With the passage of the state budget and the long-awaited and hard-fought approval of congestion pricing for Manhattan, New Yorkers worn down by endless subway delays and clogged city streets may see ...

2018 was one heck of a year for New York: The beloved Riegelmann Boardwalk at Coney Island became a landmark, a wave of progressive politicians refocused the conversation around issues like housing ...

Soon after Mayor Bill de Blasio announced the city’s ambitious plan to extend lower Manhattan into the East River, Klaus Jacob, a special research scientist with Columbia University’s Lamont-Doherty ...

The de Blasio administration has encouraged New Yorkers to work remotely, shuttered restaurants and bars, and closed the city’s school system to curb the spread of COVID-19. But private construction ...

Nearly a decade after it was last granted an audience in front of the New York City Council, a bill that seeks to protect small businesses against massive rent hikes was in the spotlight again on ...

Opponents of a contested city-backed housing project that will raze the Elizabeth Street Garden have followed through on months of legal threats, and have filed lawsuits against the development. The ...

The COVID-19 pandemic has all but suspended public life in New York City. Major avenues and boulevards whose sidewalks usually teem with pedestrians now sit empty; well-trafficked plazas and transit ...

The COVID-19 crisis has upended life in New York in many ways, some bad, and others really bad. Subway ridership has cratered. Broadway has gone dark. Bars and restaurants—at least those that aren’t ...

The MTA’s dreaded repairs to the L train’s East River tunnel were completed ahead of schedule, despite the coronavirus pandemic, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Sunday. Work on the Hurricane Sandy-damaged ...

New York City is seeing a construction boom like never before, and though non-residential construction is driving it, there’s still a lot to be said for the residential sector. According to a report ...

A precedent-setting court ruling could have forced the city to study the racial impacts of a neighborhood rezoning, potentially making those plans more equitable. But an unanimous appeals court ...

Update: On March 20, Governor Andrew Cuomo announced a 90-day moratorium on evictions for residential and commercial tenants, meaning no one can be evicted in New York state until at least June 20th.