win a Round in Suit Over Mayoral Power
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A judge reserved judgement on cases challenging the power of the mayor to decide when a project can escape public review but kept in place a restraining order on building work.
Agenda 2019
Review Begins of City’s Plan to Build Four New Jails en Route to Closing Rikers
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The number of outstanding questions reflects the size of the population involved, the magnitude of the construction projects the effort entails and the unique nature of building temporary housing for people who live there involuntarily.
Mapping the Future
Embrace it? Channel it? Or Try to Stop It Altogether?
Two Bridges is Divided Over Responding to Change
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Concerns about tenant harassment, rising rents and sudden neighborhood change frame the intense debate about the proposed development of three buildings along the East River in Two Bridges.
East Harlem Advocates’ Shocking Demand: Could We Use the Restroom?
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Hear the voices of those who want the city to reopen a comfort station that has been closed since the 70s in an area where cops write hundreds of tickets each year citing homeless people and others for public urination.
climate change
Key Moment for NYC’s Post-Sandy Flood Protection Plans
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As community groups oppose the city’s moves on an East Side resiliency project, the region awaits the Army Corps of Engineers’ proposal for harbor storm barriers.