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Bushwick residents, elected officials and other stakeholders say they expect the city’s neighborhood rezoning plan—due out Tuesday—to differ from a community-generated vision released last year on the issues of density,…

BySadef Ali Kully 0Comments

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May 2017

Housing and Homelessness

De Blasio Admin. Report on Housing Options Irks Advocates

The city promised to produce a study exploring housing tools besides mandatory inclusionary zoning. But its long-awaited report is devoted solely to knocking down an idea promoted by housing advocates.

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 2Comments

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Mar 2017

Housing and Homelessness

Five Rezoning Concerns of the Rockaway Land Use Committee

Board members like some aspects of the city’s proposed rezoning of downtown Far Rockaway, but have concerns ranging from the impact of additional density on neighborhood infrastructure to a lack…

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 0Comments

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Dec 2016

Housing and Homelessness

Anger Over Mayor’s Reaction to Chinatown Rezoning Push

The protestors called on the de Blasio administration to take on a broader rezoning of the area in order to control development. But the mayor isn’t the only politician who…

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 0Comments

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Apr 2016

Housing and Homelessness

City’s Staten Island Rezoning Targets Contested Territory

In many ways, Bay Street is like corridors in other de Blasio administration neighborhood plans. One difference is the tensions over race, policing and ‘quality of life’ that have played…

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 3Comments

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Dec 2015

Opinion

Op-Ed: In Defense of a Human-Scaled New York

The looming City Council debate about the mayor’s rezoning proposals should grapple with a deeper question: Should New York accept a future as a hyper-dense metropolis, or try to recapture…

ByLynn Ellsworth 6Comments

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Nov 2015

Housing and Homelessness

How are NYC’s Community Boards Reacting to de Blasio’s Housing Proposals?

Unfounded fears, legitimate doubts and ambitious alternatives have greeted the mayor’s two proposals to change zoning rules to permit greater housing density and require affordable housing.

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 5Comments

Bushwick Awaits City’s Rezoning Proposal

De Blasio Admin. Report on Housing Options Irks Advocates

Five Rezoning Concerns of the Rockaway Land Use Committee

Anger Over Mayor’s Reaction to Chinatown Rezoning Push

City’s Staten Island Rezoning Targets Contested Territory

Op-Ed: In Defense of a Human-Scaled New York

How are NYC’s Community Boards Reacting to de Blasio’s Housing Proposals?

Newsletter

Bushwick Awaits City’s Rezoning Proposal

De Blasio Admin. Report on Housing Options Irks Advocates

Five Rezoning Concerns of the Rockaway Land Use Committee

Anger Over Mayor’s Reaction to Chinatown Rezoning Push

City’s Staten Island Rezoning Targets Contested Territory

Op-Ed: In Defense of a Human-Scaled New York

How are NYC’s Community Boards Reacting to de Blasio’s Housing Proposals?

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