Bronx
DEMOLISH, AND BUILD
K. Wright |
South Bronx community groups want the state to tear down Sheridan Expressway, and make room for waterfront development.
Waterfront
BAY MALL SINKS
K. Wright |
The city has scrapped plans to build a strip mall on a parcel of the fragile Jamaica Bay waterfront.
Waterfront
RUN, RABBIT, RUN
Dan Hendrick |
As Jamaica Bay continues to erode, the city is selling off some nearby wetlands for a sprawling mall.
Housing and Homelessness
ON THE WATERFRONT
Alyssa Katz |
The mayor hopes he’s found the space to build more housing-by pushing for policy changes that make it easier to develop industrial land.
Housing and Homelessness
HOMES, FOR A CHANGE: MAYOR SAYS, 'WE'LL MAKE MORE'
Matt Pacenza |
Mayor Bloomberg’s new housing plan calls for investing more than $1 billion in new homes, but his proposal is about more than just cash.
City Hall
FREEZED OUT: AFTER MASS RETIRES, NO NEW HIRES
Jamie Katz and Jill Grossman |
Bloomberg’s hiring freeze could not come at a worse time: Just three weeks ago, thousands of city employees took the city up on its lucrative early retirement offer.
Bronx
Attention Shoppers
Socheata Poeuv |
While the City Council calls for building a massive public market on the old Trade Center site, a similar project has been proposed for Hunts Point, where the area’s best shopping is wholesale, and therefore off limits to local residents
Manhattan
ENVIRONMENTAL BUILD-UP
Alyssa Katz |
In the interest of redeveloping lower Manhattan quickly, members of a downtown civic group are calling for streamlining the state’s environmental review process, but some advocates fear that could compromise air and water quality and the nearby physical infrastructure.
Bronx
CITY FILTERS TAKE ON WATER
Jordan Moss |
While Bronx residents wonder whether the city will build a water filtration plant in their neighborhoods, Mayor Bloomberg is sending mixed messages.
Manhattan
AND THE WINNERS ARE …
City Limits |
As with any election, our local contests had clear winners–including some local issues and groups that got an unexpected boost from last Tuesday’s returns.
