3+ week, 3+ day ago   (787+ words) All images courtesy of DSNY unless noted otherwise Located at 1000 West Service Road, the new sanitation complex features a two-story, 140,000-square-foot maintenance and operations garage with personnel offices and muster areas, lunch facilities, locker rooms, and other staff amenities. The…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (634+ words) Settlement Housing Fund and Kalel Companies are redeveloping the Grand Concourse library at 155 East 173rd Street into a mixed-use tower with 113 affordable homes. Image courtesy of Secchi Smith. “Too many New Yorkers are being priced out of their homes. We have…...

5+ mon, 1+ week ago   (238+ words) According to the city’s Department of City Planning, the permits filed by Sioni Group mark the first for a high-density R12 apartment building. “For decades, the FAR cap limited the size of new buildings. Now, with the cap repealed & Midtown South…...

6+ mon, 1+ week ago   (473+ words) Credit: Eden, Janine and Jim on Flickr Draft renderings of the project were unveiled at the community board meeting as part of a presentation focused on an application to expand the maintenance and concession agreement with the Flatiron NoMad Partnership,…...

10+ mon, 11+ hour ago   (601+ words) Heavy rains caused flooding in Sept. 2023. Credit: Marc A. Hermann / MTA on Flickr Rules detailing safety standards for basement and cellar apartments, like requiring two exits and water sensors to alert of flooding, were released in July. The proposed rules announced…...

10+ mon, 16+ hour ago   (550+ words) Credit: Jeffrey Blum on Unsplash Powers, who represents Council District 4, which includes Manhattan’s East Side and Midtown, said in an interview that he grew up in the East Village and spent his youth at iconic live music venues like CBGB,…...

10+ mon, 2+ week ago   (621+ words) Credit: Nelson Ndongala on Unsplash Typically released annually, the special edition of the Housing Tracker Report covers data from January through June 2025 as a way to explain the group’s support for the charter reforms. During this period, the 10 highest-performing districts…...

11+ mon, 1+ week ago   (500+ words) Metropolitan Park would transform 50 acres of parking lots next to Citi Field into an “economic engine,” featuring 23,000 union jobs, 25 acres of new public park space, upgraded transit, live music, a Queens Food Hall, and a Hard Rock Hotel and Casino…...

11+ mon, 2+ week ago   (497+ words) The executive order established the interagency City Housing Activation Task Force (CHAT) in order to find city-owned locations for housing. Through the program, Adams said 11 projects have been advanced for approximately 9,750 new homes, including the two new projects announced Thursday....