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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

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Aug 2017

Government Housing and Homelessness

Development is Top Issue in Race for Lower Manhattan Council Seat

Eight years ago, Margaret Chin defeated a two-term incumbent to represent the borough’s southern tip. Now she faces three challengers as she seeks a third term.

ByJarrett Murphy 2Comments

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Aug 2017

Government Housing and Homelessness

Gentrification, Homelessness Key Topics at De Blasio’s Harlem Town Hall

The mayor was thanked for his policing reforms and community investments, pushed on a variety of other issues.

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 0Comments

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Jul 2017

Government

Anger Over Development, School Rezoning Fuels West Side Council Clash

Incumbent Democrat Helen Rosenthal faces two opponents who say she has abetted or acquiesced to development plans that are disfiguring the Upper West Side.

ByJarrett Murphy 9Comments

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Jul 2017

Opinion

CityViews: De Blasio Admin’s Move On Land Trusts Reflects Good Idea, Great Organizing

‘The city is embracing and supporting this radical model that will allow community members to control their own neighborhoods, prevent speculation, incubate community-owned businesses, and keep housing permanently affordable to…

BySam Miller

ByArvernetta Henry 7Comments

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Jul 2017

Housing and Homelessness News

Investors Move Quietly in East New York Amid de Blasio’s Housing Construction

As the city predicted when the area was rezoned, most building going on now is for rent-regulated or ‘affordable housing.’ But there are signs that private movers and shakers are…

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 8Comments

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

Development is Top Issue in Race for Lower Manhattan Council Seat

Gentrification, Homelessness Key Topics at De Blasio’s Harlem Town Hall

Anger Over Development, School Rezoning Fuels West Side Council Clash

CityViews: De Blasio Admin’s Move On Land Trusts Reflects Good Idea, Great Organizing

Investors Move Quietly in East New York Amid de Blasio’s Housing Construction

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