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A New Year’s Update on the de Blasio Rezonings
Abigail Savitch-Lew |
We start 2018 with three rezonings approved and many more in the pipeline at various stages.
We start 2018 with three rezonings approved and many more in the pipeline at various stages.
The City Planning Commission listened to passionate testimony regarding the proposed Jerome Avenue rezoning.
The vote brings the fourth De Blasio rezoning one step closer to approval.
The outcomes so far seem promising, though it’s hard to make an absolute assessment.
The revamped housing plan includes steps to implement many of the policy ideas proposed by advocates within the last couple years, though clear disagreements remain between the administration and critics.
An increasing number of communities are forming workforce referral systems modeled after the Lower East Side Employment Network.
There were voices of support for a rezoning when Ruben Diaz Jr. convened a hearing on the city’s Jerome Avenue plan. And there was nuance from the councilwoman whose vote will matter most.
The vote, along with a similar recommendation by Community Board 4 on Tuesday night, provides backing for de Blasio’s fourth neighborhood rezoning.
Board 5, which shares an equal portion of the rezoning, will vote Wednesday.
Both supporters and critics of the rezoning will agree: a lot remains uncertain.