rezonings Archives - City Limits

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During four years at the agency’s helm, Garodnick helped pass the first major citywide rezoning in decades and rezoned five neighborhoods. Mayor Mamdani will have to pick a new head…

ByPatrick Spauster 1Comment

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Nov 2025

Featured Government Housing and Homelessness In Depth Land Use and Development

Housing in ‘The Hole’? Residents Have Hope After Decades of Disinvestment

New York’s infamous ‘Hole’ neighborhood in East New York is slated for resiliency upgrades, a rezoning, and more housing.

ByPatrick Spauster 4Comments

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Oct 2025

Government Housing and Homelessness Land Use and Development Opinion Politics

Opinion: Jamaica Rezoning is a Gift to Real Estate, Not Residents

"Despite community pleas for affordable homeownership opportunities, the proposal guarantees effectively none for Jamaica residents. Other desired community benefits (e.g., sewer upgrades and funding for local non-profits) remain entirely hypothetical."…

ByNatalie Bump Vena 3Comments

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Jun 2025

Government Housing and Homelessness Land Use and Development Opinion

Opinion: The Promise—and Pushback—on NYC’s Racial Impact Studies

“Racial impact studies don’t block or delay rezonings. They simply pull together data that’s already publicly available,” the authors write. “What the backlash reveals is how uncomfortable some developers are with giving…

ByTara Duvivier

ByEve Baron 0Comments

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Oct 2024

Homelessness Housing and Homelessness Housing Calendar NYCHA

NYC Housing Calendar, Oct. 7-14

City Limits rounds up the latest housing and land use-related events, public hearings and affordable housing lotteries that are ending soon.

ByJeanmarie Evelly 0Comments

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Aug 2024

Government Housing and Homelessness Land Use and Development

Tracking Community Boards’ Feedback on City of Yes for Housing

“I think those of us who have homes should think about those who don’t have homes,” Mayor Eric Adams said in a recent push for his housing plan. “Far too…

ByJeanmarie Evelly

ByChris Janaro

BySubeksha Poudel 6Comments

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Aug 2024

Government Housing and Homelessness

Council Approves Rezoning to Spur 7K New Homes Around Future East Bronx Train Stations

The plan will allow for new residential development around two incoming MetroNorth stations in Morris Park and Parkchester/Van Nest. It includes “critical modifications” to respond to locals concerns about retaining…

ByJeanmarie Evelly 3Comments

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Jul 2024

Government Housing and Homelessness Land Use and Development Opinion Politics

Opinion: Mayor’s City of Yes is Really a ‘City of Cake’

“If Mayor Adams is serious about addressing the affordability crisis, he should direct his city agencies to use planning tools to slow land speculation, tax warehoused property and pied-à-terres, and…

ByTom Angotti

ByJenny Dubnau

ByMemo Salazar 1Comment

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May 2024

Housing and Homelessness Housing Calendar NYCHA Resources

NYC Housing Calendar, May 28-June 3

City Limits rounds up the latest housing and land use-related events, public hearings and affordable housing lotteries that are ending soon.

ByJeanmarie Evelly 0Comments

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Jan 2024

Government Housing and Homelessness Land Use and Development Opinion

Opinion: Build Housing Where We Need it Most

“Allowing new housing development—in conjunction with other measures to protect tenants and make New York more affordable—is how our city can survive and thrive in the years to come.”

ByZellnor Myrie 16Comments

City Planning Director Dan Garodnick, Key to ‘City of Yes’ Passage, To Step Down