At a town hall near the footprint of the proposed Bay Street rezoning, the mayor tried to strike a balance between acknowledging concerns about development and extolling its virtues.
In 2004 the island was rezoned to preserve suburban character and restrict population growth. Now islanders have decided they want a thriving downtown as well as quiet streets, so the…
‘No neighbor on Staten Island would close the door of their ‘hood because of the different color of a new neighbor’s skin—those days have long since passed. But people will…
In areas affected by the looming Bay Street rezoning, advocates are pushing the city to include more housing in some areas, and more open space in others.
We know this map is barely a start. If you know of a gallery, artists’ collective, performance group, music venue, theater, museum or dance space that we don’t, tell us…
In many ways, Bay Street is like corridors in other de Blasio administration neighborhood plans. One difference is the tensions over race, policing and ‘quality of life’ that have played…
Legislation, politics and math shape Area Median Income, the measurement often at the center of the debate over whether New York’s new affordable housing will help those who need it…
Critics target the city’s eight specialized schools for using a single test to determine who gets to enter. But other selective public high-schools use a confusing mix of admissions policies…
