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Housing and Development

Opinion: Top-Down Comprehensive Planning Will Further Empower Those on Top

By Tom Angotti | January 13, 2021

‘Upon close examination, the speaker’s proposal falls short and leaves the door wide open for the continuation of City Planning’s top-down, developer-driven rezonings by offering them a new shroud of legitimacy: a comprehensive plan engineered by city officials that fast-tracks rezonings.’

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Community Boards

How Widespread Was Violence on New York’s Nights of Unrest?

By Jeanmarie Evelly, Holly DeMuth, Danielle Cruz, Nicole Javorsky, Sadef Ali Kully, Jarrett Murphy and Daniel Parra | June 9, 2020

To get a better sense of what was seen around the city last week, City Limits surveyed all the city’s 59 community boards to ask what violent unrest—and peaceful protest—they had seen.

Community Boards
Inwood After

Inwood Seeing New City Programs and Developer Interest 1 Year After Rezoning

By Sadef Ali Kully | September 4, 2019

Inwood’s rhythms and feel seem unchanged a year after the rezoning. But physical changes are underway, with more to come.

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Biking in Bushwick

It’s Been Slow-Pedaling for Bike Infrastructure in Bushwick

By Rachel Rippetoe | August 9, 2019

The neighborhood has been in the middle of a tug-of-war between some local leaders and citywide policy over how far to go to accomodate bikers.

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Doubts on the Details of the City’s Bushwick Rezoning Proposal

By Sadef Ali Kully | May 17, 2019

Some are worried proposed height limits leave too much room for developers, or too little room for homeowners who want to sell. Affordability options and a playground project are also on residents’ minds.

Community Boards

City Says Bay Street Rezoning Could ‘Bring all the Pieces of the Puzzle Together’

By Sadef Ali Kully | February 28, 2019

But the plan faces a host of questions abut affordability, small business protections, traffic, parks and drainage.

CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS

CityViews: How Helpful Neighbors Promote New Yorkers’ Health

By Oxiris Barbot | January 14, 2019

For the first time, the city’s Community Health Survey sought to learn whether and where New Yorkers felt they had helpful neighbors.

Mapping the Future

De Blasio’s Sixth Year in Office Could Feature Three Neighborhood Rezonings

By Sadef Ali Kully | January 7, 2019

The mayor in 2015 set a goal of rezoning up to 15 neighborhoods in a drive to create more density and more affordable housing. Five rezonings have passed and at least three are likely to move forward in 2019.

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CityViews: A Teen Calls for Opening Up Community Boards—Via Term Limits

By Kenneth Lee | November 5, 2018

‘Voting yes on to create term limits on community boards will open up the process so that more young people, like me, can apply, and, hopefully, get appointed to their local community board. ‘

CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS

CityViews: Term Limits Aren’t What Will Strengthen the City’s Community Boards

By Tom Waters | November 5, 2018

‘The mayor’s commission’s proposal misses the mark, but the Council’s commission should propose steps that would both strengthen the boards’ technical capacity and maintain their independence from City Hall. ‘

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