Government
City Plans Database to Track Promises Made During Rezonings
Abigail Savitch-Lew |
The system would document every commitment that gets made. One matter for debate: What exactly constitutes a commitment?
architecture
Audio: The ‘Architecture of Rupture’ & the Ideology of Private Sky: New York’s New Skyscrapers
Guglielmo Mattioli |
A skyscraper is more than just a building. And Manhattan’s new generation of supertall buildings are more than mere skyscrapers. They are an expression, to some, of wealth’s metastasizing supremacy.
Advocacy
Other Nabes and de Blasio Team Draw Lessons from East New York Rezoning Struggle
Abigail Savitch-Lew |
As housing justice advocates across the city review the outcomes in East New York, many say the results attest to the power of community organizing, especially when stakeholders put forth detailed policy alternatives.
Brooklyn
Can De Blasio Save Brooklyn Manufacturing?
Jarrett Murphy |
After a brutal start to the century, manufacturing is rebounding in Brooklyn. But with competition for space only intensifying, can the new growth last?
Bronx
Bronx Beep Holds Hearing on Mayor’s Inclusionary Housing Plan
Jarrett Murphy |
Read some of the testimony that Ruben Diaz Jr. will hear tonight.
Affordable Housing
Protest as City Auctions Land Despite Housing Need
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The de Blasio administration says the parcels sold off this week wouldn’t work for affordable housing, but some advocacy groups believe the city is shedding potentially valuable assets. Watch a video report.
