Affordable Housing
CityViews: Affordable-Housing Advocates Must Listen to Opponents of Community Preference
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‘In a recent discussion, some very basic assumptions of our sector were challenged.’
as of right
CityViews: When Developers Threaten Bad ‘As of Right’ Projects, Rezoning Becomes Ransom
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‘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.’
Community Boards
Panel: City’s Community Planning Process in Need of Major Overhaul
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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.
ARTS and CULTURE
Nighttime NYC: LES Residents, Community Board Wary of New Liquor Licenses
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Residents have dubbed on area ‘Hell Square’—a 24-block area below East Houston Street with over 100 full liquor licenses.
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
CityViews: Rezoning Vote Confrontation Demands Community Board Reform
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After a loud protest disrupted a community-board vote on the mayor’s proposed rezoning, confusion, charges and countercharges swirled. One of the protest leaders says the episode illustrates the need for community-board reform.
Community Boards
Clash of Opinions on De Blasio’s Approach to Rezoning
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At a panel discussion hosted by City Limits, experts split over the premise and impact of the mayor’s housing and rezoning plan. But they agreed that the planning process could be improved.
rezoning
Community Boards Reflect on their Votes For, and Against, Bloomberg Rezonings
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There were good intentions, but some boards and certainly the Bloomberg administration underestimated the threat of gentrification, board members say.
Affordable Housing
East Harlem Community Board Digs Into Rezoning Controversies
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A new CB11 task force will take the lead on responding to the city’s rezoning plan, which has supporters and critics.
Budget
City’s Community Boards Play Bigger Role Within Tight Budgets
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Funding for the bodies has increased steadily, if slowly, since 1996. But resources are still scarce for the entities that represent the city’s most local level of government.
Bronx
First Official Hearing on Jerome Avenue Rezoning Attracts List of Demands
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Community groups pressed for deeper housing affordability and protections for workers. Other voices stressed different priorities.