The memo lists the coalition’s serious concerns regarding the potential displacement of current residents around Broadway Junction, and states that they are opposed to any rezoning of the area.
Agenda 2019
Max & Murphy: Bronx Boro Prez Ruben Diaz Jr. on Jails, Power and Running for Mayor
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City Limits’ Jarrett Murphy and Ben Max from Gotham Gazette interview Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz, Jr., about borough jails, affordable housing and the 2021 mayoral race.
BROOKLYN BUREAU
City Projects Gowanus Rezoning Will Lead to 8,200 New Apartments
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The housing projections revealed this week set up the Gowanus rezoning to be the largest apartment producer of all the de Blasio administration’s neighborhood plans.
BRONX BUREAU
One Year After the Rezoning, Has Jerome Avenue Changed?
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The de Blasio administration says it has started to deliver on promises of housing help, street improvements and business assistance. Tenant groups and business advocates, however, say their worries remain.
Agenda 2019
Review Begins of City’s Plan to Build Four New Jails en Route to Closing Rikers
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The number of outstanding questions reflects the size of the population involved, the magnitude of the construction projects the effort entails and the unique nature of building temporary housing for people who live there involuntarily.
Mapping the Future
Embrace it? Channel it? Or Try to Stop It Altogether?
Two Bridges is Divided Over Responding to Change
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Concerns about tenant harassment, rising rents and sudden neighborhood change frame the intense debate about the proposed development of three buildings along the East River in Two Bridges.
JUSTICE
Feds Eye New Contract for City’s Only Private Jail, Which Can House ICE Detainees
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The Queens Detention Facility is New York City’s only privately run detention facility. It houses over 200 federal detainees for the US Marshals Service.
BRONX BUREAU
Resident Input Sought as City Edges Toward Possible Bronx Rezoning
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Councilman Rafael Salamanca, who represents the area, says his biggest concern is the possible displacement of residents and small businesses.
BROOKLYN BUREAU
Heights of Potential Development Concern Some in Gowanus
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Some residents fear potential 22-story towers on the Canal corridor. Planning officials say such buildings would be rare under the proposed rezoning but are part of the trade-off for getting lower heights immediately adjacent to the canal.
Mapping the Future
Video: City’s Planners Pitch Gowanus Rezoning Plan
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The Gowanus proposal grew out of—but does not entirely reflect—a community-based discussion about how the Brooklyn neighborhood should grow.
Community Boards
City Says Bay Street Rezoning Could ‘Bring all the Pieces of the Puzzle Together’
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But the plan faces a host of questions abut affordability, small business protections, traffic, parks and drainage.