Abigail Savitch-Lew, Author at City Limits

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A successful rezoning is not out of the question, the coalition believes, but is contingent upon the administration’s willingness to adopt an array of mitigation strategies.

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 6 minRead time

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Nov 2016

Housing and Homelessness

City’s Plans for Public Land in Housing Push Come Under Scrutiny

Cheap land is a key ingredient in building housing for very low-income New Yorkers. Is the city making the best use it can of the land it already owns?

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 24 minRead time

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Nov 2016

Housing and Homelessness Investigations

Do NYC’s Middle-Class Families Really Need Affordable Housing?

The de Blasio administration says there’s need for city-subsidized housing across a wide range of incomes. But data indicates middle-class households face a far less severe affordability problem.

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 14 minRead time

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Oct 2016

Housing and Homelessness

Mark Your Calendar: Upcoming Events on the de Blasio Rezonings

See what’s coming up in your neighborhood!

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 0 minRead time

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Oct 2016

Housing and Homelessness

City Says it Will Be Guided by ‘Bridging Gowanus’ in Rezoning

One couldn’t help but sense some impatience for answers at Thursday night’s first city planning meeting, which launched the de Blasio administration’s study to craft a neighborhood plan for the…

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 10 minRead time

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Oct 2016

Housing and Homelessness

City Takes Time With Inwood Rezoning Process

The Economic Development Corporation seems to have slowed down the process for rezoning the northern Manhattan neighborhood amid a complex mix of support and skepticism among local residents.

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 15 minRead time

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Oct 2016

Housing and Homelessness

Fate of Industry Looms Large in Potential Gowanus Rezoning

In the past, neighborhoods like Gowanus have been rezoned to permit residential and industrial to exist in close proximity. Leaders of the ‘Bridging Gowanus’ effort now want to require it.

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 23 minRead time

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Oct 2016

Housing and Homelessness

City’s East Harlem Plan Tracks Community Blueprint

It’s at an early stage, but the official East Harlem rezoning vision follows the general thrust of a detailed plan produced by community groups and the Council speaker.

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 7 minRead time

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Oct 2016

Housing and Homelessness

Awaiting a City Plan, LIC Groups Sketch Out Red Lines Around Rezoning

A coalition is hoping the anticipated rezoning of the Queens rezoning will include deep affordability and labor provisions.

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 12 minRead time

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Oct 2016

Housing and Homelessness

East New York Rezoning, Six Months Later: The Key Council Vote Speaks

Touting community benefits, Councilman Rafael Espinal supported the rezoning of East New York in April. We checked in with him on the impact of the rezoning—and the delivery on promises—so…

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 22 minRead time

Abigail Savitch-Lew

Bronx Coalition: City Must Look Deeper at Housing, Biz Displacement Before Rezoning

City’s Plans for Public Land in Housing Push Come Under Scrutiny

Do NYC’s Middle-Class Families Really Need Affordable Housing?

Mark Your Calendar: Upcoming Events on the de Blasio Rezonings

City Says it Will Be Guided by ‘Bridging Gowanus’ in Rezoning

City Takes Time With Inwood Rezoning Process

Fate of Industry Looms Large in Potential Gowanus Rezoning

City’s East Harlem Plan Tracks Community Blueprint

Awaiting a City Plan, LIC Groups Sketch Out Red Lines Around Rezoning

East New York Rezoning, Six Months Later: The Key Council Vote Speaks

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