It's Thursday in New York City, where 12 neighborhoods are being put on a fast track to add more housing — and there's nothing concerned locals can really do to stop it.
Under a change approved by voters through a ballot referendum last year, a dozen community districts will now be subject to a new review process for rezoning applications that cuts out the City Council and shortens the time frame for local community boards to weigh in.
In making its list, the Department of City Planning selected neighborhoods that have produced the lowest rate of new affordable housing over the past five years, including the Upper East Side, the Upper West Side, Bay Ridge in Brooklyn and several suburban-style parts of Queens.
Downtown Flushing is already in the process of getting a major facelift that includes three mixed-use towers. Some residents worry this will fuel more displacement.
The new school year in New York City has kicked off with a familiar ritual: students with disabilities waiting for a yellow school bus that never shows.
More than 75 delivery workers flooded City Hall yesterday to push back on a package of e-bike bills they fear would lead to an aggressive police crackdown and cost them the bikes they rely on to make a living.
Mayor Zohran Mamdani has finally received his federal security clearance — which allows him to see receive classified briefings on terrorism and other threats — nine months after taking office.
"They’re never doing anything. Someone’s just standing there eating a sandwich or on the phone, and there’s all these cones around": Pete Davidson complained to Jimmy Kimmel about the BQE not getting fixed.
Randy Mastro is representing landlords suing to overturn a rent freeze on regulated apartments. A former chair of the Rent Guidelines Board says Mastro tried to influence the vote when he was deputy mayor.
“ The owner of the heliport, under oath, said there would be no tourist helicopters,” said Kearny Mayor Carol Jean Doyle. “That has been totally ignored.”
