Chinese owners of laundromats say they are worried more about their safety during the coronavirus pandemic, and some say they’ve had employees quit because they are afraid to come to work.
Voices of New York
Chinese Language School, Senior Center and Museum Archive Recovering After Mulberry St. Fire
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The fire that took place at 70 Mulberry St. on the night of Jan. 23 brought severe damage to the community organizations in the building.
Voices of New York
Chinatown Gift Shops Report Declining Business in 2019
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Community leaders attribute the decline to the trade war between the U.S. and China.
Housing and Development
Judge Annuls Inwood Rezoning, Citing Flaws in City’s Review
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The ruling is a potentially significant legal setback for the de Blasio administration as it moves into its final two years with at least three major potential rezonings on the docket.
City on the Edge: Climate Change and New York
Seaport Section Remains Big Question Mark in NYC’s Flood Control Plans
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What’s in store for the nearly mile-long stretch between Brooklyn Bridge and Battery Park remains up in the air in terms of planning, timeline, and funding, with a master plan only first set to be released in 2021.
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.