Early voting kicks off Saturday in the general election—the culmination of what’s been a dramatic 2025 race for the city’s next mayor, where much of the conversation has centered around…
After City Hall pulled its support for an East Bronx project to build supportive housing for seriously ill people leaving jail, City Council members are considering overruling one of their…
The mayor’s Charter Revision Commission drafted a series of proposals to streamline and speed up the public review process for new development. If approved, they’ll go before voters in the…
“To address the problem of member deference, land use approvals could be taken from the Council’s jurisdiction. I suggest the creation of a new city position, the Zoning Administrator, who…
“What’s really on the line here isn’t paperwork—it’s power. Without member deference, decisions about what gets built and where shift away from accountable elected leaders and into the hands of…
