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Council Members Want To Be Notified When City Repurposes ‘Their’ Parking

Why can't we have nice things? Council legislation would have DOT issue more notifications whenever is affecting parking.

December 18, 2024

Adams Considering Letting Midtown Business Group Issue Parking Tickets So NYPD Can Tackle ‘More Serious Issues’

The Department of Finance retracted its proposal to allow the 34th Street Partnership to be the first business improvement district empowered to enforce city parking rules after we started asking about it.

December 5, 2024

Cars Still Get in the Way of Containerized Trash Pickup

The Sanitation Department beat the rats, but its workers still have to take on parked cars.

December 2, 2024

World to Council: Say ‘Yes’ to the End of Parking Mandates in City of Yes

What do some of the city's wealthiest developers, strongest YIMBYs, venerable environmental groups, key labor groups, top architects, livable streets non-profits, housing advocates and Shams daBaron have in common?

November 14, 2024

Want Parking? Kiss Goodbye Half of the Projected Housing in ‘City Of Yes’

Analysis: Modifications the mayor's City of Yes housing plan will result in less housing, experts say.

November 7, 2024

HOUSING CRISIS: Council Pushes Mayor to Create ‘City Of Yes … And’

The speaker of the City Council is demanding that Mayor Adams's signature housing initiative create more affordable units — but it's unclear if she backs the key proposal that undergirds the plan: ending mandatory parking.

November 4, 2024

A ‘Fine’ Mess: City to Expand Encouragement for Truckers to Double-Park

The Adams administration is proposing to reduce fines paid by some trucking firms for three dangerous parking violations as part of revisions of a program that then-Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams said shouldn't even exist.

October 22, 2024

Poll: A Few Wealthy Loudmouths Want to Keep Mandatory Parking

Seventy-four percent of New York City voters support Mayor Adams's plan to eliminate minimum parking requirements for new housing developments, according to a new poll.

October 22, 2024

Opinion: It’s Time to Say ‘No’ to Car Drivers and ‘Yes’ to Ending Parking Mandates

Sometimes you need a car. And yes, there are gaps in public transportation. But that doesn’t mean we want the city to resign us all to life in transit deserts.

September 3, 2024

Queens BP Says ‘Yes’ to Adams Zoning Plan, But ‘No’ to Ending Costly Parking Mandates

Borough President Donovan Richards draws a hard line on parking mandates, recommending the city keep them in low-density areas.

August 27, 2024