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Is the Marx Brothers Playground just a playground? Or is it a park? Gov. Cuomo has ordered a look into the fuzzy backstory behind an element of a de Blasio…

ByRick Stachura 5Comments

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Nov 2017

Government Housing and Homelessness

‘Crazy Green Party Dude’ Wages Grassroots Fight in Brooklyn Council Race

Jabari Brisport is one of the few Green candidates and the only Socialist on any New York City ballot this year. But in a district where private, luxury development is…

ByEmma Whitford 6Comments

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Nov 2017

Housing and Homelessness

Atlantic Yards Developers Struggle to Find Tenants for Higher-Income Affordable Units

Nearly 100 apartments that were up for grabs at Pacific Park (the site formerly known as Atlantic Yards) through the city’s affordable housing lottery a year ago are now being…

ByRachel Holliday Smith 8Comments

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Nov 2017

Government Housing and Homelessness News

Factcheck: Harsh Language and Overstated Charges in a Council Race Flyer

A flyer containing incendiary charges is circulating in a Lower Manhattan district where there’s a tight Council race. Many of the charges appear overstated or include falsehoods, while the accuracy…

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 17Comments

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Oct 2017

Government Housing and Homelessness NYCHA

Ritchie Torres Takes National Image, Support for NYCHA Development into Speaker Bid

Much of Torres’ legislative record fits easily with his profile as a millennial progressive. But on public housing, his bread-and-butter issue, Torres has departed from some progressive allies in supporting…

ByWilla Rubin

ByMax Zahn 1Comment

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Oct 2017

Climate and Environment Housing and Homelessness News

Retreat or Build Out? NYC’s Post-Sandy Development Dilemma

With some exceptions, the city’s strategy has been to allow, and sometimes encourage, development in flood-risk areas along with new resiliency measures.

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 5Comments

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Oct 2017

Opinion

CityViews: Long Island City does not Need a Vertical ‘Country-Club’ on Public Land

‘Hundreds of residents have already signed onto a petition against the project, and as more residents learn about this public land give-away, this movement will only grow.’

ByEla LoBrutto 11Comments

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Oct 2017

Uncategorized

Mayoral Debate and Other Showdowns Loom: Campaign Headlines for Oct. 10

Besides the mayoral debate, arguments over the New Jersey governorship, the statue of Columbus, the 43rd district Council seat and a key development site in Brooklyn are also in the…

ByJarrett Murphy 0Comments

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Sep 2017

Opinion

CityViews: Racializing Inwood’s Rezoning Debate Won’t End the Risk of Gentrification

‘To racialize community concerns about the future is to create a toxic straw horse. It will divert residents’ attention from fighting against the social and economic violence that accompanies gentrification.…

ByAdele Oltman 13Comments

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Sep 2017

Housing and Homelessness News

All Hands On Deck to Stop Two Bridges Towers in Lower East Side

Community groups and elected officials are trying a variety of means to halt the possibly imminent approval of the proposed Two Bridges skyscrapers—but they don’t all trust each other’s longer…

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 5Comments

Manhattan Parcel with Murky Origins Could Frame a Debate Over Parks and Development in the City

‘Crazy Green Party Dude’ Wages Grassroots Fight in Brooklyn Council Race

Atlantic Yards Developers Struggle to Find Tenants for Higher-Income Affordable Units

Factcheck: Harsh Language and Overstated Charges in a Council Race Flyer

Ritchie Torres Takes National Image, Support for NYCHA Development into Speaker Bid

Retreat or Build Out? NYC’s Post-Sandy Development Dilemma

CityViews: Long Island City does not Need a Vertical ‘Country-Club’ on Public Land

Mayoral Debate and Other Showdowns Loom: Campaign Headlines for Oct. 10

CityViews: Racializing Inwood’s Rezoning Debate Won’t End the Risk of Gentrification

All Hands On Deck to Stop Two Bridges Towers in Lower East Side

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