The Economic Development Corporation seems to have slowed down the process for rezoning the northern Manhattan neighborhood amid a complex mix of support and skepticism among local residents.
A lawsuit challenging New York’s practice of setting aside affordable apartments for nearby residents is still alive after a judge rejected a bid by the de Blasio administration to have…
In the past, neighborhoods like Gowanus have been rezoned to permit residential and industrial to exist in close proximity. Leaders of the ‘Bridging Gowanus’ effort now want to require it.
Hear an interview with Neil deMause, whose new book recounts the battles that reshaped Coney Island, Fulton Street, Atlantic Yards and the city around them.
Funding for the bodies has increased steadily, if slowly, since 1996. But resources are still scarce for the entities that represent the city’s most local level of government.
It’s at an early stage, but the official East Harlem rezoning vision follows the general thrust of a detailed plan produced by community groups and the Council speaker.
The meeting aimed to establish some principles that community groups plan to fight for when a rezoning plan is actually proposed.
On Monday, October 17, the Justice for All Coalition (a…
Responding to the East Harlem Neighborhood Plan, the Department of City Planning presented its long-awaited draft rezoning framework to East Harlem’s community board.
Touting community benefits, Councilman Rafael Espinal supported the rezoning of East New York in April. We checked in with him on the impact of the rezoning—and the delivery on promises—so…
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