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Other than the fact that there’s been no environmental impact statement and an unelected official will provide the borough-wide recommendation on it, everything about the Flushing Creek plan is perfectly…

ByAmir Khafagy 2Comments

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Jan 2020

Housing and Homelessness

City Hall and Local Leaders Deadlocked Over Bushwick Rezoning

The Bushwick rezoning has come to a standstill with the de Blasio administration and Bushwick stakeholders at odds with each other over competing visions for how to channel development in…

BySadef Ali Kully 2Comments

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Nov 2019

Housing and Homelessness NYCHA

Gowanus Groups Pressing for Specifics as Rezoning Review Nears

As large real-estate deals continue to close, neighborhood stakeholders have raised some unresolved concerns.

BySadef Ali Kully 1Comment

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Sep 2019

Housing and Homelessness

Inwood Seeing New City Programs and Developer Interest 1 Year After Rezoning

Inwood’s rhythms and feel seem unchanged a year after the rezoning. But physical changes are underway, with more to come.

BySadef Ali Kully 4Comments

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Aug 2019

Opinion

Opinion: Council Must Not Hide Behind ‘Member Deference’ on Borough Jails

‘On matters of land use, the City Council traditionally follows the wishes of the Councilmember in whose district the change is proposed. That’s a problematic approach on ordinary matters. And…

ByNabil Hassein 3Comments

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Aug 2019

Government Podcasts

Pol: Blackouts, Flooding and Subway Woes Show Need for Revamped Planning

The Brooklyn Councilmember says this year’s Charter Revision Commission missed a chance to fix deep flaws in the way New York does land-use planning.

ByJarrett Murphy 1Comment

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Jul 2019

Justice Podcasts

Max & Murphy: Borough Jails Plan Enters Key Phase

‘The plan that is in progress right now is the right plan, it’s one that is viable, it’s moving.’

ByJarrett Murphy 3Comments

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Jul 2019

Housing and Homelessness

One Bushwick, Two Visions: How Local Leaders’ Rezoning Proposal and the City’s Plan Match Up

There are some similarities between the community and city rezoning proposals but the differences are important to Bushwick community members who say they have waited for decades for serious public…

BySadef Ali Kully 0Comments

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Jul 2019

Land Use and Development Opinion

Opinion: Regulating Development is the City Council’s Job. Let Them Do It.

‘Last winter another agency, the New York City Department of City Planning deliberately circumvented the Council’s oversight when it told the City Planning Commission that it had to approve four…

ByMarc Richardson 1Comment

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Jun 2019

Government

Panel OKs Question on Cops Who Lie, Avoids Major Land-Use Changes

In a dramatic reversal, the Charter Revision Commission approved a proposal to allow the CCRB to go after cops who make false statements during investigations of police misconduct. But it…

ByJarrett Murphy 1Comment

Interim Borough President Set to Advise On Controversial Flushing Creek Rezoning

City Hall and Local Leaders Deadlocked Over Bushwick Rezoning

Gowanus Groups Pressing for Specifics as Rezoning Review Nears

Inwood Seeing New City Programs and Developer Interest 1 Year After Rezoning

Opinion: Council Must Not Hide Behind ‘Member Deference’ on Borough Jails

Pol: Blackouts, Flooding and Subway Woes Show Need for Revamped Planning

Max & Murphy: Borough Jails Plan Enters Key Phase

One Bushwick, Two Visions: How Local Leaders’ Rezoning Proposal and the City’s Plan Match Up

Opinion: Regulating Development is the City Council’s Job. Let Them Do It.

Panel OKs Question on Cops Who Lie, Avoids Major Land-Use Changes

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