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The memo lists the coalition’s serious concerns regarding the potential displacement of current residents around Broadway Junction, and states that they are opposed to any rezoning of the area.

ByNick Shaffer 0Comments

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Apr 2019

Housing and Homelessness

As the Sea Rises, Will Resiliency—Rather Than Retreat—Be Enough to Save Waterfront NYC?

New York is taking expensive, multifaceted steps to protect residents from the impacts of sea-level rise. But do those measures stack up to the scale of threat the city faces?

ByNeil deMause 3Comments

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Apr 2019

Opinion

Opinion: The Bronx Must Develop Not Just Buildings, But Middle-Class Jobs, Too

‘We’ve noticed how recent rezoning efforts in low-income neighborhoods have failed to benefit long-term residents and community members. Those are disturbing trends the Bronx should make every effort to avoid,…

ByMike Prohaska 1Comment

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Apr 2019

Housing and Homelessness Land Use and Development

Ever-Shifting Pacific Park Plan Highlights Uncertainty of Big Development Schemes

From the Amazon MOU to the BAM site, alluring menus of public benefits are often dangled as the payoff for large subsidies and lucrative development rights. The project formerly known…

ByNorman Oder 2Comments

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Mar 2019

Podcasts

Max & Murphy: Would a Comprehensive Plan Map a Better Future for NYC?

Gotham Gazette’s Ben Max and Jarrett Murphy from City Limits talk to Pratt Center’s Elena Conte about the possible adoption of comprehensive planning.

ByJarrett Murphy 0Comments

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Mar 2019

Housing and Homelessness

One Year After the Rezoning, Has Jerome Avenue Changed?

The de Blasio administration says it has started to deliver on promises of housing help, street improvements and business assistance. Tenant groups and business advocates, however, say their worries remain.

BySadef Ali Kully 1Comment

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Mar 2019

Housing and Homelessness In Depth

Embrace it? Channel it? Or Try to Stop It Altogether?
Two Bridges is Divided Over Responding to Change

Concerns about tenant harassment, rising rents and sudden neighborhood change frame the intense debate about the proposed development of three buildings along the East River in Two Bridges.

BySadef Ali Kully 1Comment

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Mar 2019

Opinion

Opinion: ‘Close Rikers’ Eschews Real Reform for a Real-Estate Drama

‘The ‘Build New Jails’ advocates have adopted a two-step Bait and Switch political strategy that is oddly familiar.’

ByLynn Ellsworth 11Comments

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Mar 2019

Housing and Homelessness NYCHA

Trump Budget Bashed, Lead Rules Tightened: Housing Headlines from Around the City

And who’s afraid of the pied-a-terre tax?

ByJarrett Murphy 0Comments

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Feb 2019

Opinion

Opinion: Will Prevailing Wage Legislation Help or Hurt Communities of Color?

‘Progressives do not become progressives by exclusively catering to the building and construction trade unions interests, regardless of the merit or cause.’

ByReginald Bachus 1Comment

Memo Reveals Tensions Over City’s Plans for Broadway Junction

As the Sea Rises, Will Resiliency—Rather Than Retreat—Be Enough to Save Waterfront NYC?

Opinion: The Bronx Must Develop Not Just Buildings, But Middle-Class Jobs, Too

Ever-Shifting Pacific Park Plan Highlights Uncertainty of Big Development Schemes

Max & Murphy: Would a Comprehensive Plan Map a Better Future for NYC?

One Year After the Rezoning, Has Jerome Avenue Changed?

Embrace it? Channel it? Or Try to Stop It Altogether?
Two Bridges is Divided Over Responding to Change

Opinion: ‘Close Rikers’ Eschews Real Reform for a Real-Estate Drama

Trump Budget Bashed, Lead Rules Tightened: Housing Headlines from Around the City

Opinion: Will Prevailing Wage Legislation Help or Hurt Communities of Color?

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