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NYC Could Have Its First Car-Free Neighborhood (But Won’t Get It Due To Revanchist Pols)
Creedmoor should not become just another mixed-use development, but, instead, become America’s next great neighborhood.
August 7, 2025
Analysis: How to Leverage ‘City of Yes’ Zoning to Create More Housing Near Subways
Streetsblog analyses existing zoning, population and travel times to determine the best places for increasing housing density ... now!
July 28, 2025
Too Much Illegal Parking Prompts Community Board to Reject New Housing
Even after the city greatly reduced parking mandates in the City of Yes initiative, parking is still at the center of many debates about new housing.
February 18, 2025
Council Likely To Weaken Mayor’s ‘City Of Yes’ Pro-Housing Zoning Plan
The City of Yes for Housing Opportunity is up for a vote on Thursday and the City Council has signaled it will roll back the proposal to remove parking mandates citywide.
November 20, 2024
HOUSING CRISIS: Council Pushes Mayor to Create ‘City Of Yes … And’
The speaker of the City Council is demanding that Mayor Adams's signature housing initiative create more affordable units — but it's unclear if she backs the key proposal that undergirds the plan: ending mandatory parking.
November 4, 2024
City of Yes: Council Hears Rezoning Plan as Jumaane Thumbs the Scale
As the city planning commission admits that removing parking mandates is the key to making key pillars of City of Yes work, Public Advocate Jumaane Williams announces he does not support lifiting the mandates citywide.
October 22, 2024
Will Indicted Mayor Adams’s Bid to Eliminate Parking Mandates Survive Council Review?
As the City Council review proccess begins, experts say it is crucial to keep getting rid of parking mandates in the City of Yes.
October 3, 2024
City of ‘No’: Community Board Members Don’t Want Newcomers Stealing ‘Their’ Parking
The road to more housing is paved with lots of people who don't want to give up parking, as the mayor is finding as his City of Yes plan goes forward.
May 10, 2024
City Wants More Housing, Not Parking, in Downtown Brooklyn
A developer’s plan to enlarge a parking lot in Downtown Brooklyn is irresponsible and misguided, pols and advocates charge.
August 11, 2023
Op-Ed: The Killing of Jordan Neely and the Broader Failure of New York’s Police-First Policy
Many are calling for ex-Marine Daniel Penny to be held accountable, but will Mayor Adams and other electeds be similarly held responsible?
May 10, 2023