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Mayor Bill de Blasio and City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito last week unveiled a $115 million plan to grow New York’s manufacturing base.

Mayor Bill de Blasio announced two laws to shine a spotlight on vacant land, both public and private, across the city to accelerate the production of affordable housing.

Last week’s City Planning Commission (CPC) hearing on the long-awaited rezoning of East Midtown demonstrated that the proposal is moving in the right direction

By Sabina Mollot The ongoing saga of New York City’s mom-and-pops facing extinction was the topic du jour at the City Council hearing devoted to possible solutions.

The City Council has approved the rezoning of a 92-block stretch of Jerome Avenue rezoning in the Bronx. The deal is expected to pave the way for increased

Madison Realty Capital (MRC) has secured City Council approval for its mixed-use development at 69-02 Queens Boulevard in Woodside, Queens.

New York City Council has passed a package of laws to protect tenants in rent-regulated housing units from harassment and coercion by landlords offering

New York City Council has passed a new bill aimed at improving bike access to commercial and residential buildings. Introduced by Council Member Jumaane

Thomas Lopez-Pierre, a City Council candidate who once sent racist emails in which he called a political fund-raiser an “Uncle Tom N-r,” made an incendiary

By Sabina Mollot The City Council has passed a “potty parity” bill making it mandatory for baby changing tables to be accessible to men as well as women

A controversial rezoning plan for Brooklyn’s East New York neighborhood has just been approved by the New York City Council’s Committee on Land Use.

By Adelaide Polsinelli, vice chair of Compass Commercial Brokerage Late last year, the New York City Council gave tax relief to independent storeowners