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- 125th Street Corridor
- 2nd Avenue Subway
- 421-a tax incentive program
- 980 Madison Tower
- Access to the Region's Core (ARC)
- Albee Square Mall Tower
- Atlantic Yards
- Bayside Rezoning
- Bayswater/Far Rockaway Rezoning
- Bedford Stuyvesant Rezoning
- Briarwood Rezoning
- Bricktown Centre
- Brig Redevelopment, Wallabout Brooklyn
- Brooklyn Academy of Music Cultural District
- Brooklyn Greenway
- Brooklyn Navy Yard
- Bush Terminal Park
- Clinton Hill/Ft. Greene Rezoning
- College Point Police Academy
- Columbia University Expansion
- Columbus Circle
- Con Ed Site Redevelopment
- Coney Island Development
- Cooper Square Urban Renewal Area
- Cross Harbor Freight Tunnel
- Domino Sugar Factory
- Downtown Brooklyn
- Downtown JFK-LIRR Link
- DUMBO Rezoning
- Dyker Heights/Fort Hamilton Rezoning
- East River Plaza
- East River Science Park
- East River Waterfront
- East Side Access
- Far Rockaway and Mott Creek Rezoning
- Far West Village Rezoning
- Federal Housing Policy
- Fieldston Landmark Designation
- Flushing Development
- Fordham Expansion
- Forest Hills Rezoning
- Fresh Kills Master Plan
- Fulton Street Transit Center
- Gansevoort Marine Transfer Station
- Garment District Rezoning
- Gateway Center at Bronx Terminal Market
- General Theological Seminary Tower (Chelsea)
- Governors Island
- Gowanus Development
- Greenpoint-Williamsburg Rezoning
- High Line Redevelopment + Whitney Museum
- HUB Retail and Office Center
- Hudson Railyards
- Hudson River Park
- Hudson Yards Rezoning & Development
- Hunter College Health-Professions Tower
- Hunts Point Vision Plan
- Inwood/Sherman Creek Waterfront Rezoning
- Jamaica, Queens Development and Rezoning
- Javits Convention Center Expansion
- JetBlue JFK Terminal
- Kingsbridge Armory
- Kissena Park Rezoning
- Lincoln Center Redevelopment
- Long Island City
- Lower East Side Rezoning
- Lower Manhattan Development
- Maspeth - Woodside Rezoning
- Mets Stadium Construction
- Middle Village-Glendale Rezoning
- Midwood Rezoning
- Mott Haven School Campus
- Moynihan Station
- Museum for African Art
- New Madison Square Garden
- New Rego Park, Queens Mall
- New York City Building Code
- New York City Hospital Redevelopment
- New York Diamond Tower
- New York Historical Society Tower
- No. 7 Line Extension
- North Brother Island
- North Tribeca Rezoning
- NYC 2012 Olympic Bid
- NYU Development
- One Madison Ave Clocktower
- P.S. 64 Redevelopment
- PlaNYC 2030
- Plaza Hotel Redevelopment
- Policy Developments - Landmarks
- Public Place
- Queens Botanical Garden
- Queens Plaza
- Queens West
- Randalls Island Water Park and Playing Fields
- Red Hook Cruise Terminal
- Red Hook Development
- Renaissance Ballroom and Renaissance Casino
- Seventh Regiment Armory (Park Ave.)
