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…
"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…
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.…
“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…
“Infills can create new housing while also helping provide funding or upgrades to preserve existing buildings, all helping to reinvigorate a neighborhood.”
“We believe that organic community-led development that ensures any necessary infrastructure upgrades—and, perhaps more importantly as a matter of public policy, housing affordability—is what we should strive for.”
“By making both aesthetic and programmatic contributions like commercial or community services to their neighborhood, these buildings were viewed as assets and gained them acceptance not always afforded to new…