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A public hearing on the controversial Queens development proposal took place this week. Fans see a potential to connect isolated areas. Foes fear gentrification.

ByLan Mu for World Journal 0Comments

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Sep 2020

Housing and Homelessness

Tough Questions for Industry City in First Council Hearing on Rezoning Bid

Councilmembers scrutinized the promise of 15,000 to 20,000 jobs, which depends on hiring decisions that Industry City itself will not control.

BySadef Ali Kully 2Comments

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Sep 2020

Opinion

Opinion: Luxury Rezoning Will Displace Flushing Residents, and Our Politicians Know It

‘Just as the pandemic has laid bare long-standing societal issues, not created them from thin air, the Special Flushing Waterfront Project is tied to a long legacy of corporate real-estate…

ByFiona Zhao 0Comments

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Sep 2020

Housing and Homelessness News

Debate in Gowanus About Whether to Pause or Push Rezoning

The last de Blasio rezoning is moving into a public review, where the pros and cons of virtual engagement will be on display.

BySadef Ali Kully 3Comments

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Aug 2020

Housing and Homelessness Land Use and Development

Another Court Win for City Hall Against Critics of Development Schemes

An appeals court on Thursday sided with the de Blasio administration in one element of a tangled legal dispute over a proposed development in the Two Bridges neighborhood.

BySadef Ali Kully 0Comments

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Aug 2020

Housing and Homelessness

Asians in Sunset Park Call City Speaker To Support Industry City Rezoning

The project has been controversial from the beginning. But some think it would boost the local economy and create 20,000 jobs for residents.

ByJieen Yan for World Journal 0Comments

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Aug 2020

Opinion

Opinion: Fairness Requires that NYC Pause the Gowanus Rezoning

‘Gowanus residents have the same right to meaningful civic engagement as other neighborhoods that were rezoned.’

ByJo Anne Simon 15Comments

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Jul 2020

Housing and Homelessness

Housing Advocates Still Hope to Save Funding for Affordable Construction

The recently passed budget shifted capital spending on housing to later years. But some in the housing world think good news from Washington could lead the city to change course.

BySadef Ali Kully 2Comments

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Jul 2020

Housing and Homelessness