Mapping the Future
New York City Housing Calendar, Aug 3-10
David Brand |
City Limits rounds up the latest housing and land use-related events, public hearings and upcoming affordable housing lotteries that are ending soon.
Opinion
Opinion: As NYC Officials Weigh Outdoor Dining Rules, Listen to Restaurants
Charlotta Janssen |
‘Restaurants are a critical part of the economy, employing 10 percent of New Yorkers. We saw during the pandemic how important they are to communities. Outdoor spaces, heated and cooled, were gathering spaces through the year for weary New Yorkers.’
Affordable Housing
City Planning Commission Backs de Blasio’s Gowanus Rezoning Plan
David Brand |
The CPC voted 9-0 in favor of the proposal, which would pave the way for roughly 8,200 new apartments by 2035. The plan will now head to the City Council for final binding vote within the next 50 days.
Housing and Homelessness
Public Review Process Begins for SoHo Rezoning Plan
David Brand |
The de Blasio administration wants to upzone a 56-block swath of the Lower Manhattan neighborhoods, where elite boutiques and wealthy arrivistes have replaced the manufacturing sites and artists that characterized the area a half-century ago.
land use
Opinion: City Council Should Approve Cea Weaver’s Nomination to the City Planning Commission
Katelin Penner |
‘Time and time again, we have seen the concerns of community members come to fruition, as rezonings have led to rampant gentrification and displacement in working class communities of color across the city.’
NYC Council
Comprehensive Planning Bill Raises Key Questions for Mayoral Hopefuls
Sadef Ali Kully and Jarrett Murphy |
Housing advocacy groups and some elected officials have been pushing for years for the city to adopt a comprehensive plan, and an earlier effort to do so was abandoned during the City Charter Revision process in 2019.
Mapping the Future
City Planning Commission Approves Controversial Industry City Rezoning Plan
Sadef Ali Kully |
The Commission voted 11 to 1 in favor of the factious rezoning application, which would expand the Sunset Park manufacturing and innovation hub by 1.46 million square feet.
Mapping the Future
Debate Over Contentious Industry City Rezoning Resumes, As Local Councilmember Opposes Plan
Sadef Ali Kully |
Carlos Menchaca, the council member whose district includes Industry City, said he would reject the application, setting off a debate over whether a single lawmaker should hold up a development project with potential citywide impact.
City Planning Commission
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.
City Planning Commission
CityViews: Proposed Mega Towers an Affront to Lower East Side Residents
Daisy Echevarria and Paula Z. Segal |
‘Building supertall finger buildings that allow high sales prices based on the views they let inhabitants own hurts neighborhoods by blocking light and air from other buildings and public streets.’
