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Retired HPD photographer Larry Racioppo spent months without electricity after Hurricane Sandy rebuilding his Rockaway Park home. His photos from that time, and of his neighborhood over the decade since,…

ByJeanmarie Evelly 0Comments

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Oct 2022

In Wake of Rezonings, Renewed Call for More Health Facilities on Hospital-Starved Rockaway Peninsula

Residential rezonings, including one approved this summer for Edgemere, are poised to bring thousands of new apartments to the Rockaways over the next decade, but just a single hospital has…

ByJeanmarie Evelly 3Comments

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Sep 2022

Government Transportation

NYC Looks to Tackle Extreme Heat via City Streets and Urban Forests

A federally funded pilot program and a study in parks both seek mitigation strategies for urban heat islands—areas that experience higher temperatures due to heat-absorbing infrastructure and lack of access…

ByLiz Donovan 1Comment

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Dec 2017

News

A New Year’s Update on the de Blasio Rezonings

We start 2018 with three rezonings approved and many more in the pipeline at various stages.

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 3Comments

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Jul 2017

Housing and Homelessness News

Optimism, but Lingering Concerns, at Council’s Downtown Far Rockaway Rezoning Hearing

Most of those who testified said they generally supported the De Blasio administration’s proposal to rezone downtown Far Rockaway, but asked for changes to ensure the plan truly benefited the…

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 1Comment

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Jan 2017

Housing and Homelessness

Review Process Begins in the Rockaways for De Blasio’s 2nd Neighborhood Rezoning

Amid far less rancor than greeted the mayor’s first rezoning in East New York, the City Planning Commission certified the Downtown Far Rockaway proposal, starting the ULURP clock.

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 0Comments

The Housing Photographer Who Chronicled Sandy’s Destruction in Queens

In Wake of Rezonings, Renewed Call for More Health Facilities on Hospital-Starved Rockaway Peninsula

NYC Looks to Tackle Extreme Heat via City Streets and Urban Forests

A New Year’s Update on the de Blasio Rezonings

Optimism, but Lingering Concerns, at Council’s Downtown Far Rockaway Rezoning Hearing

Review Process Begins in the Rockaways for De Blasio’s 2nd Neighborhood Rezoning

Newsletter

The Housing Photographer Who Chronicled Sandy’s Destruction in Queens

In Wake of Rezonings, Renewed Call for More Health Facilities on Hospital-Starved Rockaway Peninsula

NYC Looks to Tackle Extreme Heat via City Streets and Urban Forests

A New Year’s Update on the de Blasio Rezonings

Optimism, but Lingering Concerns, at Council’s Downtown Far Rockaway Rezoning Hearing

Review Process Begins in the Rockaways for De Blasio’s 2nd Neighborhood Rezoning

Newsletter

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