New York City Council – Commercial Observer

Politics & Real Estate

Retail Vacancies in New York City Have Doubled Since 2007: Comptroller

By Nicholas Rizzi

Retail Vacancies Not a Citywide Problem, Study Shows

By Nicholas Rizzi

New Law Adopted by the City Council Will Make Number of Vacant Storefronts Public

By Nicholas Rizzi

New Bill Could Make It Illegal to Sell Location Data in New York City

By Nicholas Rizzi

Design + Construction · Construction

How a New Law Promises to Make NYC’s Greenest Buildings Obsolete

By Rebecca Baird-Remba

Design + Construction · Features

How a Controversial Piece of Legislation Aims to Make NYC’s Big Buildings Greener

By Rebecca Baird-Remba

Leases · Features

Survival Mode: City Council Mulls Law to Overhaul Commercial Lease Renewals

By Nicholas Rizzi

Leases · Office

SL Gravy: NYC’s Largest Office Landlord Meets 2018 Leasing Goal With Months to Spare

By Rey Mashayekhi

Features · Policy

On the Home Front: The Mayor and REBNY’s Unlikely Alliance on Affordable Housing

By Aaron Short

Design + Construction · Features

City Council Seeks to Reform the ‘Most Powerful Agency That No One Has Heard of’

By Rey Mashayekhi

Features · Neighborhoods

Is ‘DoBro’ Finally Happening?

By Larry Getlen

Features · Neighborhoods

Brooklyn’s Broadway Junction Sees Signals to Press Forward

By Aaron Short

Will Midtown East Rezoning Produce Results?

By Robert Knakal

Design + Construction · Urban Planning

Deal Reached for Midtown East Rezoning

By Aaron Short

Policy · Urban Planning

Pol With Power Over NYC Zoning Has Undeclared Political Committee Full of Real Estate Cash

By Will Bredderman

Design + Construction · Construction

Construction Worker Dies Building Country Music Venue at Atlas Capital’s 1604 Broadway

By Rey Mashayekhi

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

By Sara Pepitone