596 Acres identifies hundreds of vacant lots as prime sites for community gardens
Spaces
For some New Yorkers, the official opening of the city’s beaches is the most anticipated part of Memorial Day Weekend. But the miles of sandy surf can’t always be taken for granted. Shutdowns for pollution are a regular feature of urban beachgoing, like last year, when at the height of summer a fire at a Manhattan […]
Constituent complaints drive move to review Board of Standards and Appeals decisions to grant variances
To mark May Day, Occupy Wall Street has declared today a general strike, and protests are planned for many locations in midtown and lower Manhattan. Already, we’ve seen and filed numerous reports of public parks and plazas, as well as privately owned public spaces, barricaded against public entry. Whether you’re a pedestrian, protester or both, this map will […]
In New York City, the Rent Guidelines Board determines maximum rent hikes for about 1 million rent stabilized apartments. Tomorrow, the board will hold a preliminary vote on the next round of increases. We want to know: How does the Rent Guidelines Board calculate what landlords can charge their tenants? If you have information or […]
State ends money-making off ‘tenant blacklist,’ but private vendors continue to sell litigants’ information
Political boss Vito Lopez turns tenant meeting into a campaign event for challenger to incumbent member of Congress
A 2010 state law allowing conversions of Brooklyn and Queens industrial spaces runs into court challenges
Mayor Michael Bloomberg will introduce a bill that would require residential building owners to come up with rules for where people can or cannot smoke and to disclose such information to future tenants. While it does not ban smoking in residential buildings, groups on both sides of the issue see the proposal as a move towards […]
Lack of space prevents STEM school from expanding through middle grades
