During four years at the agency’s helm, Garodnick helped pass the first major citywide rezoning in decades and rezoned five neighborhoods. Mayor Mamdani will have to pick a new head…
“Nonprofit developers, by virtue of their governance and ownership, are the only segment of the affordable housing sector that’s required to reinvest their financial benefits of development back into their…
The New York League of Conservation Voters ranks city councilmembers, whose seats are up for grabs in their year’s elections, based on how they voted on key environmental bills. You…
The mayor’s ambitious zoning plan was designed to create “a little more housing” in every neighborhood. But the version passed by the Council includes several carve outs to protect single-family…
Increased housing supply created under the zoning reforms could bring an estimated 70,000 to 97,000 new riders to the city’s subway, bus and commuter rail lines—bringing an additional $224,188,000 to…
The City Council approved a modified version of the mayor’s sweeping zoning reform plan, City of Yes for Housing Opportunity, with a vote of 31-to-20. Here’s how each lawmaker landed.
“While I supported the majority of the zoning reforms originally proposed, the modifications maintain its key components while accommodating specific neighborhood concerns and, most importantly, the essential principle that housing…
The Council voted to adopt a modified version of the City of Yes plan—one which scales back some of the zoning reforms included in the original, adds affordability incentives, and…
“While revised zoning enables new structures, what other structures can we put in place to ensure that rising developments aren’t accompanied by still-rising rents?”