“To address the problem of member deference, land use approvals could be taken from the Council’s jurisdiction. I suggest the creation of a new city position, the Zoning Administrator, who…
The City Council’s just-passed “Rent Transparency Act” will require landlords of buildings with regulated units to display a sign in common areas disclosing that status. “Many tenants living in rent…
The state’s Public Service Commission commits only 30 percent of the funding that goes into energy saving programs to low- and moderate- income New Yorkers. The rest will be earmarked…
Remembering journalist and former City Limits editor Tom Robbins, who died this week after decades spent sharing the stories of New Yorkers who, as he put it, “were at work…
The board, which votes each year on rent changes for New York City’s nearly 1 million regulated apartments, is now considering an increase between 3.75 (down from 4.75) to 7.75…
“I can’t vote yes on a project in which the majority of the community doesn’t know what’s going on,” Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso, who sits on the task force…
“When people see the composting process up close—when they hold the finished product in their hands—they’re far more likely to separate their food scraps at home.”
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