Bay Street
The Department of City Planning is in the midst of the environmental review required before a proposed rezoning of this key Staten Island artery.
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'The decision to set huge apartment complexes in the midst of Victorian homes and the small town centers of the North and East Shores of Staten Island—and not anywhere else in our borough—brought with it a seismic shift in neighborhood culture.'
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City Planning Commission Approves Bay Street Rezoning
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.
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City Says Bay Street Rezoning Could ‘Bring all the Pieces of the Puzzle Together’
But the plan faces a host of questions abut affordability, small business protections, traffic, parks and drainage.
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Community Board Rejects De Blasio’s Bay Street Rezoning, Demands Changes
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.
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De Blasio’s Sixth Year in Office Could Feature Three Neighborhood Rezonings
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.
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