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City Planning officials will present details Thursday on the rezoning proposal to Brooklyn Community Board 6, after the city’s ULURP process was paused for several months during the pandemic.

BySadef Ali Kully 0Comments

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Oct 2020

Opinion

Opinion: Councilmember Relies on Misleading Data in Push for Unjust Gowanus Rezoning

‘This planned rezoning is part of the all-too-familiar de Blasio approach of targeting working class neighborhoods, industrial hubs, and communities of color for luxury condo development.’

ByElyse Shuk

ByNora Almeida

ByJack Riccobono

ByKatia Kelly 10Comments

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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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Jun 2019

Video

Video: Talking Rezonings, Rent Regs, Retail and Running for President

City Limits’ editor appeared on BRIC-TVs 112BK to discusses the Gowanus rezoning, combined sewer overflows, the Queens DA race and Bill de Blasio’s run for president, among other things. Somehow,…

ByJarrett Murphy 0Comments

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Feb 2019

Housing and Homelessness

Gowanus Open House Reveals Proposed Rezoning Faces Optimism, Opposition

‘They heard us for the most part but they did not get everything right. And that is what this part is about.’

BySadef Ali Kully 0Comments

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Feb 2019

Housing and Homelessness

Photo Essay: Meet Gowanus, Ahead of a Possible Rezoning

If passed, the rezoning will reshape a neighborhood that is home to active heavy industry, a vibrant arts scene, major public-housing complexes and a massive Superfund clean-up.

ByAdi Talwar 1Comment

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Jan 2019

Housing and Homelessness

City Unveils Draft Rezoning Proposal for Gowanus

“I know that not everyone is excited about the idea of new residential and commercial development at heights taller than the surrounding brownstone neighborhoods. But I genuinely believe we are…

BySadef Ali Kully 0Comments

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Jun 2018

Housing and Homelessness NYCHA

Industry, NYCHA and Flooding are Areas of Concern as Gowanus Moves Toward Rezoning

A long, multifaceted public-engagement process produced a planning framework with many positives and few surprises for neighborhood advocates. But two areas of concern remain.

BySadef Ali Kully 1Comment

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Jun 2018

Housing and Homelessness

Gowanus Planning Framework is Out

‘We believe this framework gets the balance right for thoughtful growth with truly shared benefits.’

BySadef Ali Kully 0Comments

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Mar 2018

NYCHA Podcasts

Max & Murphy: Nonprofit Developer, Gowanus Advocate & Rezoning Dissenter Michelle de la Uz

Many of the defining policy storylines of today’s New York are, in one or more ways, on the plate of the Fifth Avenue Committee’s executive director, who is also on…

ByJarrett Murphy 0Comments

City Restarts Discussions for Gowanus Rezoning Plan

Opinion: Councilmember Relies on Misleading Data in Push for Unjust Gowanus Rezoning

Debate in Gowanus About Whether to Pause or Push Rezoning

Video: Talking Rezonings, Rent Regs, Retail and Running for President

Gowanus Open House Reveals Proposed Rezoning Faces Optimism, Opposition

Photo Essay: Meet Gowanus, Ahead of a Possible Rezoning

City Unveils Draft Rezoning Proposal for Gowanus

Industry, NYCHA and Flooding are Areas of Concern as Gowanus Moves Toward Rezoning

Gowanus Planning Framework is Out

Max & Murphy: Nonprofit Developer, Gowanus Advocate & Rezoning Dissenter Michelle de la Uz

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