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Residents of public housing near the area likely to be rezoned are worried that their community will not benefit from the jobs and housing created by the redevelopment.

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 1Comment

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Mar 2017

Housing and Homelessness Video

Video: Rezonings and Gentrification in East New York and Beyond

Some wonder if rezonings cause the very rent hikes, evictions and neighborhood change the mayor says he’s trying to prevent. What does the evidence say?

ByJarrett Murphy 2Comments

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Mar 2017

Housing and Homelessness Video

Video Highlights from the Jerome Avenue Rezoning Town Hall

Two Councilmembers sat down last week to meet a roomful of residents and workers concerned about the proposed rezoning. Questions about local hiring, business displacement, income diversity and when to…

ByJarrett Murphy 0Comments

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Mar 2017

Housing and Homelessness

Five Rezoning Concerns of the Rockaway Land Use Committee

Board members like some aspects of the city’s proposed rezoning of downtown Far Rockaway, but have concerns ranging from the impact of additional density on neighborhood infrastructure to a lack…

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 0Comments

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Mar 2017

Housing and Homelessness News

With Inwood Rezoning Slowed, Attention Turns to Inwood Library Project

The City has proposed redeveloping the branch with rent-restricted housing and a new library space, but many stakeholders insist the land should not be sold to a private developer.

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 6Comments

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Mar 2017

Economy Housing and Homelessness

Council, Advocates Brainstorm Ways to Protect Auto Industry

Bronx Councilmember Vanessa Gibson introduced a bill to protect auto shops from bad leases, a measure that could be useful in the event of a rezoning.

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 0Comments

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Mar 2017

Economy

Report Finds Rezonings Threaten Auto-Repair Industry

The Pratt Center for Community Development argues that Mayor de Blasio’s proposed rezonings could displace auto-repair shops—a vital source of employment in immigrant communities.

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 2Comments

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Feb 2017

Government Housing and Homelessness

Harlem Pols Say They’ll Get Tough on Rezoning, Affordability Concerns

Those who ran in a special election for a Harlem Council seat—some of whom plan to run again in November—expressed a range of hopes and worries about a proposed rezoning…

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 3Comments

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Feb 2017

Housing and Homelessness

Far Rock Panel Worry: Will There be Too Much Low-Income Housing?

In many neighborhoods facing rezoning, the concern is that too few low-income units will be required. Some Far Rockaways community board members are worried that an influx of poor people…

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 4Comments

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Feb 2017

Housing and Homelessness News

Community Boards Reflect on their Votes For, and Against, Bloomberg Rezonings

There were good intentions, but some boards and certainly the Bloomberg administration underestimated the threat of gentrification, board members say.

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 3Comments

NYCHA Worries Drive Doubts About Long Island City Rezoning

Video: Rezonings and Gentrification in East New York and Beyond

Video Highlights from the Jerome Avenue Rezoning Town Hall

Five Rezoning Concerns of the Rockaway Land Use Committee

With Inwood Rezoning Slowed, Attention Turns to Inwood Library Project

Council, Advocates Brainstorm Ways to Protect Auto Industry

Report Finds Rezonings Threaten Auto-Repair Industry

Harlem Pols Say They’ll Get Tough on Rezoning, Affordability Concerns

Far Rock Panel Worry: Will There be Too Much Low-Income Housing?

Community Boards Reflect on their Votes For, and Against, Bloomberg Rezonings

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