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Free Parking:
Is it the Secret Ingredient
in NYC’s Traffic Problem?
Is it the Secret Ingredient
in NYC’s Traffic Problem?
In a city with crowded streets, a rising population and soaring land prices, most New York City parking is free. Experts say that contributes to a shortage of spaces that generates traffic, obstructs deliveries, slows buses and drives motorists crazy.
Read more >The Neighborhoods
Click on a neighborhood to get news, documents, opinions and videos about that community.
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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: NYC’s Teens Need Universal Rent Control to Save Their Place in the City
By Lauriana Beras, Catherine Murray, Samairy Pina, Emely Rodriguez and Angy Vasquez
CityViews: Save the NY Program that Keeps Homeowners Out of Foreclosure
By Crystal Peoples-Stokes, Steven Cymbrowitz, Kenneth Zebrowski and Jeffrey Dinowitz
CityViews: The Two Bridges Development Mess has a Two-Letter Answer—No!
By David Tieu and Zishun Ning
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