Community Boards News | Page 2 of 4 | THE CITY

Newsletters

The CITY Scoop

A weekday newsletter to keep you up on New York.

Ranked Choices

Stay informed about the 2025 election.

Summer & the city

Bringing you the best of summer in NYC.

Podcast

FAQ NYC

The New Yorkest podcast. Twice weekly.

Featured

IMPACT

Our journalism makes a positive impact on the lives of New Yorkers.

How to New York

Your questions answered about the greatest city in the world.

What We're REPORTING

CITY HALL

Climate

Criminal Justice

Economy

ERIC ADAMS

HOUSING

IMMIGRATION

Labor

NYPD

Transit

Follow Us

Ways to Give

merch store

US

Team

Awards

REPUBLISH

Newsletters

The CITY Scoop

A weekday newsletter to keep you up on New York.

Ranked Choices

Stay informed about the 2025 election.

Summer & the city

Bringing you the best of summer in NYC.

Podcast

FAQ NYC

The New Yorkest podcast. Twice weekly.

Featured

IMPACT

Our journalism makes a positive impact on the lives of New Yorkers.

How to New York

Your questions answered about the greatest city in the world.

What We're REPORTING

CITY HALL

Climate

Criminal Justice

Economy

ERIC ADAMS

HOUSING

IMMIGRATION

Labor

NYPD

Transit

Follow Us

Ways to Give

merch store

US

Team

Awards

REPUBLISH

Police officers talk with a homeless person who was swiping in subway commuters at Penn Station.

Adams Renews Push for Forced Psych Hospitalizations as Albany Gets Back to Work

Jan. 8, 2024, 4:59 a.m.Jan. 8, 2024, 11:10 a.m.

The mayor's top mental health advisor recently visited a Midtown community board looking for elusive for changes to state mental health laws.

The Bronx

Community Board Member Bounced for Giving Meeting Attendee the Finger, Accusing City of ‘Raping’ Locals and More

Jan. 4, 2024, 4:45 a.m.Jan. 4, 2024, 10:16 a.m.

Bronx Borough President Vanessa Gibson’s move to remove Miguel Dyer follows a series of embarrassing incidents involving different of CB11.

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.”

An Italian flag hung in Bronx Community Board 11's window.

The Bronx

Bronx Board Approves Committee to Consider Demotion of Leadership

Dec. 1, 2023, 1:05 p.m.Dec. 1, 2023, 1:05 p.m.

The vote came months after the board’s vice chair wrote a column arguing Black people had only themselves to blame for supposedly failing to achieve the American Dream.

An unlicensed smoke shop in The Bronx displays a pot leaf on its awning.

Marijuana

Deluge of Pot Shop Proposals Leaves Community Boards Dazed and Confused

Oct. 16, 2023, 5:05 a.m.Oct. 16, 2023, 2:28 p.m.

As license applicants and community boards race to complete what they say has been a poorly communicated review process, the Office of Cannabis Management is belatedly touring the state to explain things.

The Bronx

Bronx Community Boards Fail to Track Meetings

Sept. 8, 2023, 5:00 a.m.Sept. 8, 2023, 11:36 a.m.

Half of the borough’s boards are in violation of a state law requiring them to document their meetings and make those records publicly available.

The Bronx

South Bronx Board Blocks Booze at ‘Bronxlandia’ Event Space

Aug. 28, 2023, 5:00 a.m.Oct. 25, 2023, 12:46 p.m.

Hunts Point icon Majora Carter says Community Board 2 has thwarted the long-pending liquor license application for her new venue.

Community Boards

Community Boards Demoted in Location Approvals for Legal Cannabis Shops

July 21, 2023, 5:00 a.m.July 21, 2023, 11:51 a.m.

Liquor license applicants are required to come before community boards before a license is granted — but that’s not the process for weed businesses.

Homeless Shelters

‘A Joke’ — Bronx Community Boards in Poor Neighborhoods Say They’re Already Saturated With Shelters

June 14, 2023, 7:22 p.m.June 14, 2023, 7:22 p.m.

The pushback came at a community meeting that the Department of Homeless Services did not even attend.

The Bronx

South Bronx Movie Studio Expansion Angles to Open Up Waterfront — and Fence It In

April 27, 2023, 4:18 p.m.April 28, 2023, 1:58 p.m.

York Studios, which opened its Michaelangelo Campus for film and TV shoots in 2019, wants to add a second studio with a 60-foot ceiling.