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    HPD Announces Plans for Affordable Senior Housing in Morrisania

    Department of Housing Preservation & Development  •  Senior Housing  •  Morrisania, Bronx

    Rendering of Sol on Park. Image Credit: HPD.

    On May 5, 2022, the Department of Housing PReservation and Development (HPD), the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) and the New York City Housing Development Corporation (HDC) announced plans for a new development to provide affordable housing for seniors in the Morrisania section of the Bronx. The Sol on Park development will be located on the corner of St. Paul’s Place and Park Avenue within the Morris II public housing development. Sol on Park’s theme is “housing is health; health is housing,” which incorporates and promotes health lifestyles in the development’s design and features. The development team consists of NRP Group, Foxy Management, and Selfhelp Realty Group, along with Magnusson Architecture and Planning. (more…)

    Date: 05/09/2022
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    Record-Breaking Creation of Bus and Bicycle Lanes Planned for 2021

    Department Of Transportation  •  Transportation  •  Citywide

    Image Credit: New York City Department of Transportation

    The Department of Transportation plans to create a record-breaking series of bus priority projects and plans to install 30 miles of protected bike lanes in all 5 boroughs. On May 11, 2021, Mayor Bill de Blasio and the Department of Transportation announced plans to increase last year’s protected bike lane installations and nearly double last year’s bus project totals. (more…)

    Date: 05/25/2021
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    Mayor’s Office Announces Record Total Bike Lane Expansion for 2020

    Mayor  •  Bicycle Lanes  •  Citywide

    A protected bike lane. Image Credit: NYC DOT

    The addition of protected bike lanes comes as more people opt for cycling as a transportation option during the COVID-19 pandemic. On December 29, 2020, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced that 28.6 miles of new protected bike lanes have been constructed across the five boroughs throughout 2020. The announcement brings New York City’s total bike lane network to 1,378 miles. Of that, 545 miles are protected bike lanes.  (more…)

    Tags : bike lanes, protected bike lanes
    Date: 01/13/2021
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    Mayor de Blasio Announces Citi Bike Expansion Throughout All Boroughs

    Mayor  •  Bike Share Expansion  •  Citywide

    Map of Citi Bike expansion shown in dark blue. Expansion underway is shown in red. Existing CitiBike service shown in light blue. Image Credit: Mayor’s Office.

    The Citi Bike expansion will double the current service area by 35 square miles and triple the number of bikes to 40,000. On July 16, 2019, the de Blasio Administration announced Citi Bike’s expansion. Last November, Lyft entered into an agreement with the City to invest $100 million in Citi Bike, which will double the size of Citi Bike’s service area and triple the number of bikes in the program. The expansion will take place from 2019 to 2023 and will bring Citi Bike to all of Manhattan, the Bronx, and deeper into Brooklyn and Queens. (more…)

    Tags : Citibike, CitiBike expansion
    Date: 07/23/2019
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    Ten NYCHA Developments To Receive New Rat Extermination Plan

    Office of the Mayor  •  NYCHA  •  Citywide

    Image credit: Office of the Mayor.

    De Blasio Administration will focus on reducing rat population through different extermination measures. On April 17, 2018, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced a new rat extermination plan for the NYCHA’s ten most rat-infested developments. The extermination plan is part of the Mayor’s $32 million Neighborhood Rat Reduction Program to reduce rat populations in the most infested City neighborhoods: ­­­­­­­Grand Concourse in the Bronx, Chinatown, East Village, and Lower East Side in Manhattan, and Bushwick and Bedford-Stuyvesant in Brooklyn. This plan is also furthers the de Blasio Administration’s goal to preserve and strengthen public housing. (more…)

    Tags : extermination, Mayor Bill de Blasio, Neighborhood Rat Reduction, NYCHA, rat, rodenticide
    Date: 04/19/2018
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