city rezonings Archives

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Mayor Adams’ ‘City of Yes’ housing proposal includes a 20 percent density bonus for developers—if the additional units are income-restricted. While City Hall has yet to finalize exact affordability levels,…

ByChris Janaro 0Comments

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Sep 2023

Housing and Homelessness

Mayor Adams Pitches Zoning For Less Parking, More Housing

The elimination of parking minimums is part of a zoning text amendment New York City Mayor Eric Adams detailed Thursday, amid a push to increase housing development citywide.

ByEmma Whitford 3Comments

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Aug 2021

Housing and Homelessness NYCHA

Eric Adams Backs Gowanus Rezoning Plan, With NYCHA Funding Conditions

‘Buildings cannot go up around NYCHA developments while residents see their futures go down,’ Adams said outside the Gowanus Houses Friday.

ByDavid Brand 2Comments

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Jul 2021

Government Housing and Homelessness News

Manhattan Community Board Votes to Reject SoHo-NoHo Rezoning

The board’s resolution rejects the rezoning proposal for the wealthy neighborhoods outright, rather than submit suggestions for improvement, arguing the plan would fail to achieve the city’s affordable housing goals.

ByDavid Brand 5Comments

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Jun 2021

Housing and Homelessness NYCHA

Brooklyn Community Board 6 Backs Gowanus Rezoning—If City Funds NYCHA Fixes

The board says its support for the project, which would upzone a large swath of Gowanus, hinges on the city funding nearly $300 million in repairs at the nearby Gowanus…

ByDavid Brand 3Comments

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Jun 2021

Government Housing and Homelessness

Three Gowanus Rezoning Viewpoints Take Stage at Marathon Public Hearing

Reluctant supporters say the 82-block upzoning proposal is flawed, but will nonetheless create thousands of below-market rate apartments. Others are demanding the plan includes funding for nearby NYCHA demands, while…

ByDavid Brand 6Comments

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Feb 2021

Housing and Homelessness Opinion

Opinion: Five Myths About the Gowanus Rezoning

‘The city, public officials, and developers have all built an increasingly fevered false sense of urgency that shows just how desperate they are to ram through the rezoning while the…

ByLinda La Violette, Penn Rodeen and Benjamin Shepard 5Comments

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Dec 2020

Government Housing and Homelessness News

For City’s Public Meetings, Shift to Virtual Format Has Meant Attendance Boost—& Complications

The shift to remote-only civic meetings during the pandemic is impacting how communities get to weigh in on important city proposals, like rezonings. It’s led to more people attending —…

BySadef Ali Kully 5Comments

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Nov 2020

Housing and Homelessness

Inwood Rezoning Can Move Forward, State’s Highest Court Rules

The New York Court of Appeals declined to hear an Inwood community group’s appeal to a July court decision, which reversed an earlier ruling that would have annulled the controversial…

BySadef Ali Kully 1Comment

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Nov 2020

Government Housing and Homelessness

Flushing Waterfront Rezoning Plan Moves to City Council Vote, Despite Local Dissent

The entire City Council is due to vote on the private rezoning application for the Queens project, which would create a 29-acre waterfront special district with nine new buildings, including…

BySadef Ali Kully 0Comments

Mayor’s Proposed Affordable Housing Bonus Would Target ‘Range of Incomes,’ Officials Say