Weekly News Roundup – January 8, 2024

UES’s CB8 “Congestion Pricing Task Force” Argues About Incoming Tolls - Our Town

Behind Assemblyman Bores is a Proud Mom and Longtime Community Activist - Our Town

New York City rolls the dice on casino bids in 2024 - Gothamist

When Will New York Solve Its Housing Crisis? Probably Not This Year.

Weekly News Roundup – January 2, 2024

Housing to take center stage in Albany in 2024 — again - Gothamist

New York City Aims to Build Affordable Housing in Wealthier Neighborhoods - NY Times

Will rent stop being too damn high in 2024? - Time Out

Two Bills Targeting Illegal Rent Increases Await Their Fate - City Limits

Naftali Group Secures $236 Million Loan For 255 East 77th Street On Manhattan’s Upper East Side - YIMBY

THE 74 Closes In On Final Stories At 201 East 74th Street On Manhattan’s Upper East Side - YIMBY

Vanderbilt Mansion In Carnegie Hill Seeks Return To Gilded Age Status - Patch

The Building Spree That Reshaped Manhattan’s Skyline? It’s Over.

Weekly News Roundup – December 26, 2023

East Midtown Greenway Opens To Huge Crowd And Rave Reviews - Patch

A first look at the new East Midtown Greenway and Andrew Haswell Green Park - Our Town 

New York Wants to Pay Landlords to Fix and Rent Single-Room Apartments - NY Times

Manhattan rent prices fall for the first time in over 2 years - AM NY

City Council Passes Bill Enabling Tenants to Report Vacant Apartments - The City

The High Price of Empty Office Space: Billions in Tax Breaks, With More to Come - The City

Trio Of Upper East Side Buildings To Be Demolished - Patch

Adams administration proposes allowing casinos in wide swaths of city amid bidding war for licenses - AM NY

Community Board Rips Adams Plan to Have Casino Pitches Bypass Them - The City

Six of NY’s Registered Medical Cannabis Companies Receive Adult-Use Licensing Powers - Our Town

‘We’re confused’: Cannabis retail applicants question state’s process - Spectrum News

Congestion Pricing Is Coming.

Weekly News Roundup – November 27, 2023

New Community Board 8 Chair Promises 'Timely' Meetings, 'New Chapter' - Patch

How Tricia Shimamura, a Political Insider, Spends Her Sundays - NY Times

Manhattan borough president fast-tracks apartment tower in first test of pro-housing pledge - Crain’s

New Rendering Revealed For 252-260 East 72nd Street On Manhattan’s Upper East Side - YIMBY

No, Really.

Weekly News Roundup – November 20, 2023

East Midtown Greenway Set To Open In '2-3 Months,' Officials Say - Patch

Upstate counties are blocking NYC’s rental voucher expansion, and no one’s stopping them - Gothamist

Legislation Will Set Affordable Housing Targets for NYC Neighborhoods - City Limits

Redeemer East Side Tops Out At 150 East 91st Street On Manhattan’s Upper East Side - YIMBY

New Renderings Revealed For THE 74 At 201 East 74th Street On Manhattan’s Upper East Side - YIMBY

Foundation Work Progresses At 1491-1493 First Avenue On Manhattan’s Upper East Side - YIMBY

250 East 83rd Street’s Façade Nears Completion On Manhattan’s Upper East Side - YIMBY

City Traffic Helps Make Bus Service Unbearable, Expensive And Difficult To Improve - Streetsblog

NYC comptroller: Citi Bike service has worsened since Lyft's 2018 takeover - Gothamist

4/5/6 Beats A/C/E: Lettered Subway Lines Hit Reliability Dip - The City

NYC Subway passes 1 billion riders for 2023 in latest sign of ridership rebound - AM NY

SPECIAL REPORT | The NYPD is on a mission to stop fare evasion.

