Government
NYC Housing Calendar, Jan. 5-11
Jeanmarie Evelly |
City Limits rounds up the latest housing and land use-related events, public hearings and upcoming affordable housing lotteries that are ending soon.
Health and Environment
In Wake of Rezonings, Renewed Call for More Health Facilities on Hospital-Starved Rockaway Peninsula
Jeanmarie Evelly |
Residential rezonings, including one approved this summer for Edgemere, are poised to bring thousands of new apartments to the Rockaways over the next decade, but just a single hospital has served the peninsula since 2012. A new task force is being asked to create a roadmap for expanding local healthcare services, including a facility that offers trauma care.
Bronx
Bruckner Rezoning Poised to Pass After Councilmember’s Change of Heart
David Brand |
The Council’s Land Use Committee voted 10-0 to approve a residential rezoning along a strip of Bruckner Boulevard in Throggs Neck after Councilmember Marjorie Velázquez said she backed the plan, following months of opposition.
housing
City Planning Approves Innovation QNS Rezoning, Sending Plan to a Council Vote
David Brand |
Innovation QNS has emerged as the latest flashpoint in a debate over housing production, with supporters saying the plan will provide much-needed units for New Yorkers of all income levels, while opponents say it includes too few income-restricted units for low- and middle-income residents.
City on the Edge: Climate Change and New York
NYC Council Approves ‘Resilient Edgemere’ Rezoning Plan
Liz Donovan and David Brand |
The land use plan, part of a broader initiative known as Resilient Edgemere, encompasses the area bound by Beach 35th Street and Beach 50th Street and will change zoning rules to increase density in some areas, limit development in others and raise the shoreline along Jamaica Bay.
Housing and Homelessness
Brooklyn Developer’s Rezoning Proposal Would Add 400-Foot Towers to Broadway Junction
David Brand |
The project would create about 664 housing units, two commercial towers and a new park in place of vehicle lots and low-rise buildings in an area that city officials have been eyeing for years for potential economic and real estate development.
Housing and Homelessness
City Watch: Should NYC Land Use Decisions Consider Hospital Capacity?
David Brand |
New Queens Councilmember Lynn Schulman wants to incorporate hospital capacity into New York City’s zoning process, following decades of medical facility closures, including several in Queens.
Zoned Out: Examining the Impact of NYC's Rezonings
House Flippers Continue to Target East New York. Residents Blame the 2016 Rezoning
David Brand |
Home prices in the predominantly Black and Latino neighborhood began to tick up before then-Mayor Bill de Blasio announced plans to rezone 190 blocks in 2014. But affordable housing advocates and local residents say the rezoning, approved in 2016, only drove more speculators to scoop up homes, jack up prices and push out existing residents.
Zoned Out: Examining the Impact of NYC's Rezonings
3 Years After Bronx Rezoning, Jerome Avenue Auto Shops Under Pressure
Daniel Parra and Ese Olumhense |
As part of the 2018 Jerome Avenue rezoning deal, city officials committed $1.5 million in financial assistance for area merchants, intended to help relocate existing businesses that would be displaced. But officials have yet to issue any such grants, a City Limits investigation found.
housing
Opinion: A Truly Equitable SoHo/NoHo Rezoning Should Focus on More Housing, Not Office Space
Casey Berkovitz |
The need for new housing, especially affordable, in these high-opportunity neighborhoods is much more acute than the need for more commercial space.
