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Council Speaker Adrienne Adams slated two days of public meetings, for Oct. 21 and 22, where lawmakers will probe the Adams administration’s zoning reform package. She also announced the Council’s intention to put forth its own “thorough housing action plan,” as part of the final negotiations.
The comptroller’s office says some inroads have been made but “far more is needed to be fully prepared for heavy storms.”
A state judge ruled that the city terminated the homeless center’s contract without rational basis, ensuring the Midtown East center can continue to operate until 2026.
The appeal announcement included the launch of a website tracking the number of days since the Council says its laws should have been implemented—447, as of Tuesday—and the number of evictions filed across the city during that time.
While the city will keep funding a network of immigrant-serving community-based organizations and nonprofit legal service providers, they will no longer be required to provide institutional programming with a physical staff presence in places like hospitals, schools, and libraries, as ActionNYC does.
City Limits rounds up the latest housing and land use-related events, public hearings and affordable housing lotteries that are ending soon.
Buildings don’t just contribute to greenhouse gas emissions: a new study finds they are also adding to the smog that hovers over New York City’s streets.
“Both Moses, the ‘master builder’ of the urban renewal era, and Jacobs, the grassroots champion of small-scale urbanism, have left deep and lasting imprints on our city. But today, the debate over their visions is a diversion from broader truths about New York City’s history and present-day challenges.” Jeanmarie EvellyRobert Caro’s “The Power Broker,” which chronicles Robert Moses’ reshaping of New York City. CityViews are readers’ opinions, not those of City Limits. Add your voice today!
The City Planning Commission Wednesday approved the package of zoning reforms with some modifications, including exempting NYCHA campuses from a proposal that would make it easier to build infill housing. The plan is headed to the City Council next for a final vote.
“Our lives were here, all of our close friends, everything we had done for years and years,” said former New York City resident and veteran Ramond Curtis. “We absolutely would have stayed if we could have invested in our home in some way, even if it was a co-op, even if it was affordable rent options.”
More states are considering legislation to make the largest fossil fuel companies pay for the impacts of climate change, and activists hope a national effort will pressure Gov. Hochul to sign New York’s own superfund bill, which passed both houses earlier this year.
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