Tributes flow for workers’ rights champion, Hector Figueroa
Héctor Figueroa, president of the country’s largest building workers union, 32BJ SEIU, died on Thursday, July 11, at the age of 57. The union said
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Presidential salary for new NYCHA boss
The new chairman of the city’s beleaguered housing authority is to be paid more than the President of the United State to turn things around
New York must plan for inevitable downturn
As New York City’s budget process gets underway, one top fiscal watchdog group has cautioned that steps are needed to plan for our immediate future.
Real estate, biz groups join forces to battle trash plan
Real estate groups are urging city hall to throw away its plans for a new commercial trash collection program that would carve the city’s business
Feds to oversee $1B NYCHA fix
In what the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) called an “unprecedented” deal, the federal government and the City of New York agreed on
City counting on real estate industry to support next census
Advocacy groups and city officials are concerned about an undercount in the looming 2020 census that could have a major impact on funding, and they’re
City Council approves Jerome Avenue rezoning in Bronx
The City Council has approved the rezoning of a 92-block stretch of Jerome Avenue rezoning in the Bronx. The deal is expected to pave the
Houses of the Holy: City tells religious institutions to have faith in affordable housing
As construction costs continue to rise and longtime houses of worship look to sell or develop on parts of their real estate holdings, city and
Long Island City bidding to become cityʼs life science hub
Long Island City is throwing its hat in the ring for a multi-million dollar life science hub to be developed in the fastest growing neighborhood
de Blasio: City to shutter first jail on Rikers Island by summer
The de Blasio Administration announced Tuesday that it will close its first jail on Rikers Island this summer as part of Mayor de Blasio’s plan