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For a matchmaker in Flushing, a green-card holder or U.S. Citizen is what many clients are looking for. But most of them are also looking for something else.

ByTheodora Yu 14Comments

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Dec 2017

News

A New Year’s Update on the de Blasio Rezonings

We start 2018 with three rezonings approved and many more in the pipeline at various stages.

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Nov 2017

Factcheck: Harsh Language and Overstated Charges in a Council Race Flyer

A flyer containing incendiary charges is circulating in a Lower Manhattan district where there’s a tight Council race. Many of the charges appear overstated or include falsehoods, while the accuracy…

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Oct 2017

Housing and Homelessness News

To Stop LES Waterfront Towers, Board to Support Community Groups’ Rezoning Effort

Three community groups convinced Manhattan Community Board 3’s Land Use Committee to join them in applying for a rezoning to block the controversial towers planned in the Two Bridges area.

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Stakeholders to Apply for Rezoning to Stop Two Bridges Towers

In the latest bid to prevent the construction of skyscrapers in Two Bridges, some advocates and residents are seeking to rezone a portion of the waterfront to require lower heights…

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Aug 2017

Government Housing and Homelessness

Development is Top Issue in Race for Lower Manhattan Council Seat

Eight years ago, Margaret Chin defeated a two-term incumbent to represent the borough’s southern tip. Now she faces three challengers as she seeks a third term.

ByJarrett Murphy 2Comments

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Jul 2017

Housing and Homelessness News

Local Electeds, Stakeholders Demand City Planning Commission Halt Two Bridges Developments

Councilmember Margaret Chin and other elected officials made another call for a full public review of the developments proposed for the Lower East Side waterfront, but some opposing council candidates…

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CityViews: Now More Than Ever, the Lower East Side Needs a Community-Led Rezoning

‘There is an assumption that wealth is an answer to our housing crisis. Instead, we must recognize that wealth and exploitation are actually the root of our crisis.’

ByCathy Dang

ByMelanie Wang 5Comments

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Apr 2017

Housing and Homelessness

Read our ZoneIn Newsletter on Two Bridges Development and the LES Rezoning Debate

Info in English, Spanish and simplified and traditional Chinese.

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Apr 2017

Housing and Homelessness

Growth Fears Fuel Effort to Protect Chinatown. Now, Where Exactly is Chinatown?

Local representatives are beginning the long-awaited move to define just what area of lower Manhattan might be covered by a “Chinatown” rezoning that the de Blasio administration has said it…

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