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Activists are trying to stop the rezoning of Gowanus with a lawsuit that questions the legality of land use hearings held over Zoom.

Design + Construction · Neighborhoods

How a Legal Fight Over Zoom Could Tank de Blasio’s Most Ambitious Rezoning

By Rebecca Baird-Remba

Developers of new hotels in New York City would have to go through the city's special permit process in order to build if the citywide hotel text amendment is approved.

Design + Construction · Policy

Controversial NYC Hotel Amendment Gets Its First Public Hearing

By Rebecca Baird-Remba

Gowanus and its eponymous canal.

Design + Construction · Policy

Gowanus Rezoning Could Include New Space for Artists, Light Manufacturing

By Rebecca Baird-Remba

Councilman Stephen Levin introduced a bill that would create commercial rent control around New York City.

Politics & Real Estate · Rent Control

The City Council Is Taking Up a Much Stricter Form of Commercial Rent Control

By Nicholas Rizzi

Gowanus and its eponymous canal.

Design + Construction · Features

Gowanus Tiptoes Toward a Long-Planned Rezoning

By Rebecca Baird-Remba

City Hall.

Power Politicians: The Movers and Shakers of Real Estate Policy

By Rebecca Baird-Remba

Outside the NYPD Horse Stables on West 53rd and 10th Ave., civilian horses and carriages pass by as they start their day. Photo: Robert Cohen/for Commercial Observer.

Stables Situation: What’s Becoming of the City’s Rapidly Disappearing Horse Stables?

By Sara Pepitone

De Blasio Moves to Expand Living Wage With Executive Order

By admin

Tenant Rights Group Slams REBNY on Independent Expenditures

By Al Barbarino

Hurricane Sandy Rallying Cry For Anti-Development Crowd in Brooklyn

By Jotham Sederstrom

421-a For Dummies: When It Comes to Benefits, Politicos Don’t Have a Clue

By Robert Knakal

Design + Construction · Neighborhoods

Park Avenue Lessons for Brooklyn’s Fourth Avenue Changes

By Matt Chaban