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The distrust that has greeted Bill de Blasio’s rezoning proposals in some neighborhoods stems partly from a long history of racist policy of which the mayor is not part but…

ByHarry DeRienzo 1Comment

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Apr 2017

Next NYCHA Infill Site To Add More Units to Two Bridges Neighborhood

The Lower East Side waterfront, already grappling with five proposed luxury towers, will now also get a mixed-income development on public housing land.

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 0Comments

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Apr 2017

Housing and Homelessness

Late Addition to Rockaway Plan Stirs Concerns at Queens BP Hearing

At eight o’clock the night before Melinda Katz’s hearing, the de Blasio administration announced changes to the rezoning.

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 2Comments

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Apr 2017

Opinion

CityViews: Now More Than Ever, the Lower East Side Needs a Community-Led Rezoning

‘There is an assumption that wealth is an answer to our housing crisis. Instead, we must recognize that wealth and exploitation are actually the root of our crisis.’

ByCathy Dang

ByMelanie Wang 5Comments

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Apr 2017

Housing and Homelessness News

East Harlem Stakeholders Plan Push Back on Elements of De Blasio Administration Plan

Affordable housing, tenant protections and lesser density increases are among the demands that a community coalition plans to present to city planners.

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 2Comments

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Apr 2017

Housing and Homelessness News

Official Review Begins of De Blasio’s 3rd Neighborhood Rezoning: East Harlem

The plan’s complexity impressed some planning commissioners. But no effort was made to accommodate the community concerns that greeted an earlier draft.

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 1Comment

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Apr 2017

Housing and Homelessness

CityViews: City Hall Must do More to Make Sure Rezoning Promises Become Reality

‘In this charged political moment, where New Yorkers are concerned about displacement and anxious about the future of their communities, the mayor and City Council need to build on their…

ByAl Scott

ByAlexa Kasdan 1Comment

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Apr 2017

Podcasts

Max & Murphy: The Mayor, the Money, the Borough Where it’s Sunny

City Limits and Gotham Gazette put aside their long and sometimes violent rivalry to discuss Mayor de Blasio’s relationship with the press, money in the 2017 campaign, and the upcoming…

ByJarrett Murphy 1Comment

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Apr 2017

Housing and Homelessness News

A Mix of Feelings on East New York Rezoning’s 1-Year Anniversary

Though the rezoning continues to be controversial and advocates say harassment is on the rise, the administration says it has already begun to deliver on a number of the negotiated…

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 0Comments

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Apr 2017

Housing and Homelessness News

Investors’ Guidebooks to Rezoning Areas Foresee Dramatic Change

A real-estate brokerage’s reports on East Harlem and Gowanus glosses over opposition to potential rezonings there and predicts that the neighborhoods will soon ‘take off.’

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 0Comments

CityViews: America’s Racial History Breeds Distrust of Land-Use Policies

Next NYCHA Infill Site To Add More Units to Two Bridges Neighborhood

Late Addition to Rockaway Plan Stirs Concerns at Queens BP Hearing

CityViews: Now More Than Ever, the Lower East Side Needs a Community-Led Rezoning

East Harlem Stakeholders Plan Push Back on Elements of De Blasio Administration Plan

Official Review Begins of De Blasio’s 3rd Neighborhood Rezoning: East Harlem

CityViews: City Hall Must do More to Make Sure Rezoning Promises Become Reality

Max & Murphy: The Mayor, the Money, the Borough Where it’s Sunny

A Mix of Feelings on East New York Rezoning’s 1-Year Anniversary

Investors’ Guidebooks to Rezoning Areas Foresee Dramatic Change

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