Yesterday, the City Council’s Land Use Committee approved the Astoria Cove high-rise mega-development on the Queens waterfront. The general sketch of the deal is that in exchange for tax breaks and building on land that was previously…
Local landlord-turned-mayor Bill de Blasio has just rented out one of his three homes (two in Brooklyn that he owns, and one on the Upper East Side that he grudgingly moved into). One of his two wood-frame houses on…
Mayor Bill de Blasio has a steep hill to climb. His plan to build 80,000 units of affordable housing over the next ten years is very ambitious, beyond what previous administrations have been able to accomplish…