In areas hit hard by Sandy, the choice between rebuilding or retreating isn’t easy for anyone. It’s harder for those whose finances make elevating their home or accepting a buyout all but impossible.
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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.
Mapping the Future
De Blasio’s Sixth Year in Office Could Feature Three Neighborhood Rezonings
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The mayor in 2015 set a goal of rezoning up to 15 neighborhoods in a drive to create more density and more affordable housing. Five rezonings have passed and at least three are likely to move forward in 2019.
Agenda 2019
Staten Island Rezoning Begins Public Review; 1700 at Risk of Displacement
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The launch of the seven-month public review process starts the clock toward the likely rezoning of 14 blocks along the Bay Street corridor.
BRONX BUREAU
Democrats Seize Full Control of NYS, Thanks in Large Part to Donald Trump
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Democrats will face high expectations to deliver, deprived of the excuse of Republican obstruction. The state GOP, meanwhile, faces a period of self-examination after an historic defeat.
BRONX BUREAU
Election Day Across NYC: Excitement, Worries and Problems at the Polls
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‘It took me an hour and ten minutes to vote,’ one woman said. ‘Do you believe that?’
Read our daylong coverage of the 2018 elections as they play out across New York City.