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The cool record store downtown. The pop-up store with the perfect card. The vintage shop that has the best finds. When it comes to shopping local, NYC can’t be beat! Know a great small business in NYC for holiday shopping? Let us know!
We're adding 70 new locations to our map of POPS (Privately Owned Public Spaces) in NYC, & we need YOUR photos! Help your fellow New Yorkers identify these public assets by sharing your photo 📸, the POPS address, & tagging with #APOPS. More info here: https://www.mas.org/news/help-us-put-the-public-back-in-privately-owned-public-spaces/
Overcrowded schools. Packed subways. Little open space. When the City fails to predict & plan for the development of rezoned areas, neighborhoods bear the weight. Read MAS's report on the miscalculations for the rezoning of LIC & Downtown Brooklyn: https://www.mas.org/initiatives/reforming-ceqr/
@mas_nyc In today's @nytimes, MAS President Elizabeth Goldstein speaks directly to @amazon CEO @jeffbezos about the challenges facing Long Island City, based on the finding of our new report. In 2001, the City rezoned Long Island City to spur commercial development, but ended up sparking an explosion of high-end luxury residential development. Residential neighborhoods need things that commercial districts do not, and it turns out that if you underestimate the number of new residences by more than 3,200 percent, something has to give...