After a loud protest disrupted a community-board vote on the mayor’s proposed rezoning, confusion, charges and countercharges swirled. One of the protest leaders says the episode illustrates the need for…
At a panel discussion hosted by City Limits, experts split over the premise and impact of the mayor’s housing and rezoning plan. But they agreed that the planning process could…
Funding for the bodies has increased steadily, if slowly, since 1996. But resources are still scarce for the entities that represent the city’s most local level of government.
The MTA is relocating its bus depot at East 126th Street so the city can create a memorial honoring the history of an African burial ground formerly located at the…
Even as borough presidents have been offering incremental changes, like the appointment of several teenage board members in Manhattan, Brooklyn, and the Bronx, several Council bills to reform term limits…
Recent citywide projects like the mayor’s affordable-housing plan have reignited long-standing critiques of community boards—about the value of their advisory votes and how effective they are at reflecting the will…
