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“Roy Wilkins Park is not just any park; it’s the only Black-led public park in New York City, a legacy that dates back to the 1970s when our community organized…

ByI. Daneek Miller 0Comments

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Nov 2024

Climate and Environment

Opinion: What the Big Apple’s Fruit Basket Can Teach Us About Growing Community

“It’s remarkable that a city as diverse as New York doesn’t do more to honor that diversity by planting a wider variety of public fruit trees that reflect the people…

ByJordan Engel 0Comments

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May 2024

Government Housing and Homelessness Land Use and Development

Building in Brooklyn Council District 35? Here’s What the Rep—And Community Members—Want in New Development

Councilmember Crystal Hudson’s development framework details criteria that projects in her district should meet if they need city approval for zoning changes. “We can all contribute to the housing crisis…

ByChris Janaro 6Comments

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Apr 2024

Climate and Environment

How Climate Change Could Threaten New York’s Historic Black Cemeteries

“My concerns are that if these storms keep getting worse, ancestral remains might come to the top,” said Shantell Jones, secretary of the Flatbush African Burial Ground (FABG) Coalition, a…

ByMarina Dunbar 0Comments

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Mar 2024

Government Housing and Homelessness Housing Calendar Resources

NYC Housing Calendar, March 19-25

City Limits rounds up the latest housing and land use-related events, public hearings and upcoming affordable housing lotteries that are ending soon.

ByJeanmarie Evelly 1Comment

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Feb 2024

Government Opinion Transportation

Opinion: In the ‘Year of Greenways,’ Let’s Insist on Equity

“This absence of unified design and management can compound inequality. Where some areas of the city have seen the lion’s share of the city’s attention, other areas have been and…

ByHunter Armstrong

BySharon Pope-Marshall

ByEdMundo Martinez 1Comment

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Dec 2023

News

City Limits to Host Newmark Veterans in Journalism Fellow in 2024

Chris Janaro, a Navy veteran and master’s candidate graduating soon from the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY, will join the nonprofit newsroom in January as a reporter…

ByJeanmarie Evelly 0Comments

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Feb 2023

Government Housing and Homelessness Land Use and Development NYCHA

City Limits Announces Two Additions to its Reporting Staff

The nonprofit newsroom expands staff to support its in-depth reporting on New York City housing issues, and launches a new beat focused exclusively on NYCHA.

ByJeanmarie Evelly 0Comments

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Nov 2022

Housing and Homelessness Land Use and Development

Won Greenlights 3,200-Unit Astoria Development, Paving Way for Council Approval

The latest version of the Innovation Qns plan features 1,436 income-restricted apartments, around 45 percent of the total. “We have set a new precedent for building affordable housing on private…

ByDavid Brand 4Comments

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Nov 2022

Economy Government Housing and Homelessness Politics

Building in Bushwick? Councilmember Lays Out Priorities for Rezonings

In a document issued Monday, Councilmember Jennifer Gutiérrez laid out her priorities for any new development that requires changes to the zoning code in one of the city’s most intense…

ByDavid Brand 2Comments

Opinion: Community Control of Roy Wilkins Park Is Essential for Southeast Queens