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At Heated Inwood Debate, Rezoning Is Central Contention
Abigail Savitch-Lew |
Councilman Ydanis Rodriguez defended, and his challengers critiqued, the Councilman’s rezoning and library redevelopment plans.
Election 2017
New Voices vs. Well-Known Name in Harlem Council Race Where Change is the Theme
Jarrett Murphy |
Come Tuesday, voters in Council District 9 must decide whether the smart response to sweeping neighborhood change and hostile national politics is to stay the course in local leadership—or to change that, too.
East Harlem
East Harlem Candidates Get Specific on Housing, Policing
Abigail Savitch-Lew |
District 8 candidates Robert Rodriguez and Tamika Mapp explained their approach to protecting the lowest income residents from displacement, policing the homeless, and more.
African Burial Ground
City Council Approves De Blasio’s 2nd Neighborhood Rezoning
Abigail Savitch-Lew |
News from the City Council this week includes the passage of the Downtown Far Rockaway rezoning, the approval of a temporary relocation site for the District 11 Sanitation Garage and forward momentum for the African Burial Ground Project.
Development
All Hands On Deck to Stop Two Bridges Towers in Lower East Side
Abigail Savitch-Lew |
Community groups and elected officials are trying a variety of means to halt the possibly imminent approval of the proposed Two Bridges skyscrapers—but they don’t all trust each other’s longer term objectives.
Government
Audio: UWS Council Race Frames Citywide Issues
Jarrett Murphy |
Schools and race. Development and neighborhoods. They’re topics that we’re going to hear a lot about if Mayor de Blasio wins a second term. And they’re big issues in the District 6 Council race.
Affordable Housing
Passionate Testimony at East Harlem Rezoning City Planning Commission Hearing
Abigail Savitch-Lew |
The administration presented new investments and new height limits for some portions of the rezoning, but most residents and stakeholders said they still strongly disproved of the city’s rezoning proposal.
Election 2017
Harlem Race is a Test for Council’s Newest Incumbent
Abigail Savitch-Lew |
After a stint in the State Senate, Bill Perkins won back his old Council seat in a special election earlier this year. Now a crowded field will test whether he can hang on to it.
City Planning Commission
UPDATE: East Harlem Rezoning CPC Hearing at Different Place, Time-of-Day
Abigail Savitch-Lew |
If you asked your boss for the morning off, see if you can get the afternoon instead.
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Inwood Rezoning Could Generate 4,300+ New Apartments
Abigail Savitch-Lew |
The draft scope of work for the rezoning, released last Friday, reveals new details about the development potential of the city’s proposed plans.
