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CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS

Opinion: Sunnyside Yards Master Plan Sits on a Deck of Myths

Kristen Hackett and Jenny Dubnau | March 11, 2020

‘Decking over the180 acres of these rail yards isn’t the answer to the challenges facing Queens residents.’

Mapping the Future
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Immediate Steps Seen for Sunnyside Development Plan

Sadef Ali Kully | March 10, 2020

The de Blasio administration’s vision will take decades to realize. But in the near term, a subway station must be funded and a nonprofit steering entity created, amid deep concerns from some local advocates.

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NYC to Get New Hub for Locally Grown Food

Harry DiPrinzio | August 29, 2019

The new Bronx distribution facility for regional food will boost supply and potentially lower price, backers say.

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In Amazon’s Wake, Huge Sunnyside Yards Master Plan Takes Shape

Shannon Ayala | July 10, 2019

Not far from the site where Amazon would have established its New York HQ2, city planners and community members have been talking—thoughtfully, by most accounts—about a development project that could span decades and reshape western Queens.

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Can Downtown Far Rockaway Model Development Without Displacement?

Abigail Savitch-Lew | March 22, 2018

Six months after the passage of the Downtown Far Rockaway rezoning, long-dormant real-estate forces are rapidly cranking up.

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On Inwood Rezoning, Community Board Committee Adopts Many Residents’ Demands

Abigail Savitch-Lew | March 16, 2018

Manhattan Community Board 12’s executive committee passed a resolution calling for changes to the de Blasio administration’s proposed rezoning.

CITY WIRE: THE BLOG

Ahead of Push for Rezoning’s Approval, City Offers New Details on Investments for Inwood

Abigail Savitch-Lew | January 10, 2018

The de Blasio administration’s fifth proposed rezoning will likely enter public review next week.

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At Heated Inwood Debate, Rezoning Is Central Contention

Abigail Savitch-Lew | September 10, 2017

Councilman Ydanis Rodriguez defended, and his challengers critiqued, the Councilman’s rezoning and library redevelopment plans.

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In East Harlem, Another Milestone for the African Burial Ground Project

Abigail Savitch-Lew | July 27, 2017

The City Planning Commission approved the city’s proposal to redevelop a bus depot on 126th Street into a memorial and mixed-use housing complex.

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City Presents Comprehensive Rezoning Framework for Inwood

Jarrett Murphy | July 14, 2017

While Economic Development Corporation officials said their plan reflects the feedback of the community, residents appeared largely to disagree.

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