Abigail Savitch-Lew, Author at City Limits

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A coalition that has pushed for more affordable housing and local job protections says it was ‘deeply disappointed’ by a scoping document released last week.

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 9 minRead time

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Jun 2016

Housing and Homelessness NYCHA

Intense NYCHA Engagement Effort Could Soften Infill Opposition

The authority has held 40 meetings with residents at two developments targeted for the construction of new housing, talking out principles to guide each project. There are signs the effort…

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 9 minRead time

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Jun 2016

Housing and Homelessness NYCHA

NYCHA Responds to Fiscal Crisis With Embrace of Private Sector

From inviting in private developers to hiring nonprofits to run community centers to launching its own 501c3, the authority is embracing the private sector more than ever before. NYCHA says…

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 20 minRead time

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Jun 2016

Government

Unsettled Housing Issues Dog End of Albany Session

Gov. Cuomo’s $20 billion housing plan remains undefined, 421-a is still dead and proposals to alter rent regulations or repeal a cap on building height look unlikely to move.

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 7 minRead time

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Jun 2016

Economy

Trepidation Around Proposal for Regulating Store Rents in NYC

The Small Business Jobs Survival Act, which would establish a right to commercial lease renewal, has been kicking around City Council for three decades. Then as now, worries about economic…

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 22 minRead time

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Jun 2016

Housing and Homelessness NYCHA

Past Rezonings Shape Long Island City’s Feelings About De Blasio Plan

More so than any of the other areas tabbed so far for rezonings under the mayor’s housing plan, LIC has dealt with the effects—good and bad—of Bloomberg-era land-use moves.

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 22 minRead time

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Jun 2016

Government Housing and Homelessness

City Plans Database to Track Promises Made During Rezonings

The system would document every commitment that gets made. One matter for debate: What exactly constitutes a commitment?

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 9 minRead time

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Jun 2016

Housing and Homelessness

City Says Flushing Rezoning is ‘Paused,’ Not Dead; Some Investments Still on Track

It’s unclear what the withdrawal of the city’s Flushing West rezoning proposal means for other neighborhoods.

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 9 minRead time

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May 2016

Housing and Homelessness

Which Neighborhoods Will de Blasio’s Rezonings Target Next?

The city has said little about the remaining eight neighborhoods that will be reshaped to facilitate the mayor’s housing plan. Some advocates hope the quiet will tamp down speculation, but…

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 25 minRead time

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May 2016

Housing and Homelessness

City Delays Next Step in Jerome Avenue Rezoning

A release of the draft scope for the latest area targeted by the de Blasio housing plan will be pushed from May to September to allow more community engagement.

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 7 minRead time

Abigail Savitch-Lew

Bronx Groups Unhappy with City’s Outline of Jerome Rezoning

Intense NYCHA Engagement Effort Could Soften Infill Opposition

NYCHA Responds to Fiscal Crisis With Embrace of Private Sector

Unsettled Housing Issues Dog End of Albany Session

Trepidation Around Proposal for Regulating Store Rents in NYC

Past Rezonings Shape Long Island City’s Feelings About De Blasio Plan

City Plans Database to Track Promises Made During Rezonings

City Says Flushing Rezoning is ‘Paused,’ Not Dead; Some Investments Still on Track

Which Neighborhoods Will de Blasio’s Rezonings Target Next?

City Delays Next Step in Jerome Avenue Rezoning

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