Despite the rules' emphasis on cellar and basement apartments, they appear to be separate from the rules the city still needs ...

New York City voters will be asked to vote this fall on major reforms to the ways housing gets approved, including changes that would reduce the City Council’s final say on new development and ...

As Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle Parker’s US$2 billion housing plan moves forward, heated debates continue about another set of municipal housing proposals that could transform Philadelphia tenants’ ...

New York City lawmakers spent big on social services. But the budget still leaves the city exposed to cuts by the Trump ...

Roller coasters and senior citizens are rarely a good match. But a hair-raising ride seems to have ended well for some ...

Here's what I know: rich people aren't fleeing New York City, working families are. And if we continue hemorrhaging everyday ...

New York City voters will likely have a say in more than just who they’re electing to City Hall this November. A group of ...

If nothing else, Elizabeth Lewinsohn’s failed bid for a New York City Council seat highlights two great needs: housing and idealistic candidates.

The Democratic nomination, I understand, is casting a very, very wide shadow over this case,’ a lawyer close to the case says ...

However for New York City Council members it isn’t their families who have the connections, but rather their bosses. Former staffers won the primary elections in more than half of the vacant council ...

A proposed ballot question would give NYC’s five borough presidents some serious power over housing and land use decisions.

Wilfredo Lopez, Elsie Encarnacion and Clarisa Alayeto are vying for a chance to represent New York City Council District 8, as Diana Ayala has reached her term limit.