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District 51

Joseph C. Borelli

Todt Hill-Emerson Hill-Lighthouse Hill-Manor Heights, New Springville-Willowbrook-Bulls Head-Travis, Freshkills Park (North), Oakwood-Richmondtown, Great Kills-Eltingville, Arden Heights-Rossville, Annadale-Huguenot-Prince's Bay-Woodrow, Tottenville-Charleston, Freshkills Park (South), Great Kills Park

Updated: Aug. 26, 2024, 12:08 a.m. | Published: Aug. 25, 2024, 5:50 a.m.

By Paul Liotta | pliotta@siadvance.com

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — A City Planning Commission vote on a controversial housing plan looms on the horizon, but city officials offered no signs this week that they’re looking back.

Mayor Eric Adams said Tuesday that he had heard the feedback, including the overwhelming opposition from Staten Island, but his main goal is to get more housing built through the “City of Yes for Housing Opportunity” plan.

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Updated: Aug. 07, 2024, 2:02 p.m. | Published: Aug. 07, 2024, 5:50 a.m.

By Paul Liotta | pliotta@siadvance.com

CITY HALL — Mayor Eric Adams’ administration said Tuesday that hizzoner’s housing plan encompasses a broad set of initiatives, but much of it will rely on its most controversial portion.

Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs) account for as many as 40,000 of the 110,000 new units to be built under Adams’ “City of Yes for Housing Opportunity” proposed plan over 15 years, administration officials said Monday, but for Staten Island council members they’re a non-starter.

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Updated: Aug. 01, 2024, 9:59 a.m. | Published: Aug. 01, 2024, 5:50 a.m.

By Paul Liotta | pliotta@siadvance.com

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Mayor Eric Adams’ City of Yes for Housing Opportunity promises to change the way homes are built in the five boroughs, and Staten Island’s special and historic districts won’t be exempt.

In total, Staten Island has six special purpose districts and three historic districts established in the decades since the 1961 zoning resolution, the last time the city completed a mass rewrite of the local zoning code.

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Updated: Mar. 26, 2024, 12:05 a.m. | Published: Mar. 25, 2024, 5:50 a.m.

By Jessica Jones-Gorman | jgorman@siadvance.com

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Four of Staten Island’s elected officials banded together to raise concerns about a battery energy storage system (BESS) slated for construction near the Outerbridge Crossing earlier this month, submitting testimony to the New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC) to protest the $40 million facility proposed for Charleston.

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Updated: Apr. 24, 2023, 5:03 p.m. | Published: Apr. 24, 2023, 1:05 p.m.

By Joseph Ostapiuk | jostapiuk@siadvance.com

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Meeting New York City’s ambitious climate goals will likely require bending its own zoning regulations, and a plan to fundamentally change those rules and make it easier to retrofit buildings and usher in the switch to electric vehicles is now inching over the starting line.

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