Forget that One Weird Trick to make NYC a more livable and equitable city, we’ve got 5 Tips (plus a bonus!) for the presumptive next Mayor. So Eric Adams, if you’re listening… Commercial Conversions We’ve talked about it since the start of the coronavirus pandemic. The drop in demand for…

Following up on previous discussions around density, 15-minute neighborhoods, and smart planning policy, the latest Site of Interest is actually multiple sites surrounding the intersection of the 7 train and the LIRR in Woodside, Queens at 61st St. and Roosevelt Ave. The highest density in the immediate surrounding area is…

You may not have had the heart to read Scott Stringer’s 47-page land use platform, but we did. We dug deep into the candidates’ policies on planning and affordability from their websites, summarized them as clearly as we could, and offered our own view. In order to save our breath…

This month’s Site of Interest is an office building where I used to work in the early 2010’s. Given the discussion by us and others surrounding the possibility of converting commercial buildings to residential, we’re taking a look at what a conversion of this building might entail. As always, sites…

Everyone’s been talking about it, and later this week, New York lawmakers may pass legislation that allows for and (heavens!) even encourages the conversion of existing commercial buildings into residential uses. The need for substantially less office has been obvious since the start of the pandemic, and for some of…

Recently, we wrote about current NYC housing supply and demand and the shifting values in the City’s neighborhoods brought on by long-term economic trends AND the much more immediate pandemic impacts. …

It’s almost always safe to assume that a landscape with quickly shifting values will translate to quickly shifting real estate priorities. For generations, enormous New York City real estate wealth has been created in areas that are rich in transit and accessible to Wall Street and Midtown, the primary central…

“Upzone wealthy neighborhoods!” “Fix the housing crisis!” One of the hottest topics in this mayoral race, as ever, is housing — its availability, its beneficiaries, and its affordability. But many candidates are still using pre-pandemic talking points, seemingly ignoring that the world has changed around them. Politics — and the…

We have been writing for months about the 15 minute city ideal, and how to ensure that each of our city’s residents can walk (or bike) to work, education, care, personal services, parks, recreation, and shopping that meet their daily needs. This framework is critical — if we’re going to…