On January 19, 1934, Robert Moses was appointed as the first citywide parks commissioner, setting off a wave of unprecedented park-building activity across the city. Orchard Beach, Jacob Riis Park, Riverside Park, Sara D. Roosevelt…
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…
As the city continues to mull SL Green’s request to erect One Vanderbilt, a new supertall office tower next to Grand Central Terminal, the focus has been on what the developer will deliver to New York in terms…
Mayor Bill de Blasio has set his sights on upzoning 15 neighborhoods as part of his affordable housing plan. Now his housing and planning teams must choose which neighborhoods are best suited for population growth,…
Listening to New York Governor Andrew Cuomo speak yesterday about the Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s five-year capital plan, you would be forgiven for thinking he has nothing to do with the goings-on at America’s largest transit…
