By Gregg McQueen Lena Meléndez is waiting. Meléndez wrote her landlord a letter asking if there would be a grace period for April rent in light of the coronavirus pandemic and the ensuing state-mandated PAUSE restrictions. “I’m still waiting…
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Cheryl Pahaham, Phil Simpson, Ava Farkas and Paloma Lara wrote an outstanding piece in the NY Daily News with the apt title: The right way to rezone Inwood: The city failed in its responsibility to address local concerns and…
By Gregg McQueen The din on Dyckman was real. Christmas came early this year for Inwood residents who oppose the city’s attempt to rezone their neighborhood. Word came on December 19 that Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Verna Saunders had…
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Cole Thompson (@inwood_cole) on Dec 20, 2019 at 5:39am PST “Incomplete, superficial.” A Manhattan Supreme Court judge has struck down the city’s attempt to rezone Inwood, saying that the City…
The state legislature has reached a landmark agreement to renew New York’s rent laws and expand tenant protections. Key components of the deal include a permanent extension of the rent regulation laws, which were set to expire on June…
By Gregg McQueen From bread rising to ground breaking. Another building will ascend into the West Harlem skyscape. The Taystee Building will feature 350,000-square-feet of space for organizations devoted to the life sciences, technology, nonprofits and the arts. Developed…
By Gregg McQueen They were grooving at the groundbreaking. One East Harlem, a mixed-use development with more than 400 units of housing, has officially broke ground – and young members of Groove With Me, a local dance troupe, joined…
Photos by Cristóbal Vivar Tensions over the planned Inwood rezoning came to a boil on Monday evening, as community members staged a rally and march against the latest iteration of the plan, and called on the City Council to…
Story and photos by Gregg McQueen It’s just days away. The City Council’s decision on the Inwood rezoning is expected to come in early August. And on Tuesday, city officials took to an Inwood rooftop to announce a pilot…
By Gregg McQueen The BP is not OK with the plan. Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer has issued her recommendation to the City Planning Commission (CPC) on the proposed Inwood rezoning, voting no with conditions. In her April 26…