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[UPDATE] After NIMBY Outcry, City To Move Homeless Residents Out Of Upper West Side Hotel
The city is also moving shelter residents from a hotel in Long Island City.
By
Caroline Lewis
,
Kate Hinds
and
Jen Chung
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City Council Files Lawsuit Against 'Irrational' Approval Of LES Skyscrapers
Local elected officials are promising a legal challenge to prevent a trio of skyscrapers from rising in the Lower East Side.
By
Jake Offenhartz
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Bike Lane Haters Are Allegedly Sabotaging Queens Cyclists With Thumb Tacks
A popular new bike lane in Queens has been bombarded with thumb tacks, in what cyclists and elected officials suspect is a vigilante attack.
By
Jake Offenhartz
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De Blasio Announces Plan To Close Rikers Island
The grim jail on the water would be replaced with smaller facilities in each of the boroughs.
By
Nathan Tempey
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Homeless Advocates Fear New Shelter Legislation Could Embolden NIMBYs
One attorney said proposed legislation would "provide the NIMBY crowd with tools that they can use."
By
Emma Whitford
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High Court Rules The City Can Be Sued For Failing To Redesign Streets With Chronic Speeding
The decision ends an 11-year lawsuit by the family of a young boy struck on a notorious Brooklyn street by a speeding, unlicensed driver.
By
Nathan Tempey
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Bed-Stuy Residents To City: Stop 'Dumping' Homeless Shelters Here
"This is not a NIMBY conversation," said Councilmember Robert Cornegy.
By
Emma Whitford
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NYPD Puts Brooklyn Bridge Park Basketball Courts On Lockdown For 'Crowds'
"If they decide that they're going to [close the pier] it's not a discussion," a spokeswoman for the Brooklyn Bridge Park Corporation said. "We follow their lead."
By
Emma Whitford
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Neighbors Blame Basketball Courts & Teenagers For "Trauma" At Brooklyn Bridge Park
"When people say the solution here is to get rid of the basketball courts... [that] seems to be code for, 'We should make the park unattractive for certain demographics.'"
By
Emma Whitford
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Williamsburg Channel Could Get A Controversial Floating Power Plant
The floating power plant would provide emergency electricity in the case of a natural disaster or terrorist attack.
By
Emma Whitford
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