A new report from a team of researchers in the School of Urban Planning at Canada’s McGill University finds that short-term apartment rentals, such as those brokered by Airbnb, are playing havoc with New York City housing, by increasing rents and decreasing the available supply of apartments. More specifically, the report (which was commissioned by...
This map, from the Airbnb website, shows 18 overnight apartment rentals available in Battery Park City as of Tuesday evening. City government officials argue that such offerings are, in almost all cases, illegal.
At the January 23 monthly meeting of Community Board 1 (CB1), Jerry Nadler, who represents Lower Manhattan in the United States House of Representatives, briefed local residents on national issues, including immigration reform, budget priorities, and the recent federal government shutdown. “Hopefully, we can do something about DACA now, without paying a price for DACA,”...
Nadler: "The big issue in this confrontation now is they want a major increase in defense spending, but don't want the increase in discretionary, non-defense spending. They want to break that parity principle, which will enable them, in the future, to keep increasing defense and reduce all other expenditures. That, plus DACA, is what's at stake now."
The City’s Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) has approved a plan to demolish five structures in the Tribeca East Historic District that date from the early 1800s and allow construction of large apartment tower in their place. The LPC, which often ignores or contradicts the advisory opinions of local community boards, appeared to agree with Community...
The site of the five row houses (in recent years converted into market stalls) at 312-322 Canal Street, in the midst of the Tribeca East Historic District.
The clink of wine glasses grows faint and the party scene seems to fade. We step to a marble countertop and adjust our aprons. We are at the Pizza Academy on Fulton Street. “Massage the dough,” encourages Giorgia Caporuscio, pressing our hands into floury rounds. “Don’t be scared to touch. Push the air bubbles to...
Giorgia Caporuscio, one of only two women ever to win first place in the "Classic Pizza" category of Naples' prestigious pizza competition of more than 500 competitors.
On Sunday (January 28), State Assembly member Yuh-Line Niou will convene a Town Hall meeting to gather feedback from constituents, and hear their priorities for policies, legislation, and the budget in Albany this year. Members of the public are invited to participate on panels that will focus on subjects like civil rights and immigration, senior...
State Assembly member Yuh-Line Niou will host a public Town Hall meeting on Sunday, to hear from constituents about their concerns and agenda.
Out of 238 contenders, New York has made the shortlist of 20 candidates Amazon is still considering for its second headquarters, a project known as HQ2. The encouraging news is that New York ranks first in an analysis by Anderson Economic Group of locations best suited to the e-commerce giant’s requirements. But the sobering fact...
The Hudson River waterfront in Tribeca, where the red outlines show the area proposed for new landfill, to extend Battery Park City northward and create a 60-acre campus for a possible Amazon headquarters in Lower Manhattan. Such a plan could, the author argues, provide financing for both the Hudson River Park and resiliency measures throughout Lower Manhattan.
