Operating a sidewalk café requires a public review process and approval from the city. Summer is here and many restaurants open sidewalk cafés to give people a breath of fresh air while enjoying a meal. To operate a sidewalk café, the business must have a food service establishment permit and each year the business must pay consent fees, which are essentially a “lease” for use of the sidewalk space.
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Proposed Commercial Tower Would Fill Odd-Shaped Lot at Lafayette and Great Jones Streets
Commissioners asked for further refinement to asymmetrical development composed of stacked rectangular forms. On July 12, 2016, the Landmarks Preservation Commission considered an application to develop a vacant lot at 363 Lafayette Street in the NoHo Historic District Extension. The lot extends the width of the block, also fronting Bond and Great Jones Streets. The northern portion of the lot is much wider than the southern section. The proposed new building would be used … <Read More>
Harlem development on W. 116th/117th Streets heard
Two-building project would include affordable rental building and market- rate condominium building. On July 13, 2011, the City Planning Commission heard testimony on L+M Development Partners Inc.’s proposed 266,500 sq.ft. mixed-use project for a through-block lot on the north side of West 116th Street between Malcolm X Boulevard and Fifth Avenue in Harlem. The midblock project site is occupied by a basketball court and a parking lot. L+M plans to redevelop the site with a … <Read More>
DOT Celebrates Sixth Avenue Redesign With Wider, Safer Bike Lanes
On March 5, 2025, New York City Department of Transportation Commissioner Ydanis Rodriguez and officials in Greenwich Village celebrated the redesign along the Avenue of the Americas in Manhattan at Sixth Avenue with a ribbon cutting. The project is one of several across Manhattan avenues designed to improve street safety by providing wider protected bike lanes to accommodate the record growth in cycling across the City. The City Department of Transportation has completed redesign projects … <Read More>
City’s New Vision Zero Campaign Promotes Traffic Safety
On March 3, 2025, New York City Department of Transportation Commissioner Ydanis Rodriguez announced the implementation of a new Vision Zero initiative involving increasing the public’s access to traffic safety messages. This increased access will be done by displaying traffic safety messages on street light polls and City-owned buildings across the five boroughs.
City Requests Proposals for Hudson Square Affordable Housing and Rec Center Project
On February 14, 2025, New York City Mayor Eric Adams, joined by critical stakeholders, launched the requests for proposals for the 388 Hudson Street development project. The City hopes to transform the underutilized site in the Hudson Square neighborhood into a community-focused mixed-use development. This project is part of the City’s “Manhattan Plan”, which was first announced in his fourth State of the City address last month. The Manhattan Plan aims to create 100,000 new … <Read More>