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City’s Reduced Compost Pickups are Rotten, Says Queens Board
Queens Community Board 11 wants the Sanitation Department to reinstate twice weekly food scrap pick-ups, reporting that fewer residents are participating in the program since the collections were reduced.
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The Neighborhoods
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What is Zoning?
Check out the Department of City Planning’s new online Zoning Resolution. Zoning is a set of laws that govern how large buildings can be, how they are built and what they are used for.
Read more >ULURP Explained
The Uniform Land Use Review Procedure (ULURP) is a standardized procedure whereby applications affecting the land use of the city are publicly reviewed.
Read more >Affordable Housing 101
For decades, government at all levels has taken steps that made housing more affordable to some residents. It uses a number of tools to do so.
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Opinions
Opinion: Why NYC is Rapidly Losing Low-Rent Apartments
By Oksana Mironova
Opinion: NYCHA’s Memorandum of Misunderstanding
By Jumaane Williams
Opinion: Tightening Rent Regs Won’t Ease the Housing Crisis, But These Steps Would
By Jay Martin
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