Design for building on East 62nd Street. Image via Rafael Vinoly Architects Scrapping the ‘Tower on Stilts’ Plans for a controversial Upper East Side “tower on stilts” have been completely scrapped, according to City Council Member... News 14 Dec 2020 | 10:57
A rendering of what the second proposal would look like in the existing spot. Photo: George M. James. Pushback on Lenox Hill’s Revised Expansion Plans Northwell Health’s revised expansion proposal for their Lenox Hill hospital has been met with unanimous disapproval by civic... News 29 Nov 2020 | 10:45
Council Member Keith Powers (left) and Assembly Member Dan Quart (right) on the East Side on July 29, 2020. (Photo: Assembly Member Dan Quart on Twitter, @AMDanQuart) Powers Pushes to Help Small Businesses As New Yorkers continue to struggle to get by during the pandemic and businesses are barely surviving, one elected official... News 02 Aug 2020 | 02:18
Anna Sacks is known online as “The Trash Walker” for saving items from people’s garbage collections. (Photo: Sami Roberts) The Future of Composting On July 1, the results of New York City’s fiscal budget meeting were in. Many New Yorkers were involved and interested, likely... News 23 Jul 2020 | 04:43
An architect's rendering shows the hospital tower, left, and the residential tower, right, that were part of the original proposal for the redevelopment of Lenox Hill Hospital. A new, alternative proposal does not include the residential tower. ( Rendering: Courtesy of Lenox Hill Hospital / Northwell Health) New Lenox Hill Task Force Gets Results “Everybody was upset about everything,” Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer said, describing the months of turmoil that... News 17 Feb 2020 | 11:35
A rally at City Hall by grassroots group Close Rikers Build Communities before the hearing to close the prison complex last week. ( Photo: Emily Higginbotham) Jail Plans: All in the Details There seems to be little disagreement among city officials that shuttering Rikers Island is a necessary, long-overdue step... News 09 Sep 2019 | 01:14
Council Member Ben Kallos authored a bill that aims to put a spotlight on the outcomes of domestic violence survivors. ( Photo: Courtesy of NYC Council photographer William Alatriste) New bill targets domestic violence In response to an increase in domestic violence offenses in the city — despite a drop in most other crimes — a bill has been... News 02 Aug 2019 | 01:03
