City Planning Commission
Restart of City’s ULURP Process Could Save De Blasio’s Last Rezoning
Sadef Ali Kully |
Online City Planning Commission meetings and hearings will begin in August, in time to move ahead with a plan to rezone Gowanus.
COVID-19
Summer Camp Amid COVID: Fewer Kids, More Clorox and Make Your Own S’mores
Jarrett Murphy |
Could NYC schools learn from how day camps have adapted to the pandemic?
Affordable Housing
COVID-19 Hit Hard in Areas With Deep Housing Violations: Report
Sadef Ali Kully |
Housing code violations, rent burdens and mortgage vulnerability were high in some of the areas that saw high coronavirus death rates.
Coronavirus
NYC Faces ‘Deep and Enduring Unemployment,’ Says Report
Nicole Javorsky |
As the third phase of reopening starts next week, an analysis of unemployment data points to a long road ahead for the city’s economic recovery.
consumer fireworks
In State Where NYC’s Illegal Fireworks Can Be Bought, Some Want Tighter Laws
Jarrett Murphy |
Pennsylvania legalized many fireworks in 2017. Several lawmakers there want to rein the sales in, citing noise, fires and ‘chaos.’
2020 15th Congressional District Primary
Allegations of Irregularities in Bronx Congressional Voting
Jarrett Murphy |
At least four candidates in the crowded Democratic primary to replace retiring Bronx Rep. Jose Serrano say there were irregularities in Primary Day voting.
Affordable Housing
Advocates: NYC Needs More Money, New Model to Meet Housing Crisis
Sadef Ali Kully |
Resisting budget cuts is just part of the plan, they say. Changing how the housing market works is the deeper goal.
banking
Will New York Launch a Public Bank?
Sadef Ali Kully |
The state legislature is considering a bill, introduced in January, which would authorize local municipalities to lend money to public banks and authorize public ownership of stock in them.
Housing and Homelessness
Tenant Advocates Cheer Rent Freeze, Fear Housing-Court Restart
Sadef Ali Kully |
With the RGB vote largely a fait accompli following its earlier preliminary approval of the one-year freeze, housing advocates’ biggest concern has been the looming reopening of housing court, which will allow for eviction cases to move forward.
Health and Environment
Court Cases in Inwood and Flushing Test Mayor’s Power Over Development
Sadef Ali Kully |
An appeals court heard arguments over the annulled Inwood rezoning just days after activists sued over the approval process for the Flushing Waterfront plan.
