Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Development

A mailer funded by Common Sense NYC. (Source: New York City Campaign Finance Board website)

Billionaire Developer Pours Cash into Fight Against Council Candidates Endorsed by StreetsPAC

By Jesse Coburn | Jun 19, 2021 | No Comments

Common Sense NYC has spent more than $270,000 on mailers and digital advertising attacking five Democratic council candidates endorsed by StreetsPAC.

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DEEP DIVE: Here’s Why Electric Vehicles Won’t Save Us

By Coby Lefkowitz | Jun 19, 2021 | No Comments

Why EV’s are false prophets in the fight for a better world.

A rendering of the outside public space of the new proposed Project Commodore tower. Photo: RXR Realty

Developers Want to Cut Required Bike Parking In Midtown Tower

By Julianne Cuba | Dec 24, 2020 | No Comments

The builders of a massive tower next to Grand Central Terminal want to reduce by nearly 65 percent the amount of bike parking they are required to include in their project. Members of Community Board 5 were incensed.

Crowds on dangerous Flushing Main Street. The City Council is considering a rezoning that would add more cars to the area. Photo: Steven Vago

OPINION: City Council Must Vote Down Flushing Rezoning

By Zeke Luger | Dec 8, 2020 | No Comments

A plan to develop the waterfront would add to the neighborhood's dangerous congestion.

In happier times. File photo: Kevin P. Coughlin/Office of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo

New York’s Amazon Deal Has Little For Miserable Queens Commuters

By David Meyer | Nov 14, 2018 | 6 Comments

Transit is not going to get appreciably better under this sweetheart deal with Amazon.

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Why Affordable Housing Is So Important for Development Near Transit

By Angie Schmitt | Jun 20, 2018 | No Comments

What happens when you build housing around transit, but it's not affordable to the people who ride transit the most?

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