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For Some Landlords, It's Not Easy Going Green
If New York is to meet PlanNYC's goals, apartment buildings must get greener. While property owners and tenants both benefit from more efficient systems, getting them up and running takes a different kind of green.
Industrial, Homeless Policies Clash in East New York
A plan to build subsidized housing in a zone reserved for manufacturing businesses pits efforts to reduce the shelter population against hopes of saving industrial New York.
Who's Afraid of NYU? School's Neighbors Air Gripes
In its push to expand, the school faces residual distrust from earlier development projects. We visited two recent university construction sites to see what it's like to be NYU's next-door neighbor.
Brooklyn: A Developing Story
Atlantic Yards may have generated the most heat, but it's just one of several ambitious development ideas that took shape in the borough over the past decade.
Opinions Harden Over Atlantic Yards Housing
The dramatic slow-down in housing construction at the Brooklyn site is fodder for opponents of the project. But supporters believe the development will still make good on its commitments.
Traffic, Noise & Hope: Atlantic Yards Still Elicits Mixed Views
Opponents of Atlantic Yards feel vindicated by the challenges facing the development. Business owners in the area express a mix of concern and optimism.
Nets Arrive, Questions Remain At Atlantic Yards
The Nets are coming to Brooklyn with a 15-man roster and a tip-off in fall 2012. Traffic, jobs, housing and economic activity are coming, too, but no one is sure precisely how much or exactly when.
Brooklyn's Arena Is Coming. What's Coming Next?
In a matter of months the Nets will be playing ball at the corner of Flatbush and Atlantic, as envisioned more than eight years ago by developer Bruce Ratner. But the rest of Atlantic Yards' promise has yet to be fulfilled. Given the deep disagreement the project prompted, what does that mean for Brooklyn?
City Spent $1M on Report, Used Questionable Data
A study that says a proposed city living wage law would kill 13,000 jobs based its analysis on a state subsidy program that wouldn't actually be covered by the city measure.
Federal Funds Have City Planners Eyeing East New York, Bronx
A federal planning grant to be shared among several governments on either side of the New York-Connecticut border aims for transit-oriented development.
Can a Year-Round Coney Island Succeed?
After seven years of legal wrangling, hundreds of millions of dollars in city expense, and the eviction of many of Coney Island's historic amusement operators, the island is still seasonal.
Kingsbridge Armory Redevelopment Battle Draws Fresh Voices
Last week, fifteen Bronx high school students added their voices to the volatile mix of dialogue over the redevelopment of the Kingsbridge Armory, a former National Guard ammunitions warehouse in the Bronx.
Preservation Vs. Progress In Fight Over Harlem School
P.S. 186 hasn't operated for decades, but opponents of a redevelopment plan say the structure's historic façade is worth saving.
Affordable Housing Project Aims For Six-Figure Incomes
The plan to build 3,000 units of affordable housing on the Queens side of the East River aims for renters who wouldn't normally qualify for affordable housing.
Saga Of The Worthless Condo
A developer broke the rules, the city belatedly cracked down and dozens of Brooklyn families own property with no legal right to exist.
HPD: Prevent Cycle Of Foreclosure & Displacement
The city steps in, hoping to rescue 10 Bronx buildings laid low by overambitious investors, potentially establishing a model for rescuing others.
Battle Plan Vs. Illegal Housing
Union Wage Push Meets Resistance
A Quiet Alarm Sounds
A multimedia art exhibit in Fort Greene examines the neighborhood-changing going on all around it.
Fewer Services For The Homeless
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Coney Baloney: DiNapoli's Report Obscures Brooklyn Beachfront's Rollercoaster Economy - Neil deMause
Job growth is soaring in Coney Island, says a new report. That was news to anyone who's actually been to Coney Island lately.
Crown Heights: At The Corner Of Old And New - Patrick Wall
An influx of young, more affluent residents is remaking the Brooklyn neighborhood. What's gained, and what's lost, in this transformation? Watch a video interview with reporter Patrick Wall.
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America's Cities Shaped (and Mishaped) by Rules
Zoning laws, building codes and other regulations can seem like bureaucratic obscurities. But, says this author, they have a powerful—and often negative—impact on urban areas.
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NYC Charter Commission: Land Use
City Limits' recent issue looks at the debate over whether the city needs to reform the way it makes development policy. Here are the findings from the Charter Revision Commission, which considered--but declined to make--broad reforms.
1996: The Third Regional Plan: A Region At Risk
Decidedly pessimistic in tone, RPA's 1996 plan worried about declining federal support to and increasing international competition for New York. It proposed preserving green space and creating new transit options.
