One big problem with Community Benefits Agreements (CBAs), experts say, is that they’re not laws, but rather private contracts between a developer and community groups. And if those groups aren...
Once a seemingly promising structure to ensure that real estate groups don’t run roughshod over local neighborhoods in development deals—and still a common practice in other cities—CBAs are...
https://citylimits.org/2022/01/18/the-rise-and-fall-of-community-benefits-agreements-in-nyc/
The meal hubs have drawn praise, but there are still gaps. And other measures are being held up by the slow pace of the approval process in Washington. The post City’s Food Programs Trying to...
The legislature passed a law allowing workers to place a lien on owners' personal property to prevent them from absconding with cash and starting fresh without making court-mandated payments to w...
https://citylimits.org/2019/11/13/workers-await-govs-action-to-make-wage-theft-deadbeats-pay/
What's in store for the nearly mile-long stretch between Brooklyn Bridge and Battery Park remains up in the air in terms of planning, timeline, and funding, with a master plan only first set to b...
New York is taking expensive, multifaceted steps to protect residents from the impacts of sea-level rise. But do those measures stack up to the scale of threat the city faces? The post As the S...
https://citylimits.org/2019/04/17/nyc-sea-rise-resiliency-or-retreat/
While Gov. Cuomo's progressive shift in rhetoric — whether spurred by Cynthia Nixon or not — is obvious, what happens next is less certain. The post How Genuine is Cuomo’s Commitment to t...
https://citylimits.org/2018/10/22/how-genuine-is-cuomos-commitment-to-the-progressive-agenda/
The city needs to come up with a plan to deal with the looming shutdown of the L train. One idea gaining steam would be a transit no-brainer and a political power-lift. The post How to Deal wit...
https://citylimits.org/2017/04/19/how-do-deal-with-the-coming-l-pocalypse-ban-cars-from-14th-street/
The city's land-use and environmental review processes are normally obscure parts of the city's bureaucratic machinery. But in two communities where big rezonings are on the table, they are a key...
https://citylimits.org/2016/08/08/tests-loom-for-de-blasios-approach-to-community-planning/
If Industry City's new owners are hoping to paint themselves as the saviors of Sunset Park, it's a message that has backfired with some of its neighbors. The post As Industry City Promises a Ne...