UPDATED, March 15, 11:53 a.m.: Mayor Bill de Blasio and the City Council are ready to move forward with the redevelopment of a former juvenile...

Incoming City Council Speaker Corey Johnson plans to take a more active approach on land use issues, in a departure from his predecessor Melissa...

The City Council’s Land Use Committee on Tuesday greenlighted a proposal to rezone East Harlem under the Mandatory Inclusionary Housing program — a plan...

The City Council Land Use Committee voted on Tuesday to remove a clause that would exempt Gamma Real Estate’s Sutton Place condo tower from...

The City Council’s land use committee unanimously approved a rezoning of Far Rockaway on Tuesday, clearing the way for a full Council vote on...

The City Council’s Land Use committee on Thursday unanimously approved the revised proposal to rezone Midtown East, complete with changes to air rights pricing...

The City Council’s Committee on Land Use is set to vote next week on the proposal to rezone 78 blocks in Midtown East, which...

City Councilman David Greenfield, chair of the powerful Committee on Land Use, won’t seek reelection this year. The 38-year-old said he accepted a job...

U.S. housing prices are on the rise, and yet fewer new homes are being built than in past cycles. One possible explanation is that...

Land use deals are often political maneuvers that are years in the making and hard to track. But under newly proposed legislation, the city...

Toby Moskovits’ North Williamsburg office complex at 25 Kent Avenue is a few steps closer to becoming a reality.

Mayor Bill de Blasio’s two-pronged plan to create more affordable housing cleared the City Council’s land use committee Thursday, with the proposal now set for...

The New York Wheel on Staten Island is on the verge of getting its second zoning approval in two years after a unanimous “yes”...

Raju Mann, a 34-year-old Municipal Art Society official, is taking the reins as the City Council’s land use director.

Gail Benjamin, the City Council’s longtime land use director, will step down in July.

TF Cornerstone received approval yesterday from the City Council’s Committee on Land Use to proceed with its 1.9-acre Hell’s Kitchen development after agreeing to...

Brooklyn Council member David Greenfield’s selection as chairman of the influential Land Use Committee is likely to comfort developers alarmed by the election of...

New York City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito has tapped Brooklyn councilman David Greenfield to be the new chairman of the city’s Land Use Committee,...

A key Park Slope community board panel did an about-face on New York Methodist Hospital’s contentious expansion plan in the neighborhood, and voted to...

The Dalton School’s plan to expand its Upper East Side location by building a two-story rooftop addition has irked its neighbors, who called the...