Emily Smith
@ehsinatx
Just a gal interested in the sustainability of human life generally + governance, land use, housing and transportation in cities specifically 🌇
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http://linkedin.com/in/ehsinatx 14-04-2015 00:58:50
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EXCLUSIVE: The city is prepping its appeal of a court order to rip up Astoria's 31st Street protected bike lane — but will also push to get the redesign installed this spring by completing a minor bureaucratic step that the Adams admin failed to complete. nyc.streetsblog.org/2026/01/07/two…
Huge announcement from Governor Kathy Hochul: Next phase of 2nd Av subway expansion would cross west on 125th St all the way to Broadway, connecting to busy stations on the 2/3, A/B/C/D, and 1 lines. This would provide much needed crosstown access for 100s of thousands of uptown
HAPPENING NOW: On Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani Mamdani is reactivating the Just Home supportive housing project on the site of Jacobi Hospital in the Bronx. As Dr. Katz said, “Housing is part of the health continuum,” and these homes will help create a healthier NYC.
Kicking off our rally for the Faith-Based Affordable Housing Act with State Senator Andrew Gounardes, Assembly Member Brian Cunningham, Linda B. Rosenthal “the #OriginalRosenthal” and NYS Senator Brian Kavanagh 卡范納! “Because of our failure to build more housing for the people of this state, New York is projected to lose not one, but two house seats.”
Took my first trip Albany yesterday for a rally & lobby day with NY Faith Housing, Open New York, State Senator Andrew Gounardes, Assembly Member Brian Cunningham, Housing Solutions of New York & more! 🏘️ 🔗 Learn more about the Faith-Based Affordable Housing Act & sign the petition: nyfaithhousing.org
NYC's first Expedited Land Use Review Procedure (ELURP) project is underway! A NYC Housing disposition to create 84 100% affordable homes on a city-owned lot in Mott Haven will move through the new 90-day review process created by Charter reforms voters approved last fall. 🏘️🏗️