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‘Forecasts tell us that an additional 2 million people could be added to our region over the next 28 years, adding millions of daily passenger trips by bus, rail rapid…

ByJosé M. Rivera 0Comments

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Aug 2017

NYC’s Planning Commission: Rubber Stamps or Checks and Balances?

The mayor appoints a majority of members. The chair heads a mayoral agency. But the City Planning Commission is supposed to scrutinize each rezoning application on its own merit. …

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 3Comments

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Jun 2017

Housing and Homelessness

The Stand-Up Desk: Nick Petrie on Bay Street and Rezoning

Published on Jun 29, 2017 The Make the Road New York organizer talks about the neighborhood around the Bay Street corridors, the planning process so far and how the North…

ByJarrett Murphy

ByMarc Bussanich 0Comments

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Jun 2017

Opinion

CityViews: Rezoning Vote Confrontation Demands Community Board Reform

After a loud protest disrupted a community-board vote on the mayor’s proposed rezoning, confusion, charges and countercharges swirled. One of the protest leaders says the episode illustrates the need for…

ByMarina Ortiz 4Comments

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Jun 2017

Housing and Homelessness

Residents Look for Ways to Reduce the Impact of Massive New LES Skyscrapers

Developers of new towers planned for the Two Bridges area solicited resident feedback on how to address shadows the new buildings will cause and how to target affordable housing the…

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 2Comments

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May 2017

Housing and Homelessness Podcasts Video

Stand-Up Desk: Antonio Reynoso Talks About Planning for Bushwick’s Future

The Brooklyn Democrat discusses displacement and development in Bushwick, the community process he helped launch to plan for the neighborhood’s future and the questions all New Yorkers should be asking…

ByJarrett Murphy 0Comments

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May 2017

Housing and Homelessness

Tenant Group Outlines Fears About Rezonings—and a Path Around Them

Bronx advocates say a rezoning increases the risk for displacement of low-income people. But, they argue, it doesn’t have to be that way.

ByJarrett Murphy 2Comments

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May 2017

Housing and Homelessness

Southern Boulevard Stakeholders Unsure of Planning Process Parameters

City Planning says it’s been up front with the community that a rezoning is a possibility. But some wonder if it’d more accurate to say it’s a near certainty.

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 1Comment

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May 2017

Housing and Homelessness