Janaki Chadha
Protesters outside the meeting chanted in English, Spanish and Cantonese.
More than a year after City Planning rejected their rezoning plan for being too ambitious, Chinatown advocates are hoping the de Blasio administration’s commitment to ‘community-based planning’ will force a reconsideration.
Community groups pressed for deeper housing affordability and protections for workers. Other voices stressed different priorities.
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