Community Board 3’s Land Use committee on Wednesday discussed a proposal to rezone the Two Bridges waterfront to prevent the planned construction of high-rise towers.
At the Justice for All coalition meeting, the Majority Leader argued that the decisions are still a ways off, but that he would be accountable to the concerns of low-income…
While Mayor de Blasio has achieved success, faced opposition and registered failures on many issues during his first term, none played so large a role in his becoming mayor—or posed…
Through human tragedy and political crisis, the mayor has delivered on specific reform promises and kept crime low. But he has fallen short of the sweeping change advocates hoped he…
Can a socialist in Brooklyn, a fiscal conservative in Manhattan, a Dem in East Queens; a charter-school advocate in Harlem, and a Working Families Party candidate win the general?
Pressure is mounting for the city to consider a tax on vacant land which would face political and legal challenges but follow the lead of other cities, including Canada’s third-largest…
The first general election mayoral debate is unlikely to change the trajectory of the race. But it could map out the options facing the city when it comes to a…