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Inwood rezoning

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Council Votes to Make Racial Impact Studies Part of NYC Land Use Process

David Brand | June 18, 2021

Residents of low- to middle-income communities of color have resisted various neighborhood-level land use applications which they say will fuel gentrification and increase rents.

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Eight Candidates Compete for Upper Manhattan Council District Battered By Pandemic

Ese Olumhense | June 16, 2021

Many running to represent the ethnically diverse district—which is home to the largest population of Dominicans than any other community in the United States—said in campaign materials that COVID-19 should be a key priority for the incoming Council member.

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Opinion: Moving Toward Just Land Use and Housing Policies in NYC

Cheryl Pahaham and Paul Epstein | December 16, 2020

‘Across the city, the mayor and developers are pushing rezonings and development projects that attempt to rip out the fertile roots of people and place, to wholly redefine city neighborhoods for a wealthier and whiter population.’

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Inwood Rezoning Can Move Forward, State’s Highest Court Rules

Sadef Ali Kully | November 24, 2020

The New York Court of Appeals declined to hear an Inwood community group’s appeal to a July court decision, which reversed an earlier ruling that would have annulled the controversial rezoning plan.

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Appeals Court Sides With City Hall in Dispute Over Inwood Rezoning

Sadef Ali Kully | July 23, 2020

The decision paves the way for the restoration of the 2018 rezoning of the Manhattan neighborhood, which a lower court had annulled last year.

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Stage Set for Next Round in Inwood’s Rezoning Saga

Sadef Ali Kully | April 15, 2020

The city’s Law Department says it is ready to deliver its case to a state appeals court for restoring the Inwood rezoning, which was annulled by a lower court last year. It’s just not sure exactly when it will be able to do so.

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Judge Annuls Inwood Rezoning, Citing Flaws in City’s Review

Sadef Ali Kully | December 20, 2019

The ruling is a potentially significant legal setback for the de Blasio administration as it moves into its final two years with at least three major potential rezonings on the docket.

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Inwood Community Groups Head to Court in Lawsuit Challenging Neighborhood Rezoning

Sadef Ali Kully | August 15, 2019

The lawsuit argues the city’s environmental review process for the rezoning failed to examine how it would impact the socio-economic demographics of the Inwood community, including race, income and language.

CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS

CityViews: Done Right, Inwood Rezoning Could Be Good For Working Families

David Muñoz | April 11, 2018

‘The City Council has a real opportunity here to hold developers to a higher standard.’

Housing and Homelessness

At Inwood Rezoning Meeting, More Fears of Gentrification

Jeanmarie Evelly | March 13, 2018

Members of the crowd at Monday’s hearing expressed other concerns about the rezoning plan, including how the influx of residents the new development will bring could impact local schools and crowded subway lines.

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