amazon
Opinion: Avoid Another Amazon by Learning from Essex Crossing
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‘Treating the Amazon HQ2 project as a proxy for all new development was an error in judgement.’
HOUSING and DEVELOPMENT
Housing Update: New Worries About Children in Lead-Tainted Apartments
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The housing headlines you missed this week
amazon
In Amazon’s Wake, Huge Sunnyside Yards Master Plan Takes Shape
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Not far from the site where Amazon would have established its New York HQ2, city planners and community members have been talking—thoughtfully, by most accounts—about a development project that could span decades and reshape western Queens.
affordability
One Bushwick, Two Visions: How Local Leaders’ Rezoning Proposal and the City’s Plan Match Up
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There are some similarities between the community and city rezoning proposals but the differences are important to Bushwick community members who say they have waited for decades for serious public investments in their neighborhood.
affordability
The Disappearing 3-Bedroom: Larger Families Have Few Affordable Options in NYC
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The housing market is shedding three-bedroom units, and the mayor’s affordable-housing plan is producing few of them, leaving larger families in cramped quarters.
city planning
Opinion: Regulating Development is the City Council’s Job. Let Them Do It.
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‘Last winter another agency, the New York City Department of City Planning deliberately circumvented the Council’s oversight when it told the City Planning Commission that it had to approve four mega towers proposed to be built right on top of existing buildings.’
Affordable Housing
Opinion: To Combat Gentrification, NYC Needs Simpler & Speedier Policies
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‘To compete in this environment, the city must offer an attractive affordable housing alternative, define the neighborhoods where it is available, and implement individual deals on a timely fashion.’
Should NYC Evaluate its Housing Policies for Their Racial Impact?
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Amid deep concerns about the way city housing policies impact different racial groups—and the lack of attention during the official planning process to those effects—some advocates and elected officials are pressing for change.
City on the Edge: Climate Change and New York
Activists Still Hoping to Derail Plan to Develop on Staten Island Wetland
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A year and a half after it won City Council approval, a Staten Island development project is stalled thanks to an unsuspecting turtle.
Mapping the Future
The Trees are Gone. The Hill is Leveled. The Building is Coming.
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The question is, if they’re building on steep hillsides now, where will the Bronx’s development boom go next?