As elected officials, community advocates and residents raised questions about the lack of ULURP for the proposed towers, Community Planning Commission members voiced doubts about the accuracy of the city’s environmental reviews.
Opposition to the towers is vocal, and the oppositions’ strategies are varied: Some want to force a land-use review via legislation, while others are threatening a lawsuit.
Bitterly opposed by many neighborhood residents, the rezoning passed the Council with a single no vote.
Two days before the final City Council vote, hundreds rallied against the plan and several submitted to arrest. What is their argument against the plan that the mayor proposes and the Council looks likely to approve?
After a Council committee approved the Inwood rezoning, a lawmaker had harsh words for the mayor. And back in the neighborhood, Councilmember Ydanis Rodriguez faced protesters occupying his office.
The controversial ‘Commercial U’ is out, and the rezoning has cleared its subcommittee and committee votes.
State Sen. Marisol Alcantara and former Councilmember Robert Jackson joined the show to discuss their competing cases to primary voters in Northern Manhattan and the West Side.
Little separates the two candidates except that fact that one pledged not to join the Independent Democratic Conference and the other did. So, how important is that fact?
Ydanis Rodriguez would not specify which parts of the rezoning were still being negotiated with the city but said he was looking at all options—especially those pertaining to the Commercial U.
A report recommends using the revenue from tax-increment financing to fund community land trusts.