- Silvercup West
- SoHo Sanitation Garage
- Solid Waste Management Plan
- South Bronx Jail Plan
- South Ferry Terminal Project
- South Street Seaport Redevelopment
- South Village Historic District
- Springfield Gardens Rezoning
- St. Vincent’s Expansion
- Stapleton Waterfront District
- Starrett City
- Staten Island NASCAR Track
- Staten Island North Shore Light Rail
- Stuyvesant Town and Peter Cooper Village
- Sunnyside Yards Platform
- The Caledonia (Chelsea)
- Trump Soho Hotel Condominiums
- Union Square Redesign
- Union-Utopia Rezoning
- United Nations Renovation
- Upper West Side Rezoning Proposal
- Uptown New York (East Harlem)
- Van Cortlandt Park Filtration Plant
- Via Verde - New Housing New York Legacy Project
- Washington Square Park Redesign
- West-Park Presbyterian Church Tower
- White Plains Courtyard
- Whitestone Rezoning
- Willets Point Development
- World Trade Center Redevelopment
- Yankee Stadium Construction
Silvercup West
Silvercup Studios, currently home to the filming of many movies and TV shows such as The Sopranos, is proposing a two-million-square-foot development just south of the Queensboro bridge in Queens. The $1 billion complex will include soundstages, offices, and 1000 apartments, 150 of which will be earmarked for people with low and moderate incomes. The site now hosts a power generating station, a city salt pile, and the Terra Cotta building, which will be restored. Sitework is set to begin in 2008, with completion expected in 2012.
The Hotel Boom in Long Island City
Sunday, February 18, 2007 | New York Times | Topic: Economic Development
Six years after Long Island City, Queens had a rezoning to allow for more commercial and residential uses the area has become home to a thriving hotel market. Situated across the East River, Long Island City is popular among hotel and condominium developers fleeing higher land costs in Manhattan. The popularity of the "hotel-condo" in Manhattan has caused the supply of hotel rooms in the city to diminish. Developers point not only to lower development costs in the area but easy transportation to the heart of Manhattan as a reason for their migration to Long Island City.
Green Building in Queens
Thursday, January 04, 2007 | Queens Chronicle | Topic: Environment
The Queens Chronicle offers a survey of environmentally friendly planning and building projects in the borough and questions why Queens seems to lag behind the other boroughs in embracing green technology.
Silvercup Goes Green
Monday, September 25, 2006 | BusinessWeek | Topic: Environment
Silvercup Studios is on board to adopt a new green roof. Long Island City has been singled out as the best suited for the environmentally friendly measure because of its limited park space, flat rooftops, and asthma inducing air quality. The use of green-roofs in Chicago is widespread because it is required of any developer who receives financial help from the city.
Two Thumbs Up For Silvercup Studios
Thursday, August 17, 2006 | Times Ledger | Topic: General
The approval of the $1 billion expansion project for Silvercup Studios passed as expected. The design will build eight new soundstages, affordable and luxury housing and retail space along the Long Island City Waterfront and create nearly 4,000 new jobs.
Silvercup's Approved and Long Island City's the Place-to-Be
Wednesday, August 16, 2006 | New York Sun | Topic: Economic Development
Yesterday, the Silvercup West project received unanimous approval from the City Council's Land Use Committee, and it is expected to pass the full council today. The project required several zoning changes, including a switch to residential from manufacturing use. Long Island City is fast becoming the next hot thing in New York neighborhoods.
Affordable Housing Victories
Thursday, July 20, 2006 | Queens Chronicle | Topic: Housing
In recent weeks, affordable housing advocates have scored two minor victories through two different methods—the addition of 150 affordable housing units in Silvercup West’s massive waterfront development project and the inclusionary rezoning of Woodside and Maspeth.
City Planning Approves Silvercup
Friday, July 14, 2006 | Queens Tribune | Topic: Housing
The Department of City Planning unanimously approved a revised plan for Silvercup West that includes 150 units of affordable housing. The affordable housing is a concession to community members that fear a dramatic shift in neighborhood demographics.
Future's Bright for Queens
Thursday, June 15, 2006 | Queens Tribune | Topic: Politics & Government
New York State Comptroller Alan Hevesi joined Borough President Helen Marshall and the Queens Economic Development Corporation to report a growing and vibrant Queen's economy, calling it "an attractive place to live" and the "immigrant center of the world."
Silvercup Project Gets CB2's Approval
Wednesday, April 12, 2006 | Other | Topic: General
The commercial and residential complex proposed for construction in Long Island City, known as Silvercup West, has received CB2's approval at a recent meeting. The plan was endorsed at great length by experts, officials, and citizens while being criticized only briefly.