Affordable Housing
Queens Board Approves Rockaway Rezoning With Significant Conditions
Abigail Savitch-Lew |
Call for lower height limits on new buildings, new infrastructure and affordable housing that favors moderate incomes.
affordability
Tough Choices Face Bushwick as Rezoning Approaches
Abigail Savitch-Lew |
A weekend summit reviewed the nuances of changing density in the neighborhood, where there are relatively few public sites on which policy—rather than the market—would determine what gets built, and for whom.
Brooklyn
Bushwick Tries to Call the Shots in its Rezoning
Abigail Savitch-Lew |
A uniquely open process is shaping a proposal to rezone the increasingly rent-pressured neighborhood. Difficult decisions on affordability might lie ahead.
community planning
City’s East Harlem Plan Tracks Community Blueprint
Abigail Savitch-Lew |
It’s at an early stage, but the official East Harlem rezoning vision follows the general thrust of a detailed plan produced by community groups and the Council speaker.
community planning
Awaiting a City Plan, LIC Groups Sketch Out Red Lines Around Rezoning
Abigail Savitch-Lew |
A coalition is hoping the anticipated rezoning of the Queens rezoning will include deep affordability and labor provisions.
community planning
Video: De Blasio Admin. Makes East Harlem Rezoning Presentation
Jarrett Murphy |
Responding to the East Harlem Neighborhood Plan, the Department of City Planning presented its long-awaited draft rezoning framework to East Harlem’s community board.
chinatown
Chinatown Groups Still Hope City Will Take Up Their Rezoning Plan
Janaki Chadha |
More than a year after City Planning rejected their rezoning plan for being too ambitious, Chinatown advocates are hoping the de Blasio administration’s commitment to ‘community-based planning’ will force a reconsideration.
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
CityViews: Real Community Planning in NYC Would Let us Talk About Race
Tom Angotti |
‘This problem didn’t start with the current mayor but it’s not ending either. Now is the time to stop zoning without planning and frankly address racialized displacement.’
City Council
Enthusiasm Seen for Far Rockaway Rezoning Plan
Abigail Savitch-Lew |
It’s early in the process, and a lot of voices still must be heard, but so far the proposal to rezone the Queens community appears to have received a more positive reaction than any previous de Blasio planning initiative.
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
CityViews: Saving NYCHA Will Require More Change, Not Less
Roy Strickland |
How can public housing reach fiscal stability despite resident skepticism to its development plans? One housing expert says the key is to transform the whole system and the process that charts its future.
