Economy
As Sandy Relief Efforts Fade, Crisis Far From Over
Neil deMause |
Worries about 40,000 displaced people have ebbed. But in buildings where garbage services are still scattered, or where mold remains a menace, the Sandy saga continues.
Housing and Homelessness
Agency, Developer Wrestle Over Atlantic Yards Affordability
Norman Oder |
Documents reveal tense negotiations between city housing officials and Forest City Ratner over the kind of affordable housing the first Atlantic Yards residential tower will provide. Turns out it’s different from what the developer promised.
Health and Environment
Legal Questions Emerge About Citi Field Mall
Patrick Arden |
A new version of the Willets Point redevelopment plan envisions a shopping mall in what is now a parking lot—on what is technically parkland. The city and some advocates disagree on whether a Robert Moses-era law paves the way for the project.
Government
Coney Island's Invisible Towers
Neil deMause |
The Bloomberg administration has rolled the dice on a major rezoning and costly infrastructure upgrades in Coney Island. Will the hoped-for development ever appear?
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
America's Cities Shaped (and Mishaped) by Rules
Emily Talen |
Zoning laws, building codes and other regulations can seem like bureaucratic obscurities. But, says this author, they have a powerful—and often negative—impact on urban areas.
Affordable Housing
Industrial, Homeless Policies Clash in East New York
Nida Najar |
A plan to build subsidized housing in a zone reserved for manufacturing businesses pits efforts to reduce the shelter population against hopes of saving industrial New York.
Bronx
Veterans of 'Battle of Brooklyn' Tell War Stories in Bronx
Jordan Moss |
Brooklynites who fought against the Atlantic Yards development shared lessons they learned with Bronx residents who are resisting a different city-subsidized development deal.
Brooklyn
Traffic, Noise & Hope: Atlantic Yards Still Elicits Mixed Views
Candace Amos |
Opponents of Atlantic Yards feel vindicated by the challenges facing the development. Business owners in the area express a mix of concern and optimism.
Atlantic Yards (2012)
Opinions Harden Over Atlantic Yards Housing
Darren Sands |
The dramatic slow-down in housing construction at the Brooklyn site is fodder for opponents of the project. But supporters believe the development will still make good on its commitments.
Brooklyn
Brooklyn: A Developing Story
Jamila Pringle |
Atlantic Yards may have generated the most heat, but it’s just one of several ambitious development ideas that took shape in the borough over the past decade.
