Some 2,000 businesses in Manhattan won’t have to pay a pesky commercial rent tax. The City Council approved a bill on Thursday that will...

From the November issue: City Council member Dan Garodnick represents New York City’s 4th District, which spans a large swath of Manhattan’s East Side, from...

A proposal to declaw Manhattan’s commercial rent tax has pitted Mayor Bill de Blasio against his own party. A City Council bill that seeks...

The City Council on Wednesday cleared the way for 6.5 million square feet of new office space to rise in Midtown East. The council...

The density boost that the Pfizer headquarters will automatically get under the Midtown East rezoning means that the pharmaceutical giant has a great reason...

City Council member Dan Garodnick on Tuesday introduced a bill that will require the city to audit every air rights sale in Midtown East...

City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito and Council member Dan Garodnick have launched a petition aimed at forcing the federal government — rather than New...

Developers may soon be forced to display their noise mitigation plans on construction site fences, thanks to a City Council bill aimed at catching...

Is it strange that the city is helping the state pay for transit improvements? Sure, but the alternative, according to Councilman Daniel Garodnick, is...

Residents of 90 West Street, who are suing their landlord Kibel Companies for allegedly deregulating apartments rent-stabilized under the 421g program, now have dozens...

Council member Dan Garodnick expects the Midtown East rezoning to pass before the next mayoral election in 2017. The remark, made at Wednesday’s B’nai B’rith real...

The New York City Council passed legislation that is expected to sharply curtail the practice of landlords using “tenant relocation specialists” to push tenants out...

Buoyed by a $1.25 million boost in City Council funding, tenant advocacy group Stabilizing NYC is running its own “bad landlords” watch list that...

City officials are discussing ways to stem the influx of residential skyscrapers on the Upper East Side that could include a height cap in...

Council member Daniel Garodnick introduced a bill in the spring that would adjust the threshold for the city’s commercial rent tax, and now he...

The process of rezoning Midtown East is moving ahead.

Manhattan borough president Gale Brewer unveiled a plan Wednesday to speed up and simplify the landmark review process. The legislation, to be co-introduced with...

Bed and breakfasts around the city are feeling the pressure from Airbnb.

The leaders of the Midtown East rezoning steering committee pledged to consult city unions, clarifying their position after labor groups were left with no...

On Wednesday politicians gave the city’s developers a better idea about who will devise recommendations meant to pave the way for the rezoning of...