Development

Council OKs Apartments for Industrial Stretch in Brooklyn

May 29, 2025, 12:45 p.m.May 29, 2025, 1:56 p.m.

The Atlantic Avenue Mixed-Use Plan allows housing where gas stations and warehouse now stand — including an 18-story tower at the disputed site where the iconic Sherita billboard stood.

The 7 train es a parking lot on Citi Field’s southern end.

Development

Citi Field Casino Push Wins Permission to Build in Stadium’s Backyard

May 27, 2025, 6:15 p.m.May 27, 2025, 9:49 p.m.

The parking lot surrounding the Flushing stadium is technically parkland controlled by the state. On Wednesday, Albany lawmakers voted to allow development on it.

Campaign 2025

Surprising Stances in Meet Your Mayor Candidate Answers

May 15, 2025, 5:01 a.m.May 15, 2025, 12:15 p.m.

THE CITY/Gothamist surveyed mayoral hopefuls about pressing issues impacting New Yorkers

The Vessel is framed by a glass wall at the Hudson Yards mall.

Real Estate

Big Tax Breaks Get Bigger as Mega-Developers Challenge Assessments

April 11, 2025, 5:00 a.m.April 11, 2025, 9:26 a.m.

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.

The Charter Revision Commission holds a public meeting.

Development

Adams-Appointed Charter Commission Carries on, Aiming at Development Overhaul

Feb. 21, 2025, 9:00 a.m.Feb. 22, 2025, 2:30 p.m.

Stressing independence from the besieged mayor, may revisit rules that let Council stop controversial projects.

Developers submitted renderings for the One45 residential building to Community Board 10.

Housing

Harlem Community Board Rejects Massive One45 Development

Feb. 5, 2025, 11:18 p.m.Feb. 6, 2025, 12:10 p.m.

The plan has faced significant community pushback over the years, and would add hundreds of apartments to the neighborhood.

Red Hook

Thousands of New Apartments on Brooklyn’s Waterfront? Not So Fast, Say Some Local Leaders

Jan. 8, 2025, 5:00 a.m.Jan. 8, 2025, 10:27 a.m.

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.

The Bronx

New York City Selects Developers for Long-Abandoned Kingsbridge Armory

Jan. 6, 2025, 7:33 p.m.Jan. 6, 2025, 9:24 p.m.

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.

First Deputy Mayor Maria Torres-Springer speaks at a City of Yeas housing rally in City Hall Park.

Land Use

Adams’ ‘City of Yes’ Housing Agenda Ekes By Council Committees Mostly Intact

Nov. 21, 2024, 6:17 p.m.Nov. 22, 2024, 2:24 p.m.

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.

A row of commercial and tenement buildings sat along West 36th Street in the Garment District.

Manhattan

Bigger Apartment Buildings on Deck for Midtown South Under Adams-Council Proposal

Oct. 30, 2024, 3:28 p.m.Oct. 30, 2024, 3:28 p.m.

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.

Development

Council OKs Apartments for Industrial Stretch in Brooklyn

Citi Field Casino Push Wins Permission to Build in Stadium’s Backyard

Surprising Stances in Meet Your Mayor Candidate Answers

Big Tax Breaks Get Bigger as Mega-Developers Challenge Assessments

Adams-Appointed Charter Commission Carries on, Aiming at Development Overhaul

Harlem Community Board Rejects Massive One45 Development

Thousands of New Apartments on Brooklyn’s Waterfront? Not So Fast, Say Some Local Leaders

New York City Selects Developers for Long-Abandoned Kingsbridge Armory

Adams’ ‘City of Yes’ Housing Agenda Ekes By Council Committees Mostly Intact

Bigger Apartment Buildings on Deck for Midtown South Under Adams-Council Proposal

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