Abigail Savitch-Lew, Author at City Limits

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The de Blasio administration is moving to develop vacant spaces in the Brooklyn neighborhood for a mix of affordable housing and other services—building on earlier plans, engaging the community and…

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 17 minRead time

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Oct 2016

Housing and Homelessness

Fate of Council Speaker’s East Harlem Plan Uncertain

It’s unclear how closely the city’s rezoning proposal will follow the most detailed community-based plan to emerge during the two-plus years of the de Blasio administration’s housing push.

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 23 minRead time

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Sep 2016

Housing and Homelessness

First Official Hearing on Jerome Avenue Rezoning Attracts List of Demands

Community groups pressed for deeper housing affordability and protections for workers. Other voices stressed different priorities.

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 7 minRead time

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Sep 2016

Housing and Homelessness

Some Question Bid to Combine Burial-Ground Memorial with Mixed-Use Development

The MTA is relocating its bus depot at East 126th Street so the city can create a memorial honoring the history of an African burial ground formerly located at the…

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 6 minRead time

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Sep 2016

Housing and Homelessness

Some Confusion over Prospect of Eminent Domain in Rockaways

The city could use its seizure powers to facilitate the redevelopment of Far Rockaway. But a law firm’s promotional material has alarmed many property owners who are not even potential…

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 10 minRead time

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Sep 2016

Housing and Homelessness Investigations

Skeptics Say City’s Environmental Studies Understate Damage from Development

The limited scope, curious criteria and advisory nature of those studies has some community advocates worried the city will miss the problems Mayor de Blasio’s zoning changes could cause.

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 24 minRead time

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Sep 2016

Uncategorized

Divisions Emerge Over Rockaways Rezoning Proposal

Some residents want commercial development, but are concerned about the impact of new housing. Others support residential development, but don’t agree on whether it should serve the poor or middle…

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 6 minRead time

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Sep 2016

Housing and Homelessness

City Agrees Displacement is a Worry, Disputes That Investment is the Cause

At a conference on displacement, the city and advocates split over whether public and private development is a cause of residential displacement, or a potential antidote to it.

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 7 minRead time

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Sep 2016

Housing and Homelessness

Enthusiasm Seen for Far Rockaway Rezoning Plan

It’s early in the process, and a lot of voices still must be heard, but so far the proposal to rezone the Queens community appears to have received a more…

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 12 minRead time

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Sep 2016

Housing and Homelessness

Council Bill Would Boost Land Trusts as Way to Keep Housing Affordable

While other hurdles to community land trusts remain, the bid by Queens Councilmember Donovan Richards would nudge open the door to an approach used in several other states.

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 10 minRead time

Abigail Savitch-Lew

No Rezoning Plan, but City Eyes Brownsville for Big Changes

Fate of Council Speaker’s East Harlem Plan Uncertain

First Official Hearing on Jerome Avenue Rezoning Attracts List of Demands

Some Question Bid to Combine Burial-Ground Memorial with Mixed-Use Development

Some Confusion over Prospect of Eminent Domain in Rockaways

Skeptics Say City’s Environmental Studies Understate Damage from Development

Divisions Emerge Over Rockaways Rezoning Proposal

City Agrees Displacement is a Worry, Disputes That Investment is the Cause

Enthusiasm Seen for Far Rockaway Rezoning Plan

Council Bill Would Boost Land Trusts as Way to Keep Housing Affordable

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