Two Bridges/Chinatown
Community groups have been pressing the de Blasio administration to initiate a rezoning of both Chinatown and the Lower East Side based on their vision. In September 2016, the de Blasio administration announced it would launch a planning process that could lead to a rezoning of just Chinatown. Since then attention has focused on a proposal for four high-rises in the Two Bridges neighborhood.
De Blasio told City Limits that he wants to see New York City-style right-to-shelter laws for people experiencing homelessness in all cities, rent regulation across the country and a path to citizenship for 12 million immigrants living in the United States without authorization.
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Patrick Kwang
This year, the Lunar New Year was listed as a school holiday in the city for the first time. One of the powerful arguments elected officials in the Asian neighborhoods made was that in neighborhoods like Chinatown, the classrooms were already largely empty on the holiday anyway.
Adi Talwar
Compared to the mayor's affordable housing plan, the Chinatown proposal would place a stronger emphasis on preservation that new construction—and therefore require less new development to underwrite new affordable units.
Adi Talwar
No longer the haven for immigrants that it once was, today's Chinatown is a hotspot for real-estate speculation and luxury development.
News
De Blasio Wants Impeachment Probe for Justices Who Struck Roe
David Brand
De Blasio told City Limits that he wants to see New York City-style right-to-shelter laws for people experiencing homelessness in all cities, rent regulation across the country and a path to citizenship for 12 million immigrants living in the United States without authorization.
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Another Court Win for City Hall Against Critics of Development Schemes
Sadef Ali Kully
An appeals court on Thursday sided with the de Blasio administration in one element of a tangled legal dispute over a proposed development in the Two Bridges neighborhood.
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In Wake of Homeless Slaying, City Shelter Plans in the Spotlight
Jeanmarie Evelly
The brutal killing last week of four men as they slept outdoors in Chinatown has put renewed attention on New York City’s homelessness crisis. At a vigil for the victims held Monday, residents, lawmakers and activists gathered near the scene of the slayings at Kimlau Square in Lower Manhattan to mourn, according to news […]
Read more > Court Ruling Rebuffs De Blasio Admin Over Manhattan High-Rises
Sadef Ali Kully
A state Supreme Court judge’s decision released Thursday could send the developers behind proposed four high-rises in Manhattan’s Two Bridges neighborhood back to square one.
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