City Planning Commission Archives - Page 8 of 9

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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…

BySadef Ali Kully

ByJarrett Murphy 3Comments

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Aug 2020

Housing and Homelessness

City Planning Commission Approves Controversial Industry City Rezoning Plan

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.

BySadef Ali Kully 2Comments

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Aug 2020

Housing and Homelessness

Debate Over Contentious Industry City Rezoning Resumes, As Local Councilmember Opposes Plan

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…

BySadef Ali Kully 2Comments

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Jul 2020

Housing and Homelessness

Restart of City’s ULURP Process Could Save De Blasio’s Last Rezoning

Online City Planning Commission meetings and hearings will begin in August, in time to move ahead with a plan to rezone Gowanus.

BySadef Ali Kully 2Comments

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Oct 2018

Opinion

CityViews: Proposed Mega Towers an Affront to Lower East Side Residents

‘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.’

ByDaisy Echevarria

ByPaula Z. Segal 0Comments

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Oct 2018

Housing and Homelessness

Protest Ahead of Hearing on Proposed Two Bridges Skyscrapers

Opposition to the towers is vocal, and the oppositions’ strategies are varied: Some want to force a land-use review via legislation, while others are threatening a lawsuit.

BySadef Ali Kully 1Comment

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Apr 2018

Housing and Homelessness

Much Dread, Some Hope at Inwood Rezoning Community Discussion

Councilmember Ydanis Rodriguez’s community meeting on Sunday came midway through the public review procedure through which the Inwood rezoning will be approved or disproved.

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 13Comments

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Jan 2018

News

Jerome Ave Rezoning Approved by City Planning Commission, Sent to Council

The De Blasio administration’s fourth neighborhood rezoning—and the first for the Bronx—is moving to the final stages of the approval process.

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 6Comments

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Jan 2018

Housing and Homelessness News

As Public Review Kicks Off, Critics Lambast Inwood Rezoning Proposal

On Tuesday, Mayor de Blasio’s fifth neighborhood rezoning entered the seven-month process through which a rezoning can be approved—but not without strong pushback from neighborhood groups in Inwood.

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 12Comments

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Oct 2017

Housing and Homelessness News