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The City Planning Commission on Aug. 10, 2026 reviewed a private rezoning at 515 West 57th Street in Hell’s Kitchen/Clinton that would remap an M1-5 manufacturing district to C6-12, add Mandatory Inclusionary Housing (MIH) mapping, and allow a new 30‑story… more ›
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The City Planning Commission review session on Aug. 10, 2026 examined a Department of Citywide Administrative Services (DCAS) application to grant Con Edison a permanent subsurface easement under the eastern playground of PS 307 (Daniel Hail Williams Elementary School) in… more ›
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A joint Mayor–MTA announcement on Aug. 10, 2026 launched a feasibility study and renovation work at the Chamber Street / Brooklyn Bridge–City Hall subway complex to test a pilot thermal energy network that would capture subway heat to cool platforms… more ›
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Thierry Henry told Mayor Zohran Mamdani in an August 8, 2026 interview that he has not found a restaurant in New York City that serves Guadeloupean or Martinique-style food, saying he instead finds Jamaican spots and often eats Colombian food… more ›
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Thierry Henry told Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani in a July 2026 Mayor’s Office interview that he loves New York City, remembers arriving in 1995, and described scoring on his loan return to Arsenal in an FA Cup match against Leeds… more ›
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Mayor Zohran Mamdani signed an executive order in June directing city agencies to expand extreme-heat protections to outdoor and heat-exposed workers and to publish employer guidance, review construction rules, step up reporting, and enforce existing delivery-worker bathroom-access rules. (Source: https://youtu.be/EPH3Prz1KXM?t=347)… more ›
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Mayor Zohran Mamdani convened an August 7, 2026 ethnic and community media roundtable at City Hall to brief New Yorkers on extreme-weather readiness and announce more than $40 million for coastal resilience work and a multibillion-dollar commitment for flood-prevention in… more ›
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New York City officials briefed ethnic and community media on Aug. 7, 2026 about the city’s extreme-weather summer response — including more than 600 cooling centers, Health Department‑run misting stations, and new mobile “cool vans” — but did not provide… more ›
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani used the “Talk With The People” livestream to restate the city’s plan to expand free child care for two‑year‑olds from an initial 2,000 seats this fall to about 12,000 seats by next year, citing a state‑city… more ›
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Mayor Zohran Mamdani said the city budget includes a $15 million, two‑year commitment to start delivering gender‑affirming care — initially aimed at transit workers — and that the administration will coordinate with Health + Hospitals and the Department of Health… more ›
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Mayor Zohran Mamdani reiterated his administration’s pledge to build 200,000 affordable homes over the next 10 years on the Aug. 5 “Talk With The People” livestream, and described steps — a “lift report” of city-owned development sites, a speed task… more ›
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At a story-time event on August 6, 2026, the New York City Department of City Planning and the New York Public Library launched the new ABCs of City Planning at the Washington Heights Library, reading illustrated entries on density, floor-area… more ›
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Mayor Zohran Mamdani said his administration included a $15 million, two‑year budget allocation for gender‑affirming care — initially aimed at transit workers — and that the city will work with Health + Hospitals and the Department of Health and Mental… more ›
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Mayor Zohran Mamdani told a live audience that the city’s “speed task force” and the LIFT report aim to cut affordable‑housing development delays by as much as two years through permitting reforms, a one‑stop project management approach, faster pre‑certification and… more ›
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Mayor Zohran Mamdani used an Aug. 5, 2026 “Talk With The People” livestream to promote the LIFT report and a new LIFT Tracker showing city-owned sites for affordable housing, said the city will build on vacant public land and convert… more ›
