Brooklyn
Tough Questions for Industry City in First Council Hearing on Rezoning Bid
Sadef Ali Kully |
Councilmembers scrutinized the promise of 15,000 to 20,000 jobs, which depends on hiring decisions that Industry City itself will not control.
City Council
Opinion: Luxury Rezoning Will Displace Flushing Residents, and Our Politicians Know It
Fiona Zhao and Joseph J. Jung |
‘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 pushing for development that will displace us.’
Mapping the Future
Debate in Gowanus About Whether to Pause or Push Rezoning
Sadef Ali Kully |
The last de Blasio rezoning is moving into a public review, where the pros and cons of virtual engagement will be on display.
Mapping the Future
Another Court Win for City Hall Against Critics of Development Schemes
Sadef Ali Kully |
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.
Voices of New York
Asians in Sunset Park Call City Speaker To Support Industry City Rezoning
Jieen Yan for World Journal |
The project has been controversial from the beginning. But some think it would boost the local economy and create 20,000 jobs for residents.
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
Opinion: Fairness Requires that NYC Pause the Gowanus Rezoning
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‘Gowanus residents have the same right to meaningful civic engagement as other neighborhoods that were rezoned.’
Affordable Housing
Housing Advocates Still Hope to Save Funding for Affordable Construction
Sadef Ali Kully |
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.
Development
Appeals Court Sides With City Hall in Dispute Over Inwood Rezoning
Sadef Ali Kully |
The decision paves the way for the restoration of the 2018 rezoning of the Manhattan neighborhood, which a lower court had annulled last year.
City Planning Commission
Restart of City’s ULURP Process Could Save De Blasio’s Last Rezoning
Sadef Ali Kully |
Online City Planning Commission meetings and hearings will begin in August, in time to move ahead with a plan to rezone Gowanus.
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
Opinion: Gowanus Rezoning Must Heed COVID-19 Lessons & Offer Racial Justice
Monica Underwood, Paula Smith, Sandra Garcia, Tracey Pinkard, Karen Blondel, Sabine Aronowsky, SJ Avery, Lynn Neuman, Ben Margolis and Andrea Parker |
‘The de Blasio administration must recommit to advancing its first rezoning in what is now a majority white, middle-income neighborhood and ensure that the vision of a thriving, inclusive, and resilient Gowanus is actually realized.’
