Abigail Savitch-Lew, Author at City Limits

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Advocates want the city to require developers who take advantage of rezonings to hire local residents for construction jobs. The city fears a legal challenge, but San Francisco and Los…

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 11 minRead time

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Dec 2016

De Blasio Admin. Says Housing Plan Serves the Most Burdened; Some Data Says Different

The city says families making between $24,480 and $57,120 are the most rent-burdened. But data we’ve reported on indicates those with incomes under $20,000 have it worse.

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 6 minRead time

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Dec 2016

Housing and Homelessness

Visions Clash at Meeting on Environmental Review for East Harlem Rezoning

The city’s rezoning plan has critics aplenty–the supporters of a separate ‘neighborhood plan,’ their partners who want to press beyond that plan, and several groups who want to see no…

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 13 minRead time

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Dec 2016

Housing and Homelessness NYCHA

Board Moves Toward a Yes—With Misgivings—to de Blasio Administration on Chinatown Rezoning

Community Board 3 is now trying to decide whether to give their blessings to the administration’s offer to conduct a rezoning study that omits the broader neighborhood.

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 10 minRead time

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Dec 2016

Housing and Homelessness Podcasts

ZoneIn Audio: How Jerome Avenue Area Residents Feel About the Rezoning

We asked people attending a November meeting of the Bronx Coalition for a Community Vision how they feel about the potential rezoning of the area. Hear their voices and views.

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 0 minRead time

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Dec 2016

Housing and Homelessness Land Use and Development

City Eyes Second Bronx Neighborhood for Possible Rezoning

A study is underway of a 130-block area east and south of Crotona Park. Some welcome it but others worry about the cumulative effect on the Bronx of this potential…

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 14 minRead time

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Dec 2016

Housing and Homelessness

Call for Halt to Aggressive Real-Estate Tactics in East New York

Elected officials and community groups—some of whom blame the recent rezoning for what they say is an uptick in harassment of homeowners and renters—want the area declared a ‘cease and…

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 8 minRead time

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Dec 2016

Housing and Homelessness

Environmental Concerns Mix With Housing Worries in Debate Over Gowanus Rezoning

There’s little doubt that the neighborhood needs to be protected from rising seas. There is concern, however, about what kind of community will be shielded by the storm barriers.

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 8 minRead time

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Dec 2016

Housing and Homelessness

Anger Over Mayor’s Reaction to Chinatown Rezoning Push

The protestors called on the de Blasio administration to take on a broader rezoning of the area in order to control development. But the mayor isn’t the only politician who…

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 11 minRead time

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Dec 2016

Housing and Homelessness

Flushing West Rezoning is Dead, But Push to Change Neighborhood’s Look Lives On

The city is coming out with a study of the neighborhood that will recommend steps meant to improve the waterfront and more—which it hopes will shape applications for zoning changes…

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 8 minRead time

Abigail Savitch-Lew

Labor, Law and Lessons from California: The Debate Over Local Hiring and the Rezonings

De Blasio Admin. Says Housing Plan Serves the Most Burdened; Some Data Says Different

Visions Clash at Meeting on Environmental Review for East Harlem Rezoning

Board Moves Toward a Yes—With Misgivings—to de Blasio Administration on Chinatown Rezoning

ZoneIn Audio: How Jerome Avenue Area Residents Feel About the Rezoning

City Eyes Second Bronx Neighborhood for Possible Rezoning

Call for Halt to Aggressive Real-Estate Tactics in East New York

Environmental Concerns Mix With Housing Worries in Debate Over Gowanus Rezoning

Anger Over Mayor’s Reaction to Chinatown Rezoning Push

Flushing West Rezoning is Dead, But Push to Change Neighborhood’s Look Lives On

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