Weekly News Roundup

NYC Councilmembers Push For A Bill To Padlock Unlicensed Weed Shops - Our Town

Adams Announces New Crackdown on Illegal Pot Shops’ Landlords - The ...

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

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

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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 ...

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 ...

Hochul Administration Changes Frankenstein Apartment Rules - The Real Deal

Updated Plans Revealed For 231 East 94th Street Skyscraper On Manhattan’s ...

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

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

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

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

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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 ...

A walk with Community Board 8's chair - NY1

Avalanche of New Applications for Legal Weed Shops Hit Local CBs, After Hochul Gives OK - Our Town

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Mayor Adams pitches dorm-style apartments, hallway bathrooms in NYC housing plan - Gothamist

City’s rent-stabilized tenants owe more than $1B, landlord ...

Mayor Adams Pitches Zoning For Less Parking, More Housing - City Limits

Mayor Adams rolls out bevy of zoning changes to promote housing development ...

New York Employers Are Eager to Hire Migrants. They Can’t. - NY Times

NYC’s Rising Migrant Costs Won’t Destroy Its Finances, Bondholders ...

NYC loses 15K unlicensed short-term rentals as Airbnb rule kicks in - Gothamist

Temporary health care workers could be a lifeline for city's Airbnbs ...

Airbnb alternatives try to work around new city rules - Crain’s

Small condo developers powering NYC’s housing production - The Real Deal

Pilot ...

UES Added Net 148 Housing Units In 2022: Data - Patch

NYC Lost 100K Homes in Apartment-to-House Conversions - The City

More than 13K rent-stabilized ...

Community Board 8 Wants To Know What Your UES Needs Are - Patch

A Major Renovation Project At The 92nd Street Y Now Complete On Manhattan’s Upper ...

Developer Re-Files Yorkville Tower Plans - Patch
Renderings Revealed For The Treadwell At 249 East 62nd Street On Manhattan’s Upper East Side - YIMBY
Migrants ...

Insurance companies routinely deny NYC buildings with subsidized tenants - Gothamist
https://gothamist.com/news/insurance-companies-routinely-deny-nyc-buildings-with-subsidized-tenants 
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MTA hears from Traffic Mobility Review Board for first time - NY1
https://www.ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/transit/2023/07/20/mta-hears-from-traffic-mobility-review-board-for-first-time
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Rising heat in subway stations could derail transit systems: study - NY Post
https://nypost.com/2023/07/11/rising-heat-in-subway-stations-to-derail-transit-systems-study/
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Staffed up gun crime unit gets results, amid NYC government job vacancies - City and State
https://www.cityandstateny.com/policy/2023/06/staffed-gun-crime-unit-gets-results-amid-nyc-government-job-vacancies/387942/
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Cheers, Jeers Greet First Day of City’s Pilot to Allow E-Bikes in Parks - Streetsblog
https://nyc.streetsblog.org/2023/06/21/e-bikes-in-parks
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Booze tickets surge under Adams to 10,000 in the past year with NYPD’s return to ‘broken windows’ policing - NY Post

Experts say NYPD commissioner ...

Roadblocks and Red Tape: New York’s Cannabis Effort at a Crossroads - NY Times

NYC cannabis officials promise crackdown on 1,500 unlicensed vendors ...

MTA Seeks Fifteen Cent Fare Hike By Labor Day - Our Town

Finishing Touches Underway On 109 East 79th Street On Manhattan’s Upper East Side - ...

Hundreds of migrants are arriving daily at NYC airports. Their main source of help is running dry. - Gothamist

Learn to Swim returns to NYC at ...

New Green Kitchen Location Now Open In Lenox Hill - Patch

Judge orders NYC Council district lines to remain in place for upcoming election - Gothamist

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City education council elections bring polarizing national issues to local school districts - Chalkbeat

NYC’s education budget could drop by $960M ...

NYC Unveils New Zoning Aimed at Making Energy Efficient Retrofits Easier - Commercial Observer

How Hochul’s Housing Dream Died: Backlash Surged ...

‘Hypocrisy': New York Democrats deride Judiciary Committee’s Manhattan hearing - Politico

Police Contract Adds to City’s Labor Costs, Raising ...