April 19, 2019 – Weekly News Roundup

April 23rd, 2019
  1. Gale Brewer sues De Blasio, NYCHA to block UES high-rise - NY Post
  2. PUBLIC FUNDING OF PRIVATE-SCHOOL SECURITY GROWS BY MILLIONS - The City
  3. FAR-REACHING RENT REFORMS RESIST ALBANY CONSENSUS - The City
  4. Dangerous Overcrowding Prompts NYPD To Halt Subways To Roosevelt Island And Its Cherry Blossom Festival - Gothamist
  5. Why investors should scramble to buy parking garages north of 60th Street - The Real Deal
  6. CIM Group acquires resi portion of UES luxury rental for $200M - The Real Deal
  7. CB8 wrestles with existential land use identity question - Riverdale Press
  8. NYC Greek Independence Day Parade 2019: Street Closures, Route - Patch
  9. State legislators pass bill to increase tenant protections against unscrupulous landlords - Curbed
  10. In de Blasio's City Hall, pro-development deputy mayor stood apart - Politico
  11. MAYOR DE BLASIO VIOLATED ETHICS RULES IN SEEKING DONATIONS DESPITE WARNINGS, PROBE FINDS - The City
  12. New York City Demystifies Social Service Benefits Screening - Government Technology
  13. Upper East Side carriage house once owned by John D. Rockefeller Jr. seeks $19M - 6SqFt
  14. UES Neighbors Fear Planned Residential Tower Will Enshroud Guggenheim In Shadows - Gothamist
  15. Marymount School of New York lists UES townhouse for $32M - The Real Deal
  16. As New York City makes limited changes to gifted programs, the regular admissions process yields predictable results - Chalkbeat
  17. UES tennis bubble deal set - Our Town
  18. A Ferry Subsidy of $24.75 a Ride? New York City’s Costs Are Ballooning - The New York Times
  19. After Previous Collapse, Where Does Push to Legalize E-Bikes and E-Scooters Stand in Albany? - NY1
  20. Amendment to close zoning loophole ‘misses the point wildly,’ says city council committee - Curbed NY
  21. Highrise hoodwinkery has city zoning members seeing red - Real Estate Weekly
  22. Op-Ed: Bill to close mechanical-void loophole would open can of worms - Craines
  23. Lenox Hill hospital rebuild plan aims high - The Villager
  24. LONG-DELAYED DEVELOPMENT AT HELL’S KITCHEN NYCHA SITE PULLED AFTER 14 YEARS - The City
  25. Little-Used Community Land Trust Model for Affordable Housing May See Big Boost - Gotham Gazette
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