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    New Precinct Station House With Community Space For South Bronx

    Construction  •  South Bronx

    Rendering of new 40th Precinct Station House. Image credit: Mayor’s Office.

    New NYPD facility hopes to bring the community and the police department together. On July 10, 2018, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced the start of construction for the new state-of-the-art facility for the 40th Precinct Station House. The new precinct will be located at 567 East 149th Street, at the corner of St. Anne’s Avenue in the South Bronx. The project will cost $68 million and is projected to be completed in spring 2021. The 40th Precinct Station House was designed by a firm in the Department of Design and Construction’s Design and Construction Excellence program. (read more…)

    Tags : community space, mayor, NYPD, precinct, Precinct Station, south bronx
    Date:07/24/2018
    Category : Mayor, NYPD
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    Charter Revision: Let’s Discuss Ending Term Limits For Council Members

    Ross Sandler

    Image credit: New York City Council.

    Mayor Bill de Blasio and the City Council, in creating competing charter revision commissions, avoided endorsing the central reason why the City could benefit from charter revision: ending term limits for council members. Term limits arguably may have had a healthy impact on the mayoralty, but not so with the council. Two four-year terms for council members resulted in instability of council membership and leadership and a lack of institutional discipline that has produced a council weaker than it should be. (read more…)

    Tags : charter, charter revision, City Council, mayor
    Date:07/02/2018
    Category : City Council, Commentary, Mayor
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    NYCHA, City, and Federal Government Will Come Together To Fix Public Housing

    Public Housing  •  Citywide

    Mayor Bill de Blasio holds a press conference on the future of NYCHA in the Blue Room at City Hall on Monday, June 11, 2018. Image credit: Michael Appleton/Mayoral Photography Office

    Consent decree seeks to create a common game plan to funding to ameliorate problems at  the New York City Housing Authority. Public housing has been under the public eye in the last few years due to allegations of mismanagement from its leadership. On June 11, 2018, Mayor Bill de Blasio held a press conference on the future of public housing in New York City. The Mayor announced that the City agreed to a settlement, memorialized in a consent decree, with the Manhattan United States Attorney to provide funds and allow federal monitoring for the improvement of the safety and quality of life of NYCHA residents. (read more…)

    Date:06/19/2018
    Category : Mayor, New York City Housing Authority
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    City Invests $40 Million In Brooklyn Navy Yards Project

    Development  •  Brooklyn Navy Yard

    Rendering of 399 Sands Street. Image credit: Steiner NYC.

    Addition of manufacturing and creative space supports City goals to provide more middle-class jobs. On June 13, 2018, Deputy Mayor for Housing and Economic Development, Alicia Glen, together with the Brooklyn Navy Yards and Steiner NYC, announced the beginning of construction at 399 Sands Street. The project will add manufacturing and creative office space at the 300-acre Brooklyn Navy Yard, an urban manufacturing center, and is expected to bring manufacturing jobs to the area. The project is also part of Steiner’s Admirals Row Development, a six-acre site at the southwest corner of the Navy Yard being developed for commercial and industrial use. (read more…)

    Tags : Admirals Row, Alicia Glen, Brooklyn Navy Yard, Creative space, Industrial, Manufacturing, New York Works, Steiner NYC
    Date:06/15/2018
    Category : Mayor
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    Mayor Announces Advisory Commission on Property Tax Reform

    Property Tax  •  Citywide

    Mayor Bill de Blasio. Image Credit: Benjamin Kanter/Mayoral Photo Office.

    Advisory commission will conduct comprehensive review of property tax system. On May 31, 2018, Mayor De Blasio announced the formation of an advisory commission to develop recommendations to reform the City’s property tax system. The reform aims to make the property tax system simpler, clearer, and fairer, as well as ensure that there is no reduction in revenue used to fund essential City services. The property tax system has not had an in-depth review by such commission since 1993. (read more…)

    Tags : advisory commission, New York City Property Tax, NYC Property Tax, property tax
    Date:06/05/2018
    Category : Mayor
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