Weekly News Roundup – November 13, 2023

Developers Seek Rezoning of Yorkville Block to Make Way for 46-Story Residential Tower - Our Town

UES Community Board Says Yes To 94th Street Midblock Tower Rezone - Patch

250 East 83rd Street’s Façade Nears Completion On Manhattan’s Upper East Side - YIMBY

1522 First Avenue Rises Above Street Level On Manhattan’s Upper East Side - YIMBY

Foundations Underway At 1026 Third Avenue On Manhattan’s Upper East Side - YIMBY

Arloparc Nears Completion At 126 East 86th Street On Manhattan’s Upper East Side - YIMBY

Judge Tosses Challenge to Local Law 97 - The Real Deal

A New White House Plan to Create Affordable Housing: Convert Empty Office Buildings - Bloomberg

Manhattan Panel Pans City Council E-Bike Registration Bill - Streetsblog

Manhattan CB6 Rejects E-Bike Registration Bill - Streetsblog

Key Upper West Side Pol Gale Brewer Comes Out Against E-Bike Registration Bill - Streetsblog

Amazon Stops Selling Illegal Batteries After City Cease-and-Desist Letter - Streetsblog

Maybe Don’t Drive Into Manhattan - The Atlantic

Mortimer Downey, Force for Mass Transit in U.S. and N.Y., Dies at 87 - NY Times

Judge blocks NYC's plan to lift cap on electric for-hire vehicles - Gothamist

Want More Rapid Bus Transit? Build Real Bus Rapid Transit - Streetsblog

High crimes: NY state seizes over $6M of marijuana from illegal shops in October - AM NY

NYC Council members to push law to padlock the hordes of illegal pot shops throughout the Big Apple - NY Post

State Bill That Would Expand What Offenses Are Deemed Hate Crimes Introduced - Our Town

In N.Y.P.D.’s Harsh Tactics Under Adams, Critics See a Broken Promise - NY Times

The NYPD is using drones 3 times more than it did last year - Gothamist

Advocates demanded $1.25 billion to make NYC schools more accessible.

Weekly News Roundup – November 6, 2023

Hochul Administration Changes Frankenstein Apartment Rules - The Real Deal

Updated Plans Revealed For 231 East 94th Street Skyscraper On Manhattan’s Upper East Side - YIMBY

Construction of 200,000 Sq. Ft. Lou Gehrig Labs Now Underway - Our Town

WeWork Bankruptcy Would Deal Another Blow to Ailing N.Y. Office Market - NY Times

OMNY vending machines now available at select MTA subway stations - Gothamist

Flying Cars, E-Bikes, Congestion Pricing and How to Avoid a Repeat of the ‘Summer of Hell’ - Our Town

Adams Dismisses Bus, Bike Lane Mile Requirements At DOT Meeting - Streetsblog

NYC far behind other US, global cities in transit accessibility: report - AM NY

To Cut Truck Traffic, NYC Looks to its Waterways - City Limits

Limitless E-Ubers and E-Lyfts Will Hurt Traffic, Air, People: Suit - Streetsblog

What We Get — And Don’t Get — In The New Citi Bike Deal - Streetsblog

Buttigieg approves $3.4B grant for 2nd Avenue subway, less than half the project’s cost - Gothamist

NYC Mayor Warns of ‘Draconian’ Steps If Migrant Flow Continues - Bloomberg

One-way plane tickets: NYC offers migrants free travel anywhere to move - Politico

Migrant students face schooling uncertainty as NYC gives families 60 days to exit shelter - Gothamist

Uncertain Waits or Tickets Away: Immigrants Face New Reality as Shelter Stays Expire - City Limits

Immigrant workers in New York City are getting their own bill of rights - Gothamist

Lawmakers turn up heat on cannabis regulators at hearing - City and State

‘Social Equity’ Legal Weed Dealers Prepare to Bail on Stagnant Funding Program - The City

As NYC teens rethink college and career options, counselors are trying to adapt - NY Chalkbeat

NYPD plans to launch a school hotline for safety and mental health issues.

