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

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.

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.

City Planning Commission

City of Yes Housing Proposal Picks Up New Ahead of Crucial Hearing

July 10, 2024, 5:00 a.m.July 10, 2024, 10:07 a.m.

Several community boards and four of five borough presidents have indicated their approval, but opposition to new zoning rules persists in neighborhoods long opposed to building more housing.

New construction goes up near a new residential building in Bushwick.

Housing

Housing Crisis Spurs Some Politicians to Break From NIMBY Pack in New York

March 7, 2024, 12:10 p.m.March 7, 2024, 4:48 p.m.

is growing for Mayor Eric Adams’ proposed zoning changes to spur new construction — including from local elected officials looking to lead a pro-growth civic culture.

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.”

FAQ NYC

LISTEN: If You Zone It, They Will Build

Sept. 26, 2023, 8:26 p.m.Oct. 12, 2023, 8:07 a.m.

City Planning Commission Director Daniel Garodnick makes the case for the Adams istration’s hugely ambitious new plan to update “our zoning rules that have over time gotten in the way,” so that developers can build what City Hall has described as “a little more housing in every neighborhood” — adding up to a projected 100,000 […]

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.

Development

Ahead of Key Votes, Little in Throggs Neck for New Apartments and Supermarket

Aug. 12, 2022, 8:50 p.m.Aug. 14, 2022, 8:30 p.m.

Councilmember Marjorie Velazquez is against the Bruckner Boulevard upzoning, for now. That could prevent the land use proposal near a Super Foodtown from moving forward.

City Planning Commission

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

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

City of Yes Housing Proposal Picks Up New Ahead of Crucial Hearing

Housing Crisis Spurs Some Politicians to Break From NIMBY Pack in New York

Community Board Rips Adams Plan to Have Casino Pitches By Them

LISTEN: If You Zone It, They Will Build

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

Ahead of Key Votes, Little in Throggs Neck for New Apartments and Supermarket

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