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A rendering shows plans for an echo-friendly affordable housing development at 1946 E. 7th St. in Gravesend, Brooklyn.

Brooklyn Senior Housing Project First to Get on Green Fast Track Approval Process

March 3, 2025, 5:00 a.m.March 2, 2025, 11:50 a.m.

A development in Homecrest takes advantage of new rules aimed at halving pre-planning review for some environmentally sensitive apartment projects.

Housing

Council Approves Adams’ ‘City of Yes’ Housing Agenda, With Many ‘No’ Votes

Dec. 5, 2024, 5:29 p.m.Dec. 6, 2024, 7:57 a.m.

Splitting 31 to 20, those voting in favor cited the high cost of housing, while opponents raised concerns about funding and who will ultimately benefit.

A garage on West 61st Street just outside of the proposed congestion pricing zone, Sept. 7, 2022.

Housing

How Parking Will Drive the Coming Adams-Council Housing Development Deal

Nov. 19, 2024, 8:37 p.m.Dec. 3, 2024, 2:50 p.m.

Eliminating mandates to create spots for cars is key to creating more apartments in the mayor’s sweeping City of Yes proposal heading to a crucial vote Thursday — but a compromise that could halve new housing is in the works.

A row of commercial and tenement buildings sat along West 36th Street in the Garment District.

Manhattan

Bigger Apartment Buildings on Deck for Midtown South Under Adams-Council Proposal

Oct. 30, 2024, 3:28 p.m.Oct. 30, 2024, 3:28 p.m.

Taking advantage of new flexibility granted by the state, city planners and local reps unveil zoning plans that will allow new housing construction and conversions at a scale that’s been prohibited for years.

Housing

Adams ‘City of Yes’ Housing Boost Clears Planning Commission, Will Face Council Skeptics

Sept. 25, 2024, 5:27 p.m.Sept. 25, 2024, 9:57 p.m.

Citywide zoning overhaul aims to enable development of 100,000 new homes, with widespread but steady pushback from low-rise neighborhoods.

A rendering of a proposed Times Square casino.

Zoning

Community Board Rips Adams Plan to Have Casino Pitches By Them

Dec. 14, 2023, 6:59 p.m.Dec. 14, 2023, 8:58 p.m.

The Midtown board unanimously voted down the proposal that would skip the city’s traditional review process. One board member shamed the city officials for “abdicat[ing] everything to the state.”

Real Estate

Sunset Park Landlord Lobbied Top Adams Aides Before Scoring Deal to Relocate City Workers

May 26, 2023, 5:00 a.m.May 26, 2023, 3:05 p.m.

Salmar Properties spent $28,000 on a top influence firm, on top of campaign donations to Eric Adams from family that exceeded legal limits.

Climate Change

Mayor Adams Releases Ambitious Plan to ‘Get Sustainability Done’ — Full Funding to Come

April 20, 2023, 7:49 p.m.May 2, 2023, 4:02 p.m.

The wide-ranging agenda, known as PlaNYC, includes proposals for electric car chargers, free solar arrays, and help for New Yorkers living in flood zones.

Department of City Planning

Madison Square Garden’s Permit Is Expiring — but Cancellation Is a Long Shot

Feb. 22, 2023, 5:05 a.m.Feb. 22, 2023, 8:25 p.m.

Here’s what would actually happen if the City Council pulls the plug on the arena NYC loves to hate.

Housing

NYC’s Wealthy Enclaves Lost Housing in Past Decade as Combining of Apartments Outpaced New Construction

Feb. 8, 2021, 8:47 p.m.Feb. 8, 2021, 8:47 p.m.

Parts of the Upper East Side, Upper West Side, SoHo and the West Village saw net drops in residential apartments in the past decade, a new report from the Department of City Planning found.

Department of City Planning

Brooklyn Senior Housing Project First to Get on Green Fast Track Approval Process

Council Approves Adams’ ‘City of Yes’ Housing Agenda, With Many ‘No’ Votes

How Parking Will Drive the Coming Adams-Council Housing Development Deal

Bigger Apartment Buildings on Deck for Midtown South Under Adams-Council Proposal

Adams ‘City of Yes’ Housing Boost Clears Planning Commission, Will Face Council Skeptics

Community Board Rips Adams Plan to Have Casino Pitches By Them

Sunset Park Landlord Lobbied Top Adams Aides Before Scoring Deal to Relocate City Workers

Mayor Adams Releases Ambitious Plan to ‘Get Sustainability Done’ — Full Funding to Come

Madison Square Garden’s Permit Is Expiring — but Cancellation Is a Long Shot

NYC’s Wealthy Enclaves Lost Housing in Past Decade as Combining of Apartments Outpaced New Construction

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