Abigail Savitch-Lew, Author at City Limits

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There were good intentions, but some boards and certainly the Bloomberg administration underestimated the threat of gentrification, board members say.

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 21 minRead time

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Feb 2017

Housing and Homelessness

Tough Choices Face Bushwick as Rezoning Approaches

A weekend summit reviewed the nuances of changing density in the neighborhood, where there are relatively few public sites on which policy—rather than the market—would determine what gets built, and…

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 8 minRead time

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Feb 2017

Housing and Homelessness

De Blasio Ups Number of Low-Income Units in Housing Plan

The number of units in the ten-year housing plan that target families making below $40,800 will be increased from 20 to 25 percent.

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 6 minRead time

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Feb 2017

Housing and Homelessness

How Other Cities are Fighting the Displacement so Many in NYC Fear

From Boston to Portland and in places like Vancouver and Sydney, local governments are taking aggressive steps to prevent development that uproots people of limited means.

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 11 minRead time

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Feb 2017

Housing and Homelessness

City Picks Developers for Harlem Site, to Advocates’ Disappointment

A fifth of apartments at the 111th street project will be for families making below $24,480, and one fourth of units will be permanently rent-restricted.

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 8 minRead time

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Feb 2017

Housing and Homelessness

Backers of Community Land Trusts Seek to Broaden Support

Energized that the city is expressing interest in the model of community-based, nonprofit ownership of land for affordable housing and other uses, groups who back the approach are trying to…

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 5 minRead time

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Feb 2017

Housing and Homelessness

East Harlem Community Board Digs Into Rezoning Controversies

A new CB11 task force will take the lead on responding to the city’s rezoning plan, which has supporters and critics.

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 9 minRead time

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Feb 2017

Housing and Homelessness

City Planners in LIC Must Contend With Flaws in Bloomberg-Era Rezoning

‘We know we don’t always get it right and in part that’s why we’re here tonight,’ one city planning official told the first official meeting on a potential rezoning…

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 7 minRead time

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Jan 2017

Housing and Homelessness

Review Process Begins in the Rockaways for De Blasio’s 2nd Neighborhood Rezoning

Amid far less rancor than greeted the mayor’s first rezoning in East New York, the City Planning Commission certified the Downtown Far Rockaway proposal, starting the ULURP clock.

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 10 minRead time

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Jan 2017

Housing and Homelessness

Bushwick intenta tomar control de su rezonificación

Un proceso excepcionalmente abierto está dando forma a una propuesta para rezonificar el vecindario, cada vez más afectado por la subida de alquileres. Es posible que el futuro depare decisiones…

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 21 minRead time

Abigail Savitch-Lew

Community Boards Reflect on their Votes For, and Against, Bloomberg Rezonings

Tough Choices Face Bushwick as Rezoning Approaches

De Blasio Ups Number of Low-Income Units in Housing Plan

How Other Cities are Fighting the Displacement so Many in NYC Fear

City Picks Developers for Harlem Site, to Advocates’ Disappointment

Backers of Community Land Trusts Seek to Broaden Support

East Harlem Community Board Digs Into Rezoning Controversies

City Planners in LIC Must Contend With Flaws in Bloomberg-Era Rezoning

Review Process Begins in the Rockaways for De Blasio’s 2nd Neighborhood Rezoning

Bushwick intenta tomar control de su rezonificación

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