CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
Opinion: ‘Close Rikers’ Eschews Real Reform for a Real-Estate Drama
Lynn Ellsworth |
‘The ‘Build New Jails’ advocates have adopted a two-step Bait and Switch political strategy that is oddly familiar.’
Albany
Trump Budget Bashed, Lead Rules Tightened: Housing Headlines from Around the City
Jarrett Murphy |
And who’s afraid of the pied-a-terre tax?
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
Opinion: Will Prevailing Wage Legislation Help or Hurt Communities of Color?
Reginald Bachus |
‘Progressives do not become progressives by exclusively catering to the building and construction trade unions interests, regardless of the merit or cause.’
East Harlem Advocates’ Shocking Demand: Could We Use the Restroom?
Jarrett Murphy |
Hear the voices of those who want the city to reopen a comfort station that has been closed since the 70s in an area where cops write hundreds of tickets each year citing homeless people and others for public urination.
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
CityViews: The Two Bridges Development Mess has a Two-Letter Answer—No!
David Tieu and Zishun Ning |
‘If the tower proposal violates the deed, shouldn’t the city then rescind the permit for the tower?’
Mapping the Future
Time to Avoid Some Voids? City Planning Thinks So.
Sadef Ali Kully |
DCP examined hundreds of buildings and found “few instances of excessive mechanical void spaces being used,” but did find enough evidence to “support concerns raised by the public.”
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
CityViews: Mayor’s Progressive Moves Mean Little in a City Overrun by Developers
David Tieu |
‘What good is two weeks off from work, when many of us are one paycheck away from devastation because rents are skyrocketing thanks to the mayor’s development agenda?’
Brooklyn
Call for City to Assess Racial Impact as it Reviews Impact of Real-Estate Development
Sadef Ali Kully |
Proponents wonder why an environmental impact study that explores so many facets of a neighborhood—its workforce, open space, traffic, housing market and even shadows—cannot also look at racial impacts.
Mapping the Future
De Blasio’s Sixth Year in Office Could Feature Three Neighborhood Rezonings
Sadef Ali Kully |
The mayor in 2015 set a goal of rezoning up to 15 neighborhoods in a drive to create more density and more affordable housing. Five rezonings have passed and at least three are likely to move forward in 2019.
Brooklyn
Neighbors Monitoring New Development at Tainted Factory Site
Maya Naphtali |
Some in Greenpoint are reassured by the plans put forward by the developer of the former NuHart and Company vinyl and plastics factory, but other neighbors remain wary.
