Bronx
Cultivate the Grassroots: A New Development Model
Curtis Stephen |
Promises of affordable housing are leading to unexpected alliances in Brooklyn.
City Hall
Hard to Swallow: Upstate Fights City Tap Water Plan
Jarrett Murphy |
The new issue of City Limits Investigates reports troubling news about NYC’s water ecosystem. Finalization of a drinking water agreement, on the other hand, looks like good news – but not in some upstate counties.
Bronx
City Limits Investigates New York's Sewage Stream
Jennie |
This synopsis of the second issue of CLI looks at how NYC pollutes its waterways – and how much closer to “green” the existing infrastructure can take us.
Health and Environment
Water Pressure Part I: The Pipe Facing the challenge of New York's endless sewage spill
Jarrett Murphy |
City Limits investigates the extensive problem of untreated wastewater and raw sewage in New York City waterways.
Bronx
Redrawing the 421-A Formula For Tax Breaks and Housing
Jillian Jonas |
Developers will still get tax breaks for building housing in NYC, but with more strings attached.
Bronx
CITY LIMITS INVESTIGATES HOUSING: HIGH COSTS INTERFERE WITH PLAN
Jarrett Murphy |
In its inaugural issue, CLI examines how fiscal realities are shaping the city’s affordable-housing buildout. This synopsis points to some of the ways new units’ size, quality and genuine affordability could be affected.
Bronx
WHEN 'NIMBY' SAVES YOUR LIFE
Eileen Markey |
This book documents the history, politics and meaning of undesirable facility placement – and resistance.
Manhattan
WATER UNDER THE BRIDGE:
RENEWING A W. HARLEM PARK
David Giles |
New proposal would spruce up Riverside Park, adding new amenities for neighbors.
Bronx
PRISON BREAK: S. BRONX
LAND CLEARED FOR SALE
Angela Hokanson |
City’s plans for a new jail could get a boost; residents hope not.
Manhattan
HOUSING SHIFTS THROUGH HARDBALL,
HALF-MILLIONS AND MAPS REDRAWN
Robert Neuwirt |
A survey of recent news sees middle-class refugees, an absence of potent tenant activism, and a coming tax windfall for the city.
