Climate change has made extreme rainfall more common and more intense. But many flood risk maps have yet to catch up.

It was a busy couple of days back in May for Southern Land Co., a Nashville-based developer, that held two grand openings for ...

As extreme heat becomes more common, urban dwellers must relinquish their bias against daytime darkness and embrace the ...

In neighborhoods where tall buildings are banned, we need to plant more trees, which block the sun and cool the air. Few ...

The city’s Charter Revision Commission released draft questions to pose to New York voters in November, asking whether the ...

New York City Charter Revision Commission has released a set of proposals aimed at tackling the housing crisis and boosting ...

The City Council has voted to “accept as complete” a request from Redevelopment (NFR) asking the city to amend its zoning code and modify recently enacted restrictions on high-energy use industries so ...

Documents in the NYC Zoning Application Portal indicate that Community Board 1 voted in favor of the property owner’s zoning map amendment on Sept. 12, 2023, but Borough President Vito Fossella ...

Community Board 5 last Wednesday voted to write a letter opposing the mayoral Charter Revision Commission’s proposals ...

A pilot program intended to facilitate conversions could have gone into effect last month. It has not, and time is running ...

New York City voters will be asked to vote this fall on major reforms to the ways housing gets approved, including changes that would reduce the City Council’s final say on new development and ...

It’s certainly an unusual New York City mayor’s race. If you recently started paying attention, here’s the extremely abridged ...