By Ili Pecullan
Weighing in on land use decisions is one of the key responsibilities of a borough president in New York City, and several land use themes came up in a recent debate among the three Democrats running this year to become the next Manhattan Borough President.
The debate among Brad Hoylman-Sigal, Keith Powers, and Calvin Sun was hosted June 3 at New York Law School by its Center for New York City and … <Read More>
By Mark Chiusano
For part two of Cityland’s candidate questionnaire on public space, we asked how the top Democratic mayoral hopefuls would reform the way New York City makes many land use decisions. [Read part one: Outdoor Dining, Open Streets, & Trash Containerization: Where Democratic Mayoral Candidates Stand on Public Space Issues]
On March 19, 2025, Mayor Eric Adams and Department of City Planning Director and City Planning Commission Chair Dan Garodnick celebrated the City Planning Commission’s approval of the Atlantic Avenue Mixed-Use Plan. The plan, which covers a 21-block area around Atlantic Avenue between Vanderbilt and Nostrand Avenues in Central Brooklyn, aims to create 4,600 new homes and bring 2,800 permanent jobs to the area.
On January 28, 2025, New York City Mayor Eric Adams and other critical stakeholders announced they are accepting requests for proposals from interested developers to further a project to build a new library with 100 percent affordable housing where the Grand Concourse Library is currently located in the Bronx.
On June 26, 2024, the City Planning Commission voted to approve the 3033 Avenue V Rezoning application. The application enables the construction of a nine-story mixed use development. The project is located in Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn and the current site consists of a one-story commercial building with eleven businesses on the north side of Avenue V between Ford and Coyle Streets. The project site is located across the street from the Nostrand Houses.
On June 26, 2024, the New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development celebrated the grand opening of The Eliza, a new affordable building and public library, with a ribbon cutting. The Eliza, located at 4790 Broadway in Inwood, is named after Eliza Hamilton, wife of Alexander Hamilton.