William Levitt’s legacy goes beyond any one office or apartment building. The developer’s single-handed creation of Levittown, Long Island, right after World War II laid the groundwork for modern-day suburbia and spawned thousands of...
The City Planning Commission is refusing to clarify whether or not 72-year-old chair Carl Weisbrod is considering stepping down...
The City Planning Commission blessed developers Toby Moskovits and Rubenstein Partners’ bid for a special permit enabling their planned 400,000-square-foot Williamsburg Generator office complex...
Today, city planning is not that much different than playing SimCity. Increasingly, high-tech simulators are helping to build the...
The city’s Department of City Planning will have to reach out to communities to talk about issues that have...
City Council member Ben Kallos plans to introduce a bill today requiring that a city planner attend every meeting held...
City Planning Commissioner Carl Weisbrod is promising that the city’s capital spending will be more thoughtful and coordinated than...
In an effort to streamline operations and increase efficiency, the Department of City Planning has appointed its first chief operating officer. Jon Kaufman, who worked for consulting firm Bain & Co. for 17 years, will fill...
Mayor Michael Bloomberg once again laid out his argument for rezoning Midtown East in his weekly radio address.
The New York City Planning Department’s revisions to the Midtown East rezoning proposal continue to rub residents the wrong...