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Truck Depot Developer Wants to Restart His Bid for ‘Affordable’ Housing — But How Affordable?
A would-be developer who opened a truck depot after his quest to rezone a Harlem lot for housing was blocked by the neighborhood's Council member is peddling a new proposal that would result in more affordable housing than the original effort — but not as affordable as the lawmaker wants.
February 2, 2023
‘Park Your Fleet’: Harlem Residents Decry Newly Opened Truck Depot On Site of Proposed Housing
A neighborhood that needs more housing and less pollution got the opposite.
January 19, 2023
STREETFILMS: A Great Day in Harlem as Neighborhood Comes Out for Fun, Safety
Scores of riders joined Transportation Alternatives on Saturday's tour of Harlem — and called once again for a bikeway through a neighborhood long neglected for safe cycling infrastructure by city officials.
October 16, 2022
OPINION: Central Harlem Needs a Bikeway—Right Now
A protected lane along the median of Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Boulevard would be a grand gesture linking Harlem's past to its future. It's also simple justice.
August 26, 2022
PARKING MADNESS 2021: An Upper Manhattan Battle of Two Heavyweights
It's the 3-0 vs. the 3-4 — and everyone has been waiting for this matchup for years.
March 9, 2021
Manhattan CB9 Big: Citi Bike Won’t Get ‘Our’ Parking Without A Fight
There's gonna be a showdown over parking, says Carolyn Thompson.
October 22, 2019
Safety First! De Blasio Overrules Manhattan Community Board For Amsterdam Ave. Fix
A victory for street safety activists as the mayor moves against a board that has resisted improvements.
April 25, 2019
CB9 is ‘Adamant’ in Still Opposing Amsterdam Redesign Despite Fatal Crash Last Week
The West Harlem community board held a press conference on Thursday, invited Borough President Gale Brewer, then openly defied her on DOT's plan for a safer roadway.
March 26, 2019
Damage Control or Double-Down? CB9 To Make Announcement in Wake of Preventable Death
Community Board 9 may embrace a street safety redesign that it has long opposed for upper Amsterdam Avenue — and all it took was a young woman's death along the notorious speedway. Or maybe not.
March 25, 2019
KOMANOFF: Congestion Pricing Will NOT Fill Upper Manhattan With Suburbanites Cruising for Parking
Our expert fires up his transportation spreadsheet and finds that neighborhood fears about a carmaggedon at the edge of congestion pricing zone are unfounded.
March 21, 2019
