Development Archives - Page 17 of 37

20

Mar 2019

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

19

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

14

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

26

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

20

Feb 2019

Housing and Homelessness

East Harlem Advocates’ Shocking Demand: Could We Use the Restroom?

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…

ByJarrett Murphy 10Comments

09

Feb 2019

Land Use and Development Opinion

CityViews: The Two Bridges Development Mess has a Two-Letter Answer—No!

‘If the tower proposal violates the deed, shouldn’t the city then rescind the permit for the tower?’

ByDavid Tieu

ByZishun Ning 2Comments

29

Jan 2019

Housing and Homelessness

Time to Avoid Some Voids? City Planning Thinks So.

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.”

BySadef Ali Kully 2Comments

16

Jan 2019

Opinion

CityViews: Mayor’s Progressive Moves Mean Little in a City Overrun by Developers

‘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?’

ByDavid Tieu 1Comment

15

Jan 2019

Housing and Homelessness Land Use and Development

Call for City to Assess Racial Impact as it Reviews Impact of Real-Estate Development

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.

BySadef Ali Kully 0Comments

07

Jan 2019

Housing and Homelessness

De Blasio’s Sixth Year in Office Could Feature Three Neighborhood Rezonings

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…

BySadef Ali Kully 3Comments

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