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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…

BySadef Ali Kully 1Comment

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Feb 2019

Housing and Homelessness

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

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

BySadef Ali Kully 3Comments

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Jan 2019

Health Opinion

CityViews: How Helpful Neighbors Promote New Yorkers’ Health

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

ByOxiris Barbot 0Comments

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Jan 2019

Housing and Homelessness

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

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…

BySadef Ali Kully 3Comments

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Nov 2018

Opinion

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

‘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…

ByKenneth Lee 0Comments

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Nov 2018

Opinion

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

‘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. ‘

ByTom Waters 1Comment

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Nov 2018

Land Use and Development Opinion

CityViews: Vote Yes on Proposal 3 to Make Boards Reflect Their Communities

Most community board members are passionate, thoughtful, intelligent, and dedicated people who seek to improve and serve their communities. More New Yorkers deserve this opportunity.

ByMarco Conner

ByRachel Bloom 3Comments

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Sep 2018

Opinion

CityViews: Affordable-Housing Advocates Must Listen to Opponents of Community Preference

‘In a recent discussion, some very basic assumptions of our sector were challenged.’

ByHarry DeRienzo

ByKirk Goodrich

ByIsmene Speliotis 12Comments

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Mar 2018

Opinion

CityViews: When Developers Threaten Bad ‘As of Right’ Projects, Rezoning Becomes Ransom

‘At worst, the developer’s pitch had all the elegance of a ransom note during a hostage-taking: Give us what we want … or we’ll do something you want even less.’

BySamuel Stein 5Comments

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Feb 2018

Housing and Homelessness News

Panel: City’s Community Planning Process in Need of Major Overhaul

A report, produced by over 40 organizations, elaborates on critiques of the de Blasio administration’s neighborhood rezoning efforts and proposes a set of citywide reforms.

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 3Comments

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

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

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

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

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

CityViews: Vote Yes on Proposal 3 to Make Boards Reflect Their Communities

CityViews: Affordable-Housing Advocates Must Listen to Opponents of Community Preference

CityViews: When Developers Threaten Bad ‘As of Right’ Projects, Rezoning Becomes Ransom

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