Abigail Savitch-Lew, Author at City Limits

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Affordable housing, tenant protections and lesser density increases are among the demands that a community coalition plans to present to city planners.

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 11 minRead time

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Apr 2017

Housing and Homelessness News

Official Review Begins of De Blasio’s 3rd Neighborhood Rezoning: East Harlem

The plan’s complexity impressed some planning commissioners. But no effort was made to accommodate the community concerns that greeted an earlier draft.

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 11 minRead time

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Apr 2017

Housing and Homelessness News

A Mix of Feelings on East New York Rezoning’s 1-Year Anniversary

Though the rezoning continues to be controversial and advocates say harassment is on the rise, the administration says it has already begun to deliver on a number of the negotiated…

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 8 minRead time

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Apr 2017

Housing and Homelessness

Growth Fears Fuel Effort to Protect Chinatown. Now, Where Exactly is Chinatown?

Local representatives are beginning the long-awaited move to define just what area of lower Manhattan might be covered by a “Chinatown” rezoning that the de Blasio administration has said it…

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 8 minRead time

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Apr 2017

Housing and Homelessness News

Investors’ Guidebooks to Rezoning Areas Foresee Dramatic Change

A real-estate brokerage’s reports on East Harlem and Gowanus glosses over opposition to potential rezonings there and predicts that the neighborhoods will soon ‘take off.’

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 14 minRead time

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Apr 2017

Housing and Homelessness

De Blasio Plan for Garment District Spurs Fierce Debate

The Manhattan borough president and others have asked the mayor to slow down shifting the manufacturing hub to Sunset Park, a move cheered by property owners but resisted by many…

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 29 minRead time

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Apr 2017

Housing and Homelessness

Huge Waterfront Towers Frame Debate Over LES Rezoning

After years of pushing for a comprehensive rezoning, community leaders are waiting to see the city’s outline for a smaller ‘Chinatown Core’ study as a separate public-review process begins for…

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 13 minRead time

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Apr 2017

Housing and Homelessness

De Blasio Says Staten Island Can Develop Without Losing Its Identity

At a town hall near the footprint of the proposed Bay Street rezoning, the mayor tried to strike a balance between acknowledging concerns about development and extolling its virtues.

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 9 minRead time

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Apr 2017

Education Housing and Homelessness

Confusion and Worry Over Whether School Seats Will Keep Up With De Blasio Rezonings

Community advocates have been at odds with the city over whether the rezonings will create deeper needs for classroom seats than the city’s school-building plans accommodate.

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 24 minRead time

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Apr 2017

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