UPDATED, Aug. 10, 3:15 p.m.: City Council member Jimmy Van Bramer wants the Department of Buildings to suspend a contractor who was working on a...

A new City Council bill is seeking to crack open the enigma that is the city’s Public Design Commission. The proposed legislation would require...

You don’t disrespect Council member Jimmy Van Bramer and get away with it, according to Council member Jimmy Van Bramer.

Phipps Houses is missing a key ally in its efforts to build an affordable housing project in Sunnyside.

City Council majority leader Jimmy Van Bramer said his constituents “are terrified” about the prospect of “50-story mega-towers” rising in Long Island City’s Sunnyside...

New York City should crack down on affordable housing tenants who rent out their units on Airbnb, according to City Council member Jimmy Van...

 Amid safety concerns, the Ravenswood Houses in Astoria will receive a new lighting system, updating a decades-old dilapidated system. Residents at the New York...

The Landmarks Preservation Commission rejected a plan late last week to relocate the so-called Aluminaire House — the first all-metal house in America –...

The city is struggling to find a developer interested in taking on the $28 million development of the Hunter’s Point Library in Long Island...

The Service Employees International Union Local 32BJ petitioned TF Cornerstone yesterday in Long Island City, the New York Daily News reported, alleging the developer...

Sunnyside, Queens (source: Dept. of City Planning) The City Council today approved the rezoning of Sunnyside and Woodside, which aims to protect the lower-density...

Van Bramer A plot of land unofficially dubbed the “Woodside Triangle Park” in Woodside, Queens may be safe from destruction, after a decade-long fight...