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The City of Yes Zoning Plan is Moving Too Fast
November 19, 2024 By John Massengale, AIA CNU NY DAILY NEWS " The future of New York’s neighborhoods is being decided behind closed...
Nov 20, 2024


City of Yes for Housing Opportunity: The Wrong Remedy for the Wrong Problem
November 18, 2024 By John Low-Beer, J.D., PhD. City Club Law Committee Chair The New York City Planning Department presents the City of...
Nov 20, 2024


Letter to Gov. Kathy Hochul from the Congestion Pricing Now Coalition and Elected Officials
November 12, 2024 Honorable Kathy Hochul Governor NYS State Capitol Building Albany, NY 12224 Dear Governor Hochul, We write today as a...
Nov 14, 2024


Congestion Pricing Supporters Head to Court to Get Program Back on Track
THE NEW YORK TIMES September 27, 2024 BY ANA LEY & WINNIE HU "Supporters of the tolling program want Gov. Kathy Hochul to bring it back...
Sep 27, 2024


Opinion: City must build new housing that doesn't perpetuate vulnerability to floods and heat
CRAIN'S NEW YORK BY KATE BOICOURT New York City is at a crossroads; the decisions we make now will determine the city’s livability in a...
Sep 9, 2024


Partial Moratorium: Residential development in low-lying areas
Lowland Protection Paired With Upland Upzoning A proposal by the City Club of New York June 2024 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Six feet of sea level...
Sep 6, 2024


Issue Highlights: Pier 55
Our full brief (2016) is available as a .pdf at the end of the post. THE CITY CLUB OF NEW YORK'S MISSION IS TO IMPROVE THE URBAN...
Aug 4, 2024


Completing Hudson River Park
The City Club has helped shape the future of Manhattan's West side waterfront for the past half century. We successfully opposed the...
Aug 4, 2024


2 more congestion pricing lawsuits challenge Gov. Hochul's authority to scrap the plan. Her team's response? "Get in line."
CBS NEWS July 25, 2024 BY ALICE GAINER "NEW YORK -- New York Gov. Kathy Hochul's sudden pause on congestion pricing is facing two new...
Jul 25, 2024


Congestion Pricing: Environmental and civic groups sue Hochul to force start of Manhattan toll program
AMNY July 25, 2024 BY BEN BRACHFELD "Gov. Kathy Hochul’s indefinite pause on congestion pricing has officially been challenged in court,...
Jul 25, 2024
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