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Florida Embraces New Urbanist Mega-Developments

Plus: Zohran Mamdani's rent rip-off hearings exclude public housing tenants, Boston Mayor Michelle Wu is a "yes" on rent control, and the intersection of zoning and qualified immunity.

Reason

Firefighters were investigating a gas odor on the 15th floor, then the Bronx building exploded, causing death and injuries

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Plus: rent control behind financial problems at NYCB, public housing's corruption problem, and New York City's near-zero vacancy rate.

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Eric Adams is blame shifting

As winter sets in, NYC is likely to see homelessness get even worse. Mayor Eric Adams is blaming migrants

Salon

Exclusive: Teen shoots rival to death outside Bronx NYCHA complex in revenge for long-ago fist fight as victim’s sister watches

NEW YORK — A teen killer used a gun to settle the score after losing a long-ago fist fight — shooting his rival to death outside a Bronx apartment building as the victim’s younger sister watched in horror, cops and relatives of the victim said Monday.

Tribune News Service

Beds for 15,000 people sit empty in NYC’s public, supportive housing systems amid migrant crisis: data

NEW YORK — There are enough vacant apartments in the city’s public and supportive housing systems to accommodate 15,000 people, according to data shared with the New York Daily News by Brooklyn Councilman Lincoln Restler, who’s questioning why Mayor Eric Adams’ administration isn’t doing more to fill those units amid…

Tribune News Service

New York’s public housing is sinking

There is no plan to protect people in the outer boroughs from the threat of future extreme weather events

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New York, new architecture: how is the city changing with the times?

A new Moma exhibition takes a look at projects for so-called public-facing spaces in the city and what young designers are doing for New Yorkers

The Guardian - US

How to protect NYC from the next Sandy

The city wants to use its public housing developments to soak up extreme rain

Salon

Toxic arsenic levels make tap water unsafe for thousands in New York City

Residents of one of the largest public housing complexes in Manhattan have not had safe drinking water for more than a week

The Guardian - US

NYC mayor laments not being told earlier about arsenic in public housing complex drinking water

NEW YORK — Mayor Eric Adams questioned Monday why members of his own administration didn’t inform him sooner about arsenic being discovered in the drinking water at a massive New York City Housing Authority complex in Manhattan.

Tribune News Service

Arsenic found in drinking water of NYC public housing complex

Residents of a New York City public housing complex have been told not to drink or cook with water from their taps after testing revealed unsafe levels of arsenic, Mayor Eric Adams’ office said.

Tribune News Service

NYC Has 98 Closed Playgrounds, Despite Mayor Eric Adams' Pledge

The mayor promised to reopen city playgrounds, but more of them are currently closed than before he took office.

Reason

Cannabis Greenhouses On New York City Public Housing Rooftops? What Is Mayor Adams Thinking?

New York City Mayor Eric Adams is considering allowing cannabis cultivation in greenhouses on the rooftops of public housing buildings, a proposal that’s not likely to go down well with tenants of the buildings nor the federal government that funds them.

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NYC official suspended for allegedly appearing naked on work Zoom call while engaged in sex act

Blurry video shows Tolozano with a woman while other employees try to figure out what was going on

The Guardian - US

‘We have to make ourselves seen’: the New York rent strikers fighting eviction

Five residents on the battle for affordable housing after the end of the city’s eviction moratorium

Salon

NYC wants to make heating green

Electrifying apartment buildings is tough. A new heat pump design could make it easier

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