Gowanus
The Department of City Planning has released a draft rezoning proposal.
‘The city must adopt a penalty on commercial vacancies to hold unscrupulous landlords accountable … and discourage further displacement of neighborhood small businesses.’
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Debate in Gowanus About Whether to Pause or Push Rezoning
Sadef Ali Kully
The last de Blasio rezoning is moving into a public review, where the pros and cons of virtual engagement will be on display.
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Restart of City’s ULURP Process Could Save De Blasio’s Last Rezoning
Sadef Ali Kully
Online City Planning Commission meetings and hearings will begin in August, in time to move ahead with a plan to rezone Gowanus.
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Gowanus Groups Pressing for Specifics as Rezoning Review Nears
Sadef Ali Kully
As large real-estate deals continue to close, neighborhood stakeholders have raised some unresolved concerns.
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In Wake of Homeless Slaying, City Shelter Plans in the Spotlight
Jeanmarie Evelly
The brutal killing last week of four men as they slept outdoors in Chinatown has put renewed attention on New York City’s homelessness crisis. At a vigil for the victims held Monday, residents, lawmakers and activists gathered near the scene of the slayings at Kimlau Square in Lower Manhattan to mourn, according to news […]
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