Bronx
Around What Could be the Last de Blasio Rezoning: Local Leverage and Conflicting Views
Sadef Ali Kully |
The area around Southern Boulevard has already secured a lot of the kinds of infrastructure investments that usually come with a rezoning.
A Family Affair: Parents, Children and NYC's Homelessness Crisis
NYC Has a Family Homelessness Crisis. Who are the Families?
David Brand |
Policymakers and most everyday New Yorkers have yet to come face-to-face with the extent of the crisis, even as mass instability takes a lasting toll on individual lives and social networks in the city.
Homelessness
Mayor Offers More Homeless Outreach, But Advocates Want More Beds
Jarrett Murphy |
What will get street-homeless people off the sidewalk: more engagement, or a better place to sleep?
City Council
Council Could Force the City to Study the Racial Impact of Rezonings
Sadef Ali Kully |
‘The legislation is about actual displacement of longtime residents that’s been compounded by rezonings that government has allowed.’
community Gardens
Community Gardens Wrestle With New Rules, Outreach Obstacles and Development’s Impact
Jacob Lobosco |
Some community gardens have been slow to accept new rules for participating in the Parks Department’s GreenThumb program, but others say the city’s support is crucial to navigating the impact of development on space and sunlight.
Brooklyn
Tensions Rise Amid Uncertain Timeline for Public Review of Bushwick Rezoning
Sadef Ali Kully |
The city says its environmental review is coming, but won’t say exactly when. A community board is demanding a meeting with City Planning, and an activist group is hounding two Councilmembers.
In Private Projects and City’s Housing Plan, Co-Living Spaces Claim a Bigger Place
Sadef Ali Kully |
Co-living is picking up steam in the private sector as the de Blasio works to make a shared-living pilot program part of its affordable housing initiative.
Brooklyn
Gowanus Groups Pressing for Specifics as Rezoning Review Nears
Sadef Ali Kully |
As large real-estate deals continue to close, neighborhood stakeholders have raised some unresolved concerns.
Homelessness
Chris Quinn to Anti-Shelter Protesters: ‘Why Do You Hate Homeless Children?’
Jarrett Murphy |
It was cold on Wednesday when Christine Quinn—CEO of the homeless-services organization WIN—spoke to the Max & Murphy Show on WBAI. For the former Council speaker and 2013 mayoral candidate, the temperature was an important point of reference.
Bronx
La salud pública es el enfoque del grupo de trabajo en la rezonificación de la avenida Jerome
Sadef Ali Kully |
Los residentes del Bronx tuvieron la oportunidad de compartir sus opiniones sobre las preocupaciones que deben abordarse para mejorar la salud general de los miembros de su comunidad.
