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The names of the city’s real builders, who labor for decades in the toughest neighborhoods, are nowhere. Their accomplishments, everywhere. One of the greatest of these, Luis Garden Acosta, died…

ByTom Robbins 0Comments

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Feb 2018

Housing and Homelessness

City Review of Inwood Rezoning Proposal: Read the Newsletter

The proposed Inwood rezoning has officially entered the seven-month public review process known as the Uniform Land Use Review Procedure (ULURP) through which a rezoning is approved or disapproved. Read…

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 2Comments

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May 2017

Housing and Homelessness

Southern Boulevard Stakeholders Unsure of Planning Process Parameters

City Planning says it’s been up front with the community that a rezoning is a possibility. But some wonder if it’d more accurate to say it’s a near certainty.

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 1Comment

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May 2017

Housing and Homelessness

Hear & See: Excerpts from a Key Hearing on Proposed Development in East Harlem

The city’s rezoning proposal is just one of the plans on the table.

ByJarrett Murphy

ByChristian Vasquez 0Comments

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Apr 2017

Housing and Homelessness

Video: Jerome Avenue Tenant Leader Says Local Groups are in the Dark on Rezoning

The proposed rezoning of a large stretch of Jerome Avenue has been put off again and again. And according to Fitzroy Christian, that’s a good thing.

ByJarrett Murphy 1Comment

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Mar 2017

Housing and Homelessness

Gowanus Stakeholders Dig Into Details of Canal’s Future

A mix of sometimes conflicting concerns were aired as the city heads toward a rezoning of the area.

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 1Comment

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Oct 2016

Housing and Homelessness Land Use and Development

No Rezoning Plan, but City Eyes Brownsville for Big Changes

The de Blasio administration is moving to develop vacant spaces in the Brooklyn neighborhood for a mix of affordable housing and other services—building on earlier plans, engaging the community and…

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 1Comment

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Aug 2016

Housing and Homelessness

Tests Loom for De Blasio’s Approach to Community Planning

The city’s land-use and environmental review processes are normally obscure parts of the city’s bureaucratic machinery. But in two communities where big rezonings are on the table, they are a…

ByNeil deMause 4Comments

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Feb 2016

Housing and Homelessness

As Rezoning Looms, East Harlem Groups Craft Preemptive Plan

A process led by the speaker’s office and a community organization produced a plan for a denser East Harlem—but one offering deeper affordability than the de Blasio administration has proposed…

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 1Comment

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Feb 2016

Uncategorized

East Harlem Neighborhood Plan Released

The East Harlem Neighborhood Plan, a product of nearly ten (10) months of community-based planning efforts, is now out. Community Voices Heard (CVH), a membership organization of low-income families…

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