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Council takes fight against housing ballot questions straight to voters

CrainsNewYork.com (Transportation) 10/15 12:33A Nick Garber
City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams has taken lately to calling her branch of government “the most pro-housing council in a generation.” But in their crusade against the ballot questions that would strip them of some power over land use, council...

Casino finalists face a blind bidding war over tax rates

CrainsNewYork.com (Banking) 10/13 9:21A Nick Garber
The four surviving bidders for a New York City-area casino face a crucial decision this week: deciding how much they're willing to pay in taxes without knowing what their rivals are offering, a blind bidding war that could push rates far above...

Jamaica rezoning permitting 12K homes advances in City Council

CrainsNewYork.com (Banking) 10/9 10:24A Nick Garber
City Council members reached a deal on Thursday to advance a sprawling rezoning of Jamaica, Queens that will permit some 11,800 new homes across 230 blocks, one of the biggest such plans in decades. The council’s zoning subcommittee and land use...

Government shutdown removes report on elder abuse at St. Albans VA facility

CrainsNewYork.com (Nonprofits) 10/3 12:33A Ethan Geringer-Sameth
A now-removed report from the Veterans Affairs Office of the Inspector General documented the government’s failure to protect elderly patients from abuse at St. Albans VA Medical Center in Jamaica. The report, which was removed when the federal...

Booming South Bronx neighborhood could get new 304-unit residential project

CrainsNewYork.com (Nonprofits) 9/24 7:29A Eddie Small
Plans for a Mott Haven development site that traded hands late last year are coming into focus. Midtown-based developer Shorewood Real Estate Group intends to construct a mixed-use building with 304 residential units and a grocery store at 350...

Coney Island casino appears dead, continuing string of rejections

CrainsNewYork.com (Nonprofits) 9/22 7:44A Nick Garber
Thor Equities’ Coney Island casino proposal appeared dead on Monday after three people with the power to sink the bid announced that they plan to oppose it — continuing a week of bad news for New York City’s would-be casino builders. City...

Freedom Plaza casino rejected by committee, ending last Manhattan bid

CrainsNewYork.com (Banking) 9/22 5:13A Nick Garber
A neighborhood panel rejected the Soloviev Group’s $11 billion East Side casino proposal Freedom Plaza in a vote on Monday, leaving zero remaining Manhattan bids in the running for the state’s three casino licenses. The enormous project would...

City built, preserved more than 33K affordable housing units in FY2025

CrainsNewYork.com (Nonprofits) 9/17 6:30A Eddie Small
The Adams administration built and preserved more than 33,000 affordable housing units during fiscal year 2025, up 15% year over year, according to the mayor's annual management report, to be released later today. Of those, roughly 13,400 were...

An LIRR strike is looming. Here’s what to know

CrainsNewYork.com (Biotech) 9/12 12:33A Caroline Spivack
A standoff on contract terms between some of the Long Island Rail Road’s unionized workers and the Metropolitan Transportation Authority could spur the railway’s first strike in nearly 30 years, threatening to upend the commutes of nearly 300,000...

A LIRR strike is looming. Here’s what to know

CrainsNewYork.com (Economy) 9/12 12:33A Caroline Spivack
A standoff on contract terms between some of the Long Island Rail Road’s unionized workers and the Metropolitan Transportation Authority could spur the railway’s first strike in nearly 30 years, threatening to upend the commutes of nearly 300,000...
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