Marjorie Velázquez Archives

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The “Just Home” proposal to house seriously ill people leaving jail cleared one of its final procedural hurdles at a heated public hearing, where locals repeatedly testified that they feared…

ByEmma Whitford 4Comments

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Nov 2023

How a Bronx Election Swerved the Course for Plan to House Formerly-Incarcerated

Political calculus around a City Council race in the East Bronx has slowed the approval process for a plan to house seriously ill people leaving jail, and could cue up…

ByEmma Whitford 1Comment

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Mar 2023

Government Housing and Homelessness Transportation

As New York Leaders Push for More Housing Near Transit, East Bronx Readies for a Rezoning

The Bronx Metro-North rezoning is among the first initiated by the city since Mayor Adams took office, and will look to spur development of 6,000 homes around future train stations…

ByRyan Pullido

ByJeanmarie Evelly 2Comments

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Dec 2022

Government Housing and Homelessness Land Use and Development News

Adams’ First Two Neighborhood Rezonings Take Shape as Mayor Looks to Supercharge Development

Mayor Eric Adams has proposed neighborhood-level rezonings near future Metro-North stations in the East Bronx and along an Atlantic Avenue light manufacturing corridor in Crown Heights and Bedford-Stuyvesant. The local…

ByDavid Brand 5Comments

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Dec 2022

Government Housing and Homelessness In Depth Land Use and Development Politics

NYC Needs Thousands of Apartments for the Formerly Incarcerated. 50 Face Furious Opposition

“Just Home”—a NYC Health + Hospitals (HHC) plan to convert an empty staff residence on the Jacobi Hospital campus into supportive housing for a few dozen people with serious medical…

ByDavid Brand 3Comments

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Oct 2022

Government Housing and Homelessness Politics

Bruckner Rezoning Poised to Pass After Councilmember’s Change of Heart

The Council’s Land Use Committee voted 10-0 to approve a residential rezoning along a strip of Bruckner Boulevard in Throggs Neck after Councilmember Marjorie Velázquez said she backed the plan,…

ByDavid Brand 2Comments

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Sep 2022

Government Housing and Homelessness Politics

Labor is Latest Sticking Point in Debate Over Bruckner Rezoning

The New York District Council of Carpenters issued a statement opposing the plan, saying they would not receive enough work on 349-unit project proposed for The Bronx. Their stance was…

ByDavid Brand 1Comment

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Aug 2022

Government Housing and Homelessness Politics Transportation

NYC Planning Commission Backs Bruckner Rezoning Opposed by Key Councilmember

The proposal has encountered resistance from would-be neighbors and local Councilmember Marjorie Velázquez, who’ve cited concerns about impact on infrastructure, parking and the area’s suburban feel. But one planning commissioner…

ByDavid Brand 7Comments

Plan to House Formerly-Incarcerated Inches Forward in the East Bronx