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Department of City Planning

NYC Looks to Ease Fears Amid Trump’s Push for Citizenship Question on 2020 Census

New York City has three million immigrants and more than 200 languages are spoken in the five boroughs.
By Madina Toure
Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer speaks at the City Council's monthly pre-stated meeting.

Council Approves Bill to Revamp Deed Restriction Process After Rivington Fiasco

The City Council is set to pass a bill reforming the deed restriction process after the controversial removal of the Rivington House deed.
By Madina Toure
Mayor Bill de Blasio with Carl Weisbrod, the director of the Department of City Planning.

De Blasio Administration Targets Outer Borough Neighborhoods for Development

The de Blasio administration said today they were targeting three neighborhoods in the Bronx, Queens and Brooklyn for sweeping development.
By Ross Barkan
Carl Weidbrod at his appointment press conference.

Bill de Blasio Appoints Carl Weisbrod City Planning Commission Chair

By Jill Colvin
The area north of Grand Central Terminal still has the highest office rents in the city, but the building stock is aging.

Midtown East Rezoning: Now With More Housing! (and Air Rights)

By Stephen Jacob Smith
Who will follow in Amanda Burden's (very stylish) shoes?

Who Will Be New York’s Next Chief City Planner? And Does It Matter?

By Stephen Jacob Smith

Astoria Cove Unleashed: 1,535 New Homes Proposed at Halletts Point

By Stephen Jacob Smith
The Municipal Art Society is worried that the Midtown East upzoning would allow development that would block views of the Chrysler Building, among other landmarks.

Much Ado About Nothing? Midtown East Rezoning Not All That Grand

By Stephen Jacob Smith
A massing diagram from 606 West 57th Street's rezoning application.

TF Cornerstone Looking to Build 45-Story Residential Tower on West 57th Street

By Stephen Jacob Smith
The midtown skyline. (Photo: Getty)

No Vacancies: Union, Pols Push for Hotel Restrictions in Midtown East Rezoning

By Matt Chaban
They want more to look at. (Getty)

City Planning Says It Is Not Rushing Midtown Rezoning, Though It Has Good Reason to Act Fast

By Matt Chaban
Lofty goals. (Trinity Real Estate)

Circling Hudson Square: Everybody Wants a Piece of the Last Untouched Neighborhood—Except for Those Who Just Want To Be Left Alone

By Matt Chaban
Too big, too fast? (DCP)

Midtown Slowdown: Councilman Garodnick Asks City to Take Its Time on Rezoning Midtown for Superscrapers

By Matt Chaban
The neighborhood New York forgot. (Hudson Square Connection)

Hudson Square Rising: Last Corner of Undeveloped Manhattan Starts Rezoning Process Monday

By Matt Chaban
Now that's a skyline. (William Weber/Curbed)

Another Look at the Quite Possibly Insane Midtown Skyline of the Future

By Matt Chaban

Actually Developers and the City Are Not Competing for Midtown East Development Rights

By Matt Chaban

How About Another Empire State Building or Two? City Outlines Mega Midtown East Rezoning

By Matt Chaban
Pedestrians? My word!

Bulldogs! Might Some Entitled Yalies Torpedo Plan to Pedestrianize Vanderbilt Avenue?

By Matt Chaban
Right-sized on Broadway. (DCP)

West Harlem Shuffle: Scott Stringer Approves Low-Rise Rezoning He Called for Five Years Ago

By Matt Chaban

Faulty Towers: Midtown Needs a Makeover, with Twice as Tall Towers, But Can Mayor Bloomberg Get It Right?

By Matt Chaban
Might Midtown, 1935. (Ephemeral New York)

Never Mind Midtown, We’ve Been Arguing About Skyscrapers for As Long As We’ve Been Building Them

By Matt Chaban
Needs work. (Globe Images)

Is Midtown Too Small? City Planning Outlines Ideas for Adding (Much) Taller Towers

By Matt Chaban
Fingers crossed: off-street parking requirements might be reduced in Downtown Brooklyn. (Photo: Department of City Planning)

Goodbye Parking Garages: Proposal Aims To Reduce Off-Street Parking Requirements in Downtown Brooklyn

By Jess Schiewe
What would Zabar's do?

Mom and Pop Rejoice! Borough President Stringer Supports UWS Retail Rezoning

By Observer Staff
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