UPDATE: On June 21, 2017, the City Planning Commission the application from the New York City Education Construction Fund and AvalonBay Communities to redevelop a city block in East Harlem…

A City Council bill that would expand the curbside-cooking industry has run out of gas, despite Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito's attempts to whip up support before the timer rings on her…

RECLAIM YOUR SIDEWALK! City Council Speaker Mark-Viverito is pushing legislation that will increase street vendor licenses in the coming years. Carnegie Hill Neighbors worries this will be another blow to…

GrowNYC is pleased to announce 18 new food scrap collections, conveniently located near mass transit in Northern Manhattan and the Bronx, in partnership with the NYC Department of Sanitation. Once…

MAS’ new ‘Accidental Skyline’ report offers 10-point plan to keep supertalls in check 6sqft has reported previously on the increasing alarm caused by New York City’s future skyline and its…

Groucho Marx once said that politics is the art of looking for trouble. New York Mayor Bill de Blasio and City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito have found it in a…

In the waning days of her term as City Council speaker, Melissa Mark-Viverito is ushering through a bill that would dramatically expand New York City's street vending industry — a…

On June 29, 1889 the Real Estate Record & Builders' Guide reported that architects Flemer & Koehler were working on "eight three-story and basement stone front dwellings" for developer Edward…