For some environmental justice activists and other community residents in the South Bronx, the verdict on the Sheridan Expressway is not yet in [“An End To The Road To Nowhere,” City Limits Weekly, May 5].
An effort to rezone part of Park Slope for affordable housing died last week when the mayor and City Council instead agreed to set aside subsidies for low-cost apartments — an offer housing advocates predict developers will never buy into given the booming housing market.
The city is kicking off a study of truck routes, a move that advocates have clamored for since the late 1990s.
Supporters of a decade-long legal war to force the state to give more to public education are marching from New York to Albany for the final battle.
In its quest to find cheaper ways to get rid of the city’s trash, the Bloomberg administration is investing in a study which could revolutionize garbage disposal in the five boroughs — by composting.
The mayor’s office is launching a campaign to make foster parenting attractive in “high need” neighborhoods.
Pennsylvania has shut down a landfill that takes 10 percent of New York’s garbage.
As officials at the Department of Housing and Urban Development celebrate 35 years of fighting housing discrimination this month, the city’s headquarters for investigating fair housing has lost its funding and closed up shop.
The Bloomberg administration agrees with Council members who say vendor licensing rules are in dire need of an update.
Regulators have approved HSBC’s purchase of Household International–predatory lending’s poster child.
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