Elizabeth Street Garden, looking east from Elizabeth to Mott streets, November 8, 2024, 10:19 a.m. On weekdays, the garden doesn’t open until 11 a.m. ( Brian Berger) Elizabeth St. Garden Gets Reprieve but Eviction—& Senior Housing—Still Likely to Follow Like an inmate on death row, Elizabeth Street Garden (ESG) has been granted yet another stay of execution. On Friday November... News 11 Nov 2024 | 11:20
City Planning Commission Chair Dan Garodnick speaking at NYU Law about the “City of Yes” housing amendment, shortly after the agency he runs approved it by a vote of 10-3. It now moves to the City Council for consideration. ( Photo: NY Planning Commission, X.com ) “City of Yes” Housing Overhaul Passes Zoning Commission The “City of Yes” housing amendment moved moderately closer to becoming a reality on September 25, when the City Planning... News 02 Oct 2024 | 08:25
Daniel Ohebshalom’s two Washington Heights rentals, 705 and 709 W. 170th St., where there are 453 open violations, according to data from the Department of Housing Preservation and Development. ( Google Maps) NYC’s “Worst Landlord” Returns to Rikers Daniel Ohebshalom—the number one “Worst Landlord” on the New York City Public Advocate’s watchlist for two consecutive years—is... News 30 Sep 2024 | 04:53
Greg Marshall outside his rent-stabilized home. Marshall said he has been the subject of harassment and intimidation from his landlords, after being the sole tenant remaining in his UES apartment building. ( Photo: Courtesy of The Advance Group) ‘No One is Safe:’ Tenant Advocates Say Loophole in State Law Threatens Millions Greg Marshall lives all alone in a six-story apartment building on the Upper East Side. He’s been the building’s only tenant... News 20 Aug 2024 | 02:27
Anthony Cohn, the co-chair of CB8’s Zoning and Development Committee, during a May 21 meeting. The ‘City of Yes’ housing text amendment dominated the proceedings. ( Photo via CB8) UES’s CB8 Zoning Committee Wrestles With ‘City of Yes’ Housing Overhaul With the ‘City of Yes’ zoning overhaul gaining steam following a City Council vote that mostly approved its commercial proposals,... News 14 Jun 2024 | 01:18
The exterior of 705 and 709 W. 170th St., two Washington Heights buildings owned by Daniel Ohebshalom, where tenants have at times lived without heat, hot water, and electricity, and instead with leaks, mold, chipped lead paint and roach and rodent infestations. ( Image from Google Street View) NYC’s ‘Worst Landlord’ is in Jail. What Led Up to His Arrest? Daniel Ohebshalom is currently serving a 60-day jail sentence on Rikers Island after turning himself in to New York City... News 25 Mar 2024 | 01:18
A previous rendering of a 484 ft. tall residential tower that a developer wanted to erect on E. 94th St., between Second and Third Avenue. A new rezoning agreement for the project will shave the tower by 70 ft. and boost the number of affordable units. ( Rendering via Hill West Architects/NYC Planning) E. 94th St. Tower Project Reaches Deal To Boost Affordable Units & Lower Height A rezoning plan for a residential tower that developers wants to erect on E. 94th St. has new parameters, which boost the... News 19 Mar 2024 | 04:14
A facility owned by ConEd on E. 75th St, which CB8 discussed in a Feb. 13 rezoning meeting. The topic was whether to alter manufacturing or commercial zones–such as ConEd’s E. 75th St. one–into residential zones. ( Photo via Google Maps ) CB8 Continues Debate Over Residential Rezoning Hopes Upper East Side residents debated the pros and cons of the possible future rezoning of certain blocks in the E. 60s and E.... News 17 Feb 2024 | 04:29
Mayor Eric Adams says he wants to create 100,000 new units of affordable housing over next 15 years and complete overhaul current housing code to solve the housing crisis. Photo: NYC Mayor’s Office Adams: We Need Sweeping Overhaul to Solve Housing Crisis Our administration recently proposed the most ambitious pro-housing zoning changes in the history of New York City—changes... Voices 09 Oct 2023 | 01:54
Eric Adams speaking at an August 17 press conference on his tripartite plan to convert a wide swath of unused office space into affordable housing. Manhattan Borough President Mark Levine is to his left. ( Photo via NYC Mayor’s Office) Mayors Adams Proposes New Plans to Turn Vacant Midtown Offices Into Apartments As a grim housing shortage plaguing New York has shown no signs of abatement, Mayor Eric Adams held a Tuesday, August 17... News 20 Aug 2023 | 10:59
Community Board 8’s Zoning and Development Committee May 23rd meeting became a site of fierce debate, as a plan that would allow for denser buildings with a mix of affordable and market-rate housing (in a six-block area of the Yorkville neighborhood) was introduced. ( Photo via Zoning and Development Committee) Debate Rages Over Plan For Six Blocks Of Affordable Housing In Yorkville Neighborhood Rita Popper was brimming with joy and pride at a May 23rd Zoom meeting of Community Board 8’s Zoning and Development Committee,... News 29 May 2023 | 09:06
City Council members after passing FY 2023 budget. Photo via Gale A. Brewer on Twitter City Council Passes Record-High $101.1 Billion Budget Following a City Council vote that wrapped up late Monday evening — and a handshake agreement with Mayor Eric Adams only... News 16 Jun 2022 | 04:19
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo at the State Capitol on December 28, 2020. Photo: Mike Groll/Office of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo New Law Limits Evictions in Pandemic New York will freeze evictions and certain foreclosures for two months under a new law that the state’s governor signed Monday.... News 29 Dec 2020 | 11:31
Sami Roberts and her boyfriend, Andre, look for a new apartment in Brooklyn. Photo by Sami Roberts. Looking for an Apartment through COVID-Goggles When my boyfriend and I made the great trek from Denver to New York in August of 2019, there was a lot we were unprepared... News 22 Aug 2020 | 01:25
LaKeesha Taylor and her two sons (ages 5 & 8). ( Photo courtesy of LaKeesha Taylor) From Bad to Worse On Monday morning, La Keesha Taylor woke up to take a shower to find there was no hot water running in her bathroom. This... News 20 Apr 2020 | 01:20
