Jerome Avenue Auto Firms Say City’s Relocation Fund is too Small
Sadef Ali Kully |
‘Willets Point was dressed in a tuxedo. Jerome Avenue is in shorts and a t-shirt.’
‘Willets Point was dressed in a tuxedo. Jerome Avenue is in shorts and a t-shirt.’
The De Blasio administration has expanded partnerships with unions and amped up construction safety requirements, but advocates say the city could go farther to ensure low income residents access real careers in the industry.
Rent-stabilized tenants made a lot of policy wins last year, but advocates say there’s still more the state and city could do to fight rent overcharges in rent-stabilized apartments.
Industry and neighborhood advocates have concerns about the continuing conversion of industrial land to residential land, but the administration says it is carefully striking balance of ranging city priorities.
The administration’s first neighborhood rezoning in the Bronx and its fourth overall was unanimously approved by the Council after protesters were removed from the chamber.
Many of the defining policy storylines of today’s New York are, in one or more ways, on the plate of the Fifth Avenue Committee’s executive director, who is also on the City Planning Commission.
A coalition of Bronx stakeholders say the rezoning and investment package passed by the City Council Land Use Committee still fails to address many of their concerns.
The Council did not significantly alter the rezoning itself, but it did secure a commitment for the creation of two new schools and other investments.
Councilmember Francisco Moya, the new chair of the Subcommittee on Zoning and Franchises, says his land use priorities are rooted in his Queens upbringing.
From matters of affordability to school overcrowding, much remains subject to ongoing negotiation between the Council and the administration.