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Rafael Salamanca, Jr., is one of the most junior members of the New York City Council but has secured one of the most powerful posts on the body: head of…

ByJarrett Murphy 4Comments

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Feb 2018

Housing and Homelessness News

Panel: City’s Community Planning Process in Need of Major Overhaul

A report, produced by over 40 organizations, elaborates on critiques of the de Blasio administration’s neighborhood rezoning efforts and proposes a set of citywide reforms.

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 3Comments

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Mar 2017

Housing and Homelessness

From Georgia to NYC: The Civil Rights Roots of Community Land Trusts

A new documentary looks at the rise, fall and rebirth of Georgia’s New Communities, Inc., which aimed to empower Black sharecroppers in the 1960s but might offer lessons for urban…

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 1Comment

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Feb 2017

Housing and Homelessness

City Picks Developers for Harlem Site, to Advocates’ Disappointment

A fifth of apartments at the 111th street project will be for families making below $24,480, and one fourth of units will be permanently rent-restricted.

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 1Comment

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Nov 2016

Housing and Homelessness

As Gowanus Rezoning Approaches, Owners on Canal’s Banks Looking to Cash In or Stay Put

Everyone who owns property who spoke to City Limits—perhaps with the exception of some artist owners—are exhilarated by the looming prospect of a rezoning. See an interactive map!

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 0Comments

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Oct 2016

Housing and Homelessness

Podcast: From Coney Island to Atlantic Yards, Lessons of ‘The Brooklyn Wars’

Hear an interview with Neil deMause, whose new book recounts the battles that reshaped Coney Island, Fulton Street, Atlantic Yards and the city around them.

ByJarrett Murphy 0Comments

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Oct 2016

Housing and Homelessness

East New York Rezoning, Six Months Later: The Key Council Vote Speaks

Touting community benefits, Councilman Rafael Espinal supported the rezoning of East New York in April. We checked in with him on the impact of the rezoning—and the delivery on promises—so…

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 5Comments

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Oct 2016

Housing and Homelessness

Fate of Council Speaker’s East Harlem Plan Uncertain

It’s unclear how closely the city’s rezoning proposal will follow the most detailed community-based plan to emerge during the two-plus years of the de Blasio administration’s housing push.

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 1Comment

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Sep 2016

Uncategorized

CityViews: Real Community Planning in NYC Would Let us Talk About Race

‘This problem didn’t start with the current mayor but it’s not ending either. Now is the time to stop zoning without planning and frankly address racialized displacement.’

ByTom Angotti 5Comments

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Sep 2016

Housing and Homelessness

Some Confusion over Prospect of Eminent Domain in Rockaways

The city could use its seizure powers to facilitate the redevelopment of Far Rockaway. But a law firm’s promotional material has alarmed many property owners who are not even potential…

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 0Comments

New Council Land-Use Chair Says Belief in Mixed Income and ‘Fair Share’ Will Shape His Tenure

From Georgia to NYC: The Civil Rights Roots of Community Land Trusts

City Picks Developers for Harlem Site, to Advocates’ Disappointment

As Gowanus Rezoning Approaches, Owners on Canal’s Banks Looking to Cash In or Stay Put

Podcast: From Coney Island to Atlantic Yards, Lessons of ‘The Brooklyn Wars’

East New York Rezoning, Six Months Later: The Key Council Vote Speaks

Fate of Council Speaker’s East Harlem Plan Uncertain

CityViews: Real Community Planning in NYC Would Let us Talk About Race

Some Confusion over Prospect of Eminent Domain in Rockaways

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