Telling the Story of Cities
U.S Supreme Court declines to hear rent stabilization cases Source: Politico On February 20, the Supreme Court denied requests to hear the appeals of two cases relating to New York City’s Rent Stabilization Law (RSL). The two cases came from trade organizations and the owners of apartment buildings in New York City, who believe the… Read more NYC Rent Stabilization is Safe, For Now
A close look at the city’s capital projects reveal what public improvements NYC is prioritizing. Image of the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway (Photo credit: Max Touhey, Curbed NY) The City of New York has ambitious goals to expand greenway corridors, enrich business districts, create more housing, and improve public infrastructure to enhance quality of life and support… Read more Where New York City’s capital budget is being allocated and what it means for New Yorkers
by Zainab Al Mansour In the past four decades, the migration movement to cities has resulted in a booming population and a precipitous process of urbanization, which mostly happened at the expense of the green open spaces. In Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, the ratio of dwellings outweighs its public green spaces, largely because of the booming… Read more Can We Hope for a City in a Park?
by Winnie Shen With the NYC Mayoral election coming up on June 22, 2021, the next Mayor of NYC has the unenviable task of leading NYC through its COVID recovery. Any recovery plan must include clear steps for how to address housing unaffordability and homelessness. As the pandemic has made evident, housing is healthcare. Before… Read more How can NYC Address Its Housing Crisis in a Post-COVID Future?
by Lisa Nyamadzawo Every day, Alice watches with shock, at what was once her childhood playground, now just a pool of mud; the road that leads to it and the rest of the neighborhood, now close to non-existence. The Municipality of Chimanimani has done close to nothing post the 2019 floods and still, nothing has… Read more “Data for Better Lives” and Climate Change Resilience: A case of Chimanimani and Cape Town