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After a loud protest disrupted a community-board vote on the mayor’s proposed rezoning, confusion, charges and countercharges swirled. One of the protest leaders says the episode illustrates the need for…

ByMarina Ortiz 4Comments

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Jun 2017

Housing and Homelessness

East Harlem Board To Discuss Last Week’s Hectic Rezoning Vote

What exactly did the board vote on? And was the vote even valid? To the best of our knowledge, here’s where things stand.

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 2Comments

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Jun 2017

Housing and Homelessness

Residents Look for Ways to Reduce the Impact of Massive New LES Skyscrapers

Developers of new towers planned for the Two Bridges area solicited resident feedback on how to address shadows the new buildings will cause and how to target affordable housing the…

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 2Comments

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Jun 2017

Housing and Homelessness Video

Stand-Up Desk Video: Caroline Nagy on the Ongoing Foreclosure Crisis

Not that foreclosure is the only thing city homeowners, or policymakers, have to worry about.

ByJarrett Murphy 1Comment

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Jun 2017

Housing and Homelessness

City Takes First Step to Transform East New York Transit Hub

Long-neglected Broadway Junction may finally get a makeover, but many details of the potential revitalization remain undetermined.

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 0Comments

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Jun 2017

Housing and Homelessness

East Harlem Committee Rejects Current de Blasio Rezoning Plan

In the first step of the ULURP process, the Community Board 11 land-use committee set conditions for its approval of the administration’s plan, demanding lower density and more affordable housing.

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 1Comment

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Jun 2017

Housing and Homelessness

Inwood Groups Show Strength in Push for Contextual Rezoning

It was clear that the Northern Manhattan Is Not For Sale coalition, Save Inwood Library and other neighborhood groups opposed to displacement or overdevelopment had turned out in full force,…

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 9Comments

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Jun 2017

Housing and Homelessness

Read the Newsletter: What Advocates Say East New York Needs 1 Year After Rezoning

Read our free newsletter for East New York, one year after the rezoning.

ByJarrett Murphy 1Comment

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Jun 2017

Housing and Homelessness NYCHA

NYC’s Public Housing was Turning a Corner. Then Came Donald Trump.

Gains made in recent years are threatened under the budget cuts, but they are not the only potential casualty. Rule changes at HUD may increase rents for one-in-20 New Yorkers.