Chris Hamby
The issue of how to preserve industrial space amid the ambition to create more housing is a big topic in Gowanus, one of the neighborhoods slated for a rezoning.
Deputy Mayor Alicia Glen announced at a conference on Friday that the de Blasio administration will seek a way to create a zoning code that requires manufacturing uses among a mix of other uses like residential and commercial.
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