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This Week In NYC History: Peter Stuyvesant Creates NYC’S First Zoning Law

On July 25, 1647, New York City’s first zoning law was put into place. The law came from the

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Editor note: Untapped Cities columnist Janos Marton, New York City lawyer, activist and founder of the website janos.nyc has

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Arts & Culture

Stuyvesant at the invasion of New Amsterdam by English forces in 1664. Image via Wikimedia Commons New Amsterdam in the

Janos Marton May 27, 2015

Arts & Culture

New Yorkers have been agitators and disrupters from the start, even back when New Amsterdam was just a small settlement

Janos Marton Feb 2, 2015