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City Limits
Published 7 hours agoNYCHA Breaks Ground for New Senior Apartments on Public Housing Land
Construction is now underway for Sol on Park, 229 affordable senior units being built on open space at NYCHA’s Morris Houses campus. Many of the apartments are earmarked for current public housing residents and formerly homeless seniors.
Bronx Times
Published 10 hours agoCity breaks ground on Sol on Park, new 229-unit affordable senior development
The city broke ground on 229 affordable homes in the Bronx, a fully affordable senior development on the NYCHA Morris Houses site. Mayor Zohran Mamdani, the New York City Housing Authority and development partners broke ground on Sol on Park Thursday, a project that will provide…
Bronx Times
Published 12 hours agoAffordable housing: These parts of NYC are on the Mamdani administration’s fast track for new units. What does it mean for communities?
A new fast-track process for affordable housing will take effect in 12 community districts next year, after the Mamdani administration on Thursday identified the neighborhoods where the voter-approved changes will apply. The list runs from Bay Ridge and Dyker Heights to the Upper…
Bronx Times
Published 13 hours agoEast Bronx set for new transmission line as state approves Propel NY Energy project
The construction of a new bi-directional electrical transmission line that will traverse the east Bronx, has cleared an important hurdle. Propel NY Energy, a consortium comprised of New York Power Authority, New York Transco and WSP, received notification that the NYS Public…
Brooklyn Paper
Published 14 hours agoCity breaks ground on Box Street Park after two decades of delays
After two decades of delays, construction is finally starting on Box Street Park, city officials announced Thursday. The 2.5 acre waterfront park was promised to replace an MTA parking lot as part of the 2005 Greenpoint-Williamsburg rezoning. As the neighborhood changed around…
Bronx Times
Published 15 hours ago$1.7M outdoor fitness area opens at Shoelace Park for Northeast Bronx residents
Residents in the Northeast Bronx have a new place to exercise outdoors following the completion of a $1.7 million fitness area at Shoelace Park. NYC Parks joined local elected officials and Community Board 12 on Sept. 4 to cut the ribbon on the new adult fitness area, replacing…
Gothamist
Published 15 hours agoEarly Addition: Is Canal Street finally getting wider sidewalks?
Producer vendors sell their wares on Canal Street near Lafayette Street on Oct. 22, 2025. Because officials said work is expected to begin this fall, here are your early links: A world where Times Square and Herald Square meld together, Yankees are moving on, Pete Davidson gripes…
Gothamist
Published 18 hours agoFlushing is getting a facelift. Some worry the project will fuel more displacement.
Rendering of the mixed-use Flushing Commons development in downtown Flushing, Queens. The multitower Flushing Commons project includes new public amenities, commercial space and condos. [ more › ]
THE CITY
Published 19 hours agoElderly Artist’s SoHo Loft Nightmare: 6 Years, 4 Flights and 1 Dormant Elevator
For the elderly artists who’ve lived for decades on the upper floors of a 19th century cast-iron SoHo loft building on Mercer Street, the last six years have been a physical and emotional nightmare with a singular cause: their landlord banned them from the building’s sole…
Gothamist
Published October 01New apartments are coming and there’s nothing these 12 neighborhoods can do to stop it
Bay Ridge, Brooklyn The Mamdani administration released a list of 12 community districts subject to a “fast-track” housing approval process first initiated by his predecessor. [ more › ]
THE CITY
Published October 01The 12 Neighborhoods the Mamdani Administration Is Targeting for More Affordable Housing
What do the Upper East Side, Maspeth and the middle of Staten Island all have in common? They’re three of the 12 community districts the city has officially designated as having the worst affordable housing droughts in New York City. By city officials’ count, those areas have in…
City Limits
Published October 01See the 12 Communities on New York City’s Affordable Housing Naughty List
The Upper East and West Sides, Elmhurst, and Bayside are among the communities that have built little affordable housing over the past five years, and now will see certain projects fast-tracked under new city rules.