Bay Street
Bay Street Rezoning Wins Unanimous Committee OK
Sadef Ali Kully |
All that’s left is a vote by the full City Council, and Mayor de Blasio will have achieved his sixth neighborhood rezoning.
Housing and Homelessness
Planning Commission Sees Ways to Tweak Bay Street Rezoning Plan
Sadef Ali Kully |
The commission has already voted to approve it, but in a detailed report on the plan, it responds to pleas by the community board and borough president for changes to the Staten Island rezoning.
Bay Street
With Bay Street Rezoning Timeline Still Uncertain, Coalition Demands Deeper Affordability
Abigail Savitch-Lew |
Members of the Staten Island Housing Dignity Coalition say they still want answers to their critiques of the city’s rezoning proposal for Bay Street.
Bay Street
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.
Bay Street
The Stand-Up Desk: Nick Petrie on Bay Street and Rezoning
Jarrett Murphy and Marc Bussanich |
Published on Jun 29, 2017
The Make the Road New York organizer talks about the neighborhood around the Bay Street corridors, the planning process so far and how the North Shore’s working class communities of color fit in to the long-standing tensions between the Island and the four other boroughs.
art
Bid to Protect and Promote Art as Staten Island Rezoning Nears
Jarrett Murphy |
A thriving art scene has developed where history, water and culture meet on the borough’s North Shore.
Bay Street
Staten Island Rezoning: Should Public Sites be Used for Housing, Open Space?
Abigail Savitch-Lew |
In areas affected by the looming Bay Street rezoning, advocates are pushing the city to include more housing in some areas, and more open space in others.
Housing and Homelessness
City’s Tenant Protection Effort Breaks Ground and Ruffles Feathers
Abigail Savitch-Lew |
The mayor’s housing and rezoning plan could trigger tenant harassment and displacement, so the city is funding teams of tenant specialists to assist renters in affected areas. Some local advocates cheer the purpose but question the program.
