District 74 covers most of the Lower East Side, the East Village, Gramercy Park, Murray Hill and some of Midtown East. The preceding assemblyman, Brian Kavanagh, left office to take a seat in the State Senate.
Most speakers called on the Borough President to vote no to the proposed Inwood rezoning, saying it would exacerbate displacement and tax local infrastructure.
Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer held a hearing April 10 on the de Blasio administration’s proposed rezoning in Inwood, a key step in the land-use approval process. Watch the video!
The board’s vote is not binding, but it sends a signal to higher powers that the rezoning proposal will need to change before it has local support.
Some advocates are now focused on the plan’s implementation, some on making it better and others on suing the city.
Manhattan Community Board 12’s executive committee passed a resolution calling for changes to the de Blasio administration’s proposed rezoning.
Members of the crowd at Monday’s hearing expressed other concerns about the rezoning plan, including how the influx of residents the new development will bring could impact local schools and crowded subway lines.
Authors say that the nation’s current housing system fails communities and that political leaders must bring alternative models to scale.
Community Board 12 has one month to deliberate the passionate views expressed on the Economic Development Corporation’s proposed neighborhood rezoning.
Read the alternative neighborhood plan crafted by a variety of Inwood stakeholders.
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