City setting ground rules for making COVID’s Open Restaurants permanent
The city has kicked off a public outreach campaign to come up with a way to make the COVID enacted Open Restaurants program permanent. As...
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Riggers hail city’s new sign regulations
The Department of Buildings has taken another step towards streamlining permitting and zoning regulations to make life easier for contractors and small businesses. The newest...
City lays groundwork for developers ahead of Gowanus rezoning
The city has unveiled a new set of policies aimed at making sure developers looking to build in Gowanus chip in for improvements to schools,...
Planning boss takes waterfront plan to the classroom so kids can have say
Department of City Planning (DCP) Director Marisa Lago attended a special waterfront planning and educational class at P.S. 306 in East New York, Brooklyn. The...
Waterfront workshops get underway
Department of City Planning (DCP) Director Marisa Lago announced a Brooklyn public workshop for input on the next edition of the Comprehensive Waterfront Plan, a...
City expands POPS zoning regulations
Department of City Planning (DCP) Director Marisa Lago applauded the City Council’s recent approval of new zoning rules allowing movable seating and tables in many...
New poll shows SoHo locals back rezoning push
Property owners pushing to stem the bleeding of businesses from SoHo and NoHo with a major rezoning say a new poll shows most of the...
City seeking answers as retail suffers a decade of decline
The rate of retail space becoming vacant in New York City has shot up by 50 percent in the span of one decade, according to...
Owners in fresh call for Soho fix
A coalition that includes property owners said this week that the rezoning of Soho is vital to removing red tape that keeps retailers out of...
NYers asked to help plan waterfront
Department of City Planning (DCP) Director Marisa Lago has invited every New Yorker to play a role in imagining how to make its 520 miles...