Weekly News Roundup – October 30, 2023

UES 94th Street Rezone Gets Mixed Review At Community Presentation - Patch

Most New York Airbnb Applications Don’t Meet City Requirements - Bloomberg

Adams Gets $1 Billion Hike to NYC Housing Agency Debt Cap - Bloomberg

New York on track for its worst year of housing production since 2012 - The Real Deal

New laws aim to help build, maintain affordable housing in NYC - AM NY

NYC homeowner costs rise nearly three times the inflation rate - NY Post

SROs, a housing staple from the last century, poised for comeback - Crain’s

NY Quietly Finalizes Housing Regulations Cheered By ‘Frankensteining’ Critics - City Limits

Weill Cornell Medicine Unveils Plans For $260M Student Residence Hall On Manhattan’s Upper East Side - YIMBY

Hospital For Special Surgery’s Expansion Begins To Take Shape On Manhattan’s Upper East Side - YIMBY

Construction Begins On Iron Horse Labs At 309 East 94th Street On Manhattan’s Upper East Side - YIMBY

Stephen And Christine Schwarzman Animal Medical Center’s Expansion Progresses On Manhattan’s Upper East Side - YIMBY

The Wellington’s Renovation And Expansion Progresses At 1290 Madison Avenue On Manhattan’s Upper East Side - YIMBY

Law Barring Unsafe Batteries Has Unintended Consequence: Safe Ones are Now Too Expensive for Workers - Streetsblog

Analysis: Congestion Pricing Fee May Be Too Low for Taxi and Uber Riders - Streetsblog

A ‘Dangerous’ Sunset: What’s Next for Reining In Reckless Drivers? - Streetsblog

Feds set to award $3.4 billion infrastructure grant for Second Avenue Subway extension - AM NY

Congestion Pricing Delays Threaten Subway Projects, M.T.A. Chair Says - NY Times

MTA’s gleaming new subway cars taken out of service for faulty gearboxes, flat wheels - Gothamist

Congestion pricing panel wrestles with how much to charge taxis and trucks - Gothamist

Adams admin questioned on “perplexing” migrant costs - City and State

Baffled Migrants Sent from Shelter to Shelter With No Rest as City Pushes Them To Leave - The City

NYPD releases new data on religious hate crimes.

Weekly News Roundup – October 23, 2023

Spend $1 Million In UES Funds: Participatory Budgeting Returns - Patch

UES 94th Street Rezoning Moves Forward In Rezoning Process - Patch

1 in 3 NYC tenants spend half their income on rent as affordability crisis deepens - Gothamist

New UES Medical School Residential Tower Details Announced - Patch

Zoning wars: City’s developers, future at mercy of politics -  The Real Deal

Landlords file first suits against Airbnb based on NYC’s new short-term rental law - The Real Deal

At long last, city rents fall across the board—but not by much - Crain’s

How 100,000 Apartments in New York City Disappeared - NY Times

Crunching the Data on the Record-Setting Year For Cyclist Deaths - Streetsblog

City Hall Uses Flimsy Data to Blame E-bikes for Rise in Cycling Deaths - Streetsblog

Report: Congestion Pricing Will Be a Huge Boost for Transit Workers - Streetsblog

MTA struggling to deliver promised service boost for NYC subway lines: data - NY Post

NYC lifts cap on electric for-hire vehicles, but experts fear it could undermine congestion pricing - Gothamist

State Lawmaker Seeks to Close Moped-Registration Loophole - Streetsblog

New York City unveils AI action plan - City and State 

The NYPD is using AI to analyze body camera footage.

Weekly News Roundup – October 16, 2023

Long road ahead for legal cannabis market in New York - City and State

Deluge of Pot Shop Proposals Leaves Community Boards Dazed and Confused - The City

Second Avenue subway extension plan hits a snag - Crain’s

OMNY vending machines finally being rolled out at NYC subway stations - AM NY

MTA wants to join U.S. against N.J. congestion pricing lawsuit - Crain’s

It’s Starting: City Unveils Trash Containerization for Smaller Buildings - Streetsblog

Upper East Side Gets $20K To Fight Rats With Gas - Patch

Adams: Eliminating ‘Parking’ for Trash is ‘Small Price to Pay’ - Streetsblog

As NYC Rolls Out Mandatory Composting, Will New Yorkers Comply? - City Limits

Eric Adams defends trip south of the border - City and State

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