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In the latest bid to prevent the construction of skyscrapers in Two Bridges, some advocates and residents are seeking to rezone a portion of the waterfront to require lower heights…

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 14 minRead time

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Sep 2017

Housing and Homelessness News

Bitterness and Division at Inwood Rezoning Hearing

Rhetoric from a rancorous primary spilled into discussions of the city’s controversial rezoning plan for Inwood.

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 21 minRead time

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Sep 2017

Housing and Homelessness News

Advocates, Council Continue Push for Deeper Affordability

The Real Affordability for All coalition released a report strongly critical of the mayor’s housing strategy, while councilmembers acknowledged improvements but pressed for more low-income units.

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 12 minRead time

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Sep 2017

Government News

A Neck-and-Neck Council Race to Replace Mark-Viverito

A winner hasn’t been officially declared, but Diana Ayala has a two point lead over Assemblymember Robert Rodriguez

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew

BySharif Paget 17 minRead time

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Sep 2017

Government News

Longtime Harlem Pol Prevails Over Challengers

Bill Perkins, who was elected in a special district race to the Council in February, won again and with a greater lead in Tuesday’s primary.

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 5 minRead time

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Sep 2017

Government Housing and Homelessness

Were De Blasio’s Rezonings on the Primary Day Ballot?

Though officials winners have not yet been declared in two races, it seems likely that discussions about the rezoning discussions will likely continue in whatever way they were going before.

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 8 minRead time

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Sep 2017

Housing and Homelessness

Mixed Feelings as Board Takes up Mayor’s Jerome Avenue Rezoning Bid

Community Board 4 has in the past expressed support for a rezoning with the right investments, but at a meeting on Monday evening it was clear some members still have…

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 8 minRead time

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Sep 2017

Housing and Homelessness News

Where the Mayoral Candidates Stand on Housing

Three years into Housing New York, is there a challenger with a better housing plan?

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 20 minRead time

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Sep 2017

Government

At Heated Inwood Debate, Rezoning Is Central Contention

Councilman Ydanis Rodriguez defended, and his challengers critiqued, the Councilman’s rezoning and library redevelopment plans.

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 15 minRead time

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Sep 2017

Housing and Homelessness Justice News

East Harlem Candidates Get Specific on Housing, Policing

District 8 candidates Robert Rodriguez and Tamika Mapp explained their approach to protecting the lowest income residents from displacement, policing the homeless, and more.

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 13 minRead time

Abigail Savitch-Lew

Stakeholders to Apply for Rezoning to Stop Two Bridges Towers

Bitterness and Division at Inwood Rezoning Hearing

Advocates, Council Continue Push for Deeper Affordability

A Neck-and-Neck Council Race to Replace Mark-Viverito

Longtime Harlem Pol Prevails Over Challengers

Were De Blasio’s Rezonings on the Primary Day Ballot?

Mixed Feelings as Board Takes up Mayor’s Jerome Avenue Rezoning Bid

Where the Mayoral Candidates Stand on Housing

At Heated Inwood Debate, Rezoning Is Central Contention

East Harlem Candidates Get Specific on Housing, Policing

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