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Green Space Connections looks to engage tenants and center their input in making better use of open space on housing authority campuses. The initiative previously funded new playgrounds, fitness areas…

ByJeanmarie Evelly 0Comments

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Mar 2026

Government Health Land Use and Development Opinion

Opinion: Mayor Mamdani Can Mark a ‘New Era’ for Public Space. These Projects Show the Potential.

“These projects outline a practical roadmap for a new era of public space in New York: streets can function as parks, transportation corridors can double as civic spaces, brownfields and forgotten…

ByRob Daurio

ByJohn Surico 1Comment

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Mar 2026

Government Health Housing and Homelessness Land Use and Development Opinion

Opinion: It’s Time to Finish Bushwick Inlet Park

“Without committing to finishing the park, a mayoral approval of Monitor Point sends a clear message: the city will continue to collect on private development while deferring its public obligations.”

ByKatie Denny Horowitz 0Comments

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Jan 2026

Featured Government Housing and Homelessness Land Use and Development

Department Of City Planning Shutters Design Division

Last month, the Department of City Planning reassigned the central design division that used zoning tools to manage public spaces and craft neighborhood character. Critics say the move will deprioritize…

ByPatrick Spauster 5Comments

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Apr 2025

Featured Government Housing and Homelessness In Depth Land Use and Development

Long Island City is on the Verge of Transformation, Again

In a city struggling with a persistent affordability and housing shortage crisis, Long Island City has been building—a lot. And the city is now looking to spur even more growth…

ByJustin Martinez 5Comments

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Jan 2025

Housing and Homelessness NYCHA

New Toolkit Offers a Guide for Improving NYCHA’s Open Spaces

NYCHA has the equivalent of 2,000 football fields worth of land, and two organizations are partnering up to help residents claim those spaces.

ByTatyana Turner 1Comment

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Jan 2025

ARTS and CULTURE Climate and Environment Housing and Homelessness NYCHA

New Exhibit Explores NYCHA’s Open Spaces, Which Once Made Neighbors Jealous

“Living in the Shade” opened last week in a Downtown Brooklyn gallery, and will be on view through Feb. 27 before moving to LaGuardia Community College.

ByLauren Hakimi 1Comment

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May 2024

ARTS and CULTURE Government Opinion Transportation

Opinion: Free NYC’s Block Parties from Suffocating Red Tape

As warm weather returns and the summer approaches, we are reminded that the streets, sidewalks, parks, and plazas of New York City are our civic commons. New Yorkers should be…

ByJackson Chabot

ByElana Ehrenberg

ByRebecca Macklis 3Comments

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Apr 2024

Climate and Environment Education Opinion Transportation

Opinion: New York City’s Young People Need Spaces of Their Own

“By engaging students in conducting research and advocacy in the process of creating and running programs, and maintaining the street itself, schools can turn Open School Streets into canvases for…

ByMolly Delano 0Comments

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Sep 2023

Government Opinion

Opinion: Cricket Stadium Proposal is Wrong Fit for Van Cortlandt Park

“This is not a story about cricket, its popularity, and whether New Yorkers would support the expansion of it. The issue here is the proper use of public parkland.”

ByGary Axelbank 0Comments

Four More NYCHA Developments to Get Open Space Upgrades Under Green Grant Program