A critique of this month’s “Balanced Housing for a Smart Region” report, from an accomplished planner and professor of urban design.
Why the Bloomberg administration hates the words “inclusionary zoning”–and tenants all over the city are praying for it.
Housing crisis in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut threatens the region’s economic stability.
Overhauling the city’s mass transit system may cost big dollars, but the cost of not doing it is even higher.
The Civic Alliance completed its first big effort to make a mark on downtown redevelopment last week, getting nearly 5,000 New Yorkers in a room to brainstorm. With that over, the group says its work is only just beginning.
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.
Politicians and straphangers’ advocates are cheering the new subway connector that will boost E and F train service–but this big step forward means two steps back for the lowly G train, and a much longer trip for central Brooklyn residents.
Six modest proposals that might make New York more livable in years to come, from creative demolition to neighborhood fisheries.
The city’s major computer systems are ready for Y2K, but few smaller programs and nonprofits have dealt with the issue.
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