Abigail Savitch-Lew, Author at City Limits

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The administration says it’s providing additional services to support small businesses, but Inwood businesses argue the current rezoning proposal would trigger displacement.

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 12 minRead time

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Feb 2018

Housing and Homelessness

City Review of Inwood Rezoning Proposal: Read the Newsletter

The proposed Inwood rezoning has officially entered the seven-month public review process known as the Uniform Land Use Review Procedure (ULURP) through which a rezoning is approved or disapproved. Read…

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 5 minRead time

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Feb 2018

Housing and Homelessness

Hoja Informativa: Junta Comunitaria Votará Sobre Propuesta Del Alcalde Para Rezonificar Inwood

Inwood es el quinto vecindario a rezonificar que pasa al ULURP bajo el plan de vivienda asequible de la administración De Blasio. La propuesta surgió de la visión del concejal…

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 7 minRead time

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Feb 2018

Housing and Homelessness News Uncategorized

Council To Hear Jerome Ave Stakeholders on Rezoning

Residents will have a final chance to weigh in on the proposal at a hearing on Wednesday.

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 2 minRead time

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Feb 2018

Housing and Homelessness News

Alcántara on the Inwood Rezoning, Fixing Rent Regulations, and the IDC

As her neighborhood faces rezoning and she faces a primary challenger, we sat down with State Senator Marisol Alcántara for a Q&A.

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 35 minRead time

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Feb 2018

Housing and Homelessness News

Panel: City’s Community Planning Process in Need of Major Overhaul

A report, produced by over 40 organizations, elaborates on critiques of the de Blasio administration’s neighborhood rezoning efforts and proposes a set of citywide reforms.

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 10 minRead time

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Feb 2018

Housing and Homelessness News

NYCHA Needs More than $200 Million, Say Residents and Advocates

On the evening before De Blasio was to propose his budget, NYCHA residents and elected officials made a plea for more funding than the mayor has pledged.

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 14 minRead time

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Feb 2018

Housing and Homelessness News

The Complex History of City Limits’ New Uptown Location

City Limits has moved its offices to West 126th Street. We trace the history of our new office space back through the decades.

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 11 minRead time

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Jan 2018

Housing and Homelessness News

The Ambiguous Game of Assessing Affordability in a Rezoning

A city analysis of the Jerome Avenue rezoning includes a list of sites and how much affordable housing might be built on each one, but the city says the list…

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 9 minRead time

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Jan 2018

Government Housing and Homelessness News NYCHA

Cuomo’s Housing Budget Must Go Farther, Some Advocates Say

The governor is in the third year of a $20 billion, five-year housing plan and is facing a state budget crunch—but critics say the homelessness crisis demands more action.

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 23 minRead time

Abigail Savitch-Lew

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