Only two New City Council districts cross borough lines, and only the 8th district spanning Manhattan and the Bronx actually crosses a river—in this case, the Harlem River—to do so.…
The forum in the 8th district suggested the race is among three Democrats with different degrees of alignment with the current Council member, Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito.
Brewer expressed concerns about a lack of sufficient preservation strategies in the city’s rezoning plan, but has yet to take a position on whether she will support any kind of…
After some questioned the validity of last week’s vote, Manhattan Community Board 11 officially adopted the voting results of last week, and also approved with conditions the redevelopment plan for…
The board’s vote against the city’s proposal included the caveat that they’d accept a better rezoning that met certain conditions, but many protestors said there should be no rezoning at…
El Diario and City Limits jointly present a video on what some East Harlemites know about the mayor’s proposed rezoning and how they feel about changes in their neighborhood .