On Tuesday, Mayor de Blasio’s fifth neighborhood rezoning entered the seven-month process through which a rezoning can be approved—but not without strong pushback from neighborhood groups in Inwood.
The revamped housing plan includes steps to implement many of the policy ideas proposed by advocates within the last couple years, though clear disagreements remain between the administration and critics.
There were voices of support for a rezoning when Ruben Diaz Jr. convened a hearing on the city’s Jerome Avenue plan. And there was nuance from the councilwoman whose vote…