Posted inCampaign 2025
Surprising Stances in Meet Your Mayor Candidate Answers
THE CITY/Gothamist surveyed mayoral hopefuls about pressing issues impacting New Yorkers
Development
Posted inReal Estate
Big Tax Breaks Get Bigger as Mega-Developers Challenge Assessments
Properties in Hudson Yards and Times Square are among the buildings that win millions of dollars in tax appeals even after getting up-front tax reductions — a maneuver New York allows that some other states restrict.
Posted inDevelopment
Adams-Appointed Charter Commission Carries on, Aiming at Development Overhaul
Stressing independence from the besieged mayor, may revisit rules that let Council stop controversial projects.
Posted inHousing
Harlem Community Board Rejects Massive One45 Development
The plan has faced significant community pushback over the years, and would add hundreds of apartments to the neighborhood.
Posted inRed Hook
Thousands of New Apartments on Brooklyn’s Waterfront? Not So Fast, Say Some Local Leaders
Some of a task force weighing the Brooklyn Marine Terminal’s future question whether scaling back one of the borough’s last remaining industrial areas is necessary or wise.
Posted inThe Bronx
New York City Selects Developers for Long-Abandoned Kingsbridge Armory
The Economic Development Corporation’s pick of Maddd Equities and Joy Construction elevates hopes that decades of revival schemes finally come to fruition — and concerns about a contractor’s safety record.
Posted inLand Use
Adams’ ‘City of Yes’ Housing Agenda Ekes By Council Committees Mostly Intact
Compromises to continue parking-construction mandates and rein in backyard apartments still leave capacity to build 80,000 more units, the mayor’s team says.
Posted inManhattan
Bigger Apartment Buildings on Deck for Midtown South Under Adams-Council Proposal
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.
Posted inHousing
‘City of Yes’ Housing Development Proposal Gets Council Grilling
Mayor Eric Adams’ proposal to change land use rules across the five boroughs to promote housing construction is both sweeping and modest, officials leading the effort told City Council Monday in the first of two public hearings. Department of City Planning Commissioner Dan Gardonick and Department of Housing Preservation and Development Commissioner Adolfo Carrión […]
Posted inManhattan
Tenant Leader Who Once Ripped ‘Predatory’ Roc Nation Casino Bid Was Offered $20,000 Monthly Contract from Jay-Z Owned Company
Roc Nation’s bid for a casino in Times Square tried to retain an influential tenant leader of the Manhattan Plaza complex, a leaked document shows.