Parks advocates urged the city to treat hundreds of playgrounds as parkland to protect them from development. by Sarina Triangle  Protecting hundreds of playgrounds on school grounds will be anything…

Electeds, advocates seek to close zoning loopholes by Gregg McQueen Ban the bad precedent. Elected officials and advocacy groups gathered at City Hall on July 16 to demand that the…

UES tower dispute heads to appeal by MICHAEL GAROFALO Opponents of a controversial Upper East Side condominium development rallied this week in advance of a key appeal hearing in their fight…

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…

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…