What impact have the mayor’s moves had on East New York, Downtown Far Rockaway, East Harlem, Jerome Avenue and Inwood?
City on the Edge: Climate Change and New York
Brief Window for Comment on Wetlands Impact of Staten Island Project
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Wetlands are a critical environmental resource as climate change causes rising sea levels and more intense coastal storms.
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Council Approves Bay Street Rezoning, the Sixth Under De Blasio’s Housing Plan
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There were 44 votes in favor of the rezoning plan and two votes, by Staten Island Republican Councilmembers Steve Matteo and Joseph Borelli, against the plan.
City on the Edge: Climate Change and New York
Activists Still Hoping to Derail Plan to Develop on Staten Island Wetland
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A year and a half after it won City Council approval, a Staten Island development project is stalled thanks to an unsuspecting turtle.
Bay Street
Bay Street Rezoning Wins Unanimous Committee OK
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All that’s left is a vote by the full City Council, and Mayor de Blasio will have achieved his sixth neighborhood rezoning.
Homepage Featured
City’s Promises in the Spotlight as Bay Street Rezoning Moves Forward
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The plan would rezone 20 blocks of Staten Island’s North Shore and could lead to the creation of 1,800 new units of housing, including 1,300 income-targeted apartments. The city has promised $250 million in local investments.
Housing and Development
Planning Commission Sees Ways to Tweak Bay Street Rezoning Plan
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The commission has already voted to approve it, but in a detailed report on the plan, it responds to pleas by the community board and borough president for changes to the Staten Island rezoning.
City Planning Commission Approves Bay Street Rezoning
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The City Council will now take up the sixth neighborhood rezoning it has considered during the de Blasio administration, and the first one on Staten Island.
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.
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
CityViews: It’s Time to Finally Give Up the Dream of a Subway to Staten Island
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‘There is a continuing series of feasibility studies that generate money for consultants along with free publicity for elected officials. At the end of the day, the long abandoned Brooklyn to Staten Island subway will stay buried.’
City Council
Community Board Rejects De Blasio’s Bay Street Rezoning, Demands Changes
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The conditions set by the board included 20 acres of public open space, construction of new schools, additional ferry services and making the proposed renovations to the Cromwell recreation center a separate project with its own funding.