Thanks to all who joined us yesterday for our City of Yes Town Hall, co-sponsored with WBAI! Here’s a link to the presentation deck If you missed it or want to review, here’s a link to the Town Hall recording. You should also be able to find the Town Hall Read more…
Town Hall On City of Yes Hosted By WBAI, MTOPP and FLAC Over the past several months, New Yorkers have been bombarded with Mayor Eric Adams’ “City of Yes.” There have been opinion pages, statements by elected officials, TV news hosts etc. all pushing for a “build baby built model” Read more…
Holding on by a Thread On November 9, 2022, we found out that the City and the Developer’s appeal to our successful petition to invalidate the Crown Heights Rezoning was overturned by the 2nd Department in their 4-page decision. Of course it came as a shock considering Judge Boddie, the Read more…
Alicia Boyd joined Michael Haskins to discuss the ‘City of Yes’, a series of text amendments recently unveiled by the Adams Administration to bring broad changes to zoning and city planning rules and guidelines under the guise of creating more affordable housing, encouraging economic growth and supporting sustainability. Listen to Read more…
Our Pro Se litigants had a great day in court on Monday giving quick, knowledgeable responses to a range of arguments presented by four lawyers. The other side asked for an expedited decision but it may still take weeks or months before we get a decision. Now we wait! Thanks Read more…
We are Back in Court! Monday, October 3, 2022 at 10 am Sharp 45 Monroe Place, Bklyn N.Y Come and Help Us Save Our Win! The Final Court Hearing We won in the Lower Court! Now we are at the Appellate Court working hard to save our win! We Read more…
Mayor Eric Adams Blasting His Way Into Your Community! Part II This is Part II in our series on Mayor Eric Adams’ CBC’s proposals to “improve” rezonings for developers. Proposal: Unlawful to File Lawsuits Against the City and Developers As we stated in the first post on this topic, Mayor Read more…
An Environmental Review process has to be performed on development projects that are not classified as “as of right”. This means that the project would be attempting to change the existing zoning and the developer would have to disclose the potential negative environmental damages that could be caused by the Read more…
Mayor Eric Adams directed a commission to create a blueprint that would allow development projects to happen faster and cost less. The NYC Economic Development and Housing committee, a known entity that creates opportunities for the use of public assets to assist the real estate industry in the creation of Read more…
Mayor Eric Adams directed a commission to create a blueprint that would allow development projects to happen faster and cost less. The NYC Economic Development and Housing committee, a known entity that creates opportunities for the use of public assets to assist the real estate industry in the creation of Read more…