Development

Residential and commercial buildings squeezed into the area below Union Square.

Backlash Builds Over Business Tax Break Extension Adams Won in Albany

Aug. 14, 2024, 5:08 p.m.Aug. 14, 2024, 5:08 p.m.

Fiscal watchdogs ask Hochul to limit a four-year renewal of the Industrial and Commercial Abatement Program, which costs half a billion dollars annually and is undergoing a review.

Attendees of a hearing on a proposed development on Franklin Avenue in Crown Heights, Brooklyn spoke at Brooklyn Borough Hall, July 16, 2024.

Zoning

Botanic Garden Backers and Developers Face Off, Again, Over Shady Tower

July 17, 2024, 5:51 p.m.July 18, 2024, 4:20 p.m.

Developers have cut their proposed apartment project in half in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, but that has not assuaged opponents who decried shadows that would skirt greenhouses.

Victoria Law stands in the rubble of the former ABC No Rio with construction team and ABC community in the background. Law is the founder of Books through Bars at ABC No Rio.

Life

ABC No Rio, a Home for Anarchist Artists, Rises Again on the Lower East Side

July 16, 2024, 6:45 p.m.July 16, 2024, 6:45 p.m.

Years after its demolition, ABC No Rio will get a new energy-efficient headquarters on the same site of its famous Rivington Street artists’ hub.

The Baruch Baths, 326 Delancey Street is an abandoned neoclassical building with arched windows. Built in 1901 the bathhouse has been closed since 1975 and is surrounded by overgrown grass and trees. The building is about to become an ice skating rink or a community center.

Lower East Side

Abandoned for 49 Years, Baruch Bathhouse to Remain Deserted as Developer Nixes Ice Rink Plan

July 15, 2024, 4:49 a.m.July 17, 2024, 2:38 p.m.

Parks Department officials told Manhattan’s Community Board 3 that a $50 million plan to build an ice rink at the site isn’t happening, setting back a years-long push to rehabilitate the space for locals.

Mayor Eric Adams hosts a City Hall rally in of his “City of Yes for Housing Opportunity” text amendment that will loosen decades-old zoning restrictions.

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.

A hotel construction site on West 35th Street had a stop work order from the Department of Buildings.

Development

City Orders Construction Shutdown at Adams Donor’s Midtown Hotel, In Unusual Reversal

June 13, 2024, 9:01 p.m.June 13, 2024, 9:01 p.m.

Department of Buildings officials approved the project in late 2022, after deciding the removal of existing affordable units was allowed. Following a recent investigation by THE CITY and its news partners the agency now says the project doesn’t abide by zoning requirements.

Housing

City of No Way: Meet the Urban Planner Rallying New Yorkers Against Eric Adams’ Housing Agenda

June 13, 2024, 5:00 a.m.June 13, 2024, 10:29 a.m.

Paul Graziano says he’s out to save the boroughs’ suburban-style neighborhoods and has a track record of locking out development. Now he’s determined to cut the mayor’s ‘City of Yes’ plan down to size.

Steiner Studio founder Doug Steiner poses for a portrait inside Studio 6 at their sprawling lot on the Brooklyn waterfront.

Economy

NYC Made a Big Bet on TV and Film Studios. Will They Survive an Industry Shakeout?

June 4, 2024, 5:00 a.m.June 4, 2024, 10:32 a.m.

In the aftermath of strikes that shut down filming, fewer and shorter productions may mean jobs never regain pre-pandemic levels.

A vacant retail space in a renovated wing of Penn Station, Jan. 25, 2024.

Zoning

Hidden $80K Donation Further Fuels Battle at Community Board Roiled by Development Fights

June 3, 2024, 5:00 a.m.June 3, 2024, 11:22 a.m.

A zoning task force at Manhattan Community Board 5 covertly secured the anonymous funds and met privately — which may violate city ethics and transparency rules.

Google purchased office space on the site of the old St. John’s Terminal near Hudson River Park in Hudson Square.

Real Estate

Google’s New HQ Opens With Only a Fraction of the Nearby Low-Cost Housing Promised by Pols

May 14, 2024, 5:00 a.m.May 13, 2024, 3:37 p.m.

City Council votes to approve tax breaks for 175 apartments for the elderly, just a fraction of the 500 low-cost apartments local leaders promised a decade ago for the tony spot on Hudson River Park.

Development

Backlash Builds Over Business Tax Break Extension Adams Won in Albany

Botanic Garden Backers and Developers Face Off, Again, Over Shady Tower

ABC No Rio, a Home for Anarchist Artists, Rises Again on the Lower East Side

Abandoned for 49 Years, Baruch Bathhouse to Remain Deserted as Developer Nixes Ice Rink Plan

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

City Orders Construction Shutdown at Adams Donor’s Midtown Hotel, In Unusual Reversal

City of No Way: Meet the Urban Planner Rallying New Yorkers Against Eric Adams’ Housing Agenda

NYC Made a Big Bet on TV and Film Studios. Will They Survive an Industry Shakeout?

Hidden $80K Donation Further Fuels Battle at Community Board Roiled by Development Fights

Google’s New HQ Opens With Only a Fraction of the Nearby Low-Cost Housing Promised by Pols

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