‘New York City, known as one of the cultural epicenters of the world, modernizes with the times, but often at the cost of smaller, community-based initiatives.’
Some advocates are now focused on the plan’s implementation, some on making it better and others on suing the city.
Manhattan Community Board 12’s executive committee passed a resolution calling for changes to the de Blasio administration’s proposed rezoning.
A coalition of Bronx stakeholders say the rezoning and investment package passed by the City Council Land Use Committee still fails to address many of their concerns.
As Manhattan Community Board 12 considers the city’s proposed rezoning, a number of other neighborhood groups are pushing for an alternative plan.
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.
Within a few months this fall, the city announced two separate plans to redevelop the abandoned Greenpoint Hospital site, and across the street, a parking lot owned by the city’s public housing authority—for a total around 750 new apartments within a two-block radius.
While some East Harlem stakeholders are negotiating with the administration to improve a rezoning plan for East Harlem, others continue to resist any rezoning altogether.
After years of pushing for a comprehensive rezoning, community leaders are waiting to see the city’s outline for a smaller ‘Chinatown Core’ study as a separate public-review process begins for a row of skyscrapers in Two Bridges.
Call for lower height limits on new buildings, new infrastructure and affordable housing that favors moderate incomes.