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

ByJeanmarie Evelly 2Comments

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Oct 2022

In Wake of Rezonings, Renewed Call for More Health Facilities on Hospital-Starved Rockaway Peninsula

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…

ByJeanmarie Evelly 3Comments

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Oct 2022

Government Housing and Homelessness Politics

Bruckner Rezoning Poised to Pass After Councilmember’s Change of Heart

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,…

ByDavid Brand 2Comments

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Sep 2022

Economy Government Housing and Homelessness

City Planning Approves Innovation QNS Rezoning, Sending Plan to a Council Vote

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,…

ByDavid Brand 1Comment

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Jul 2022

Government Housing and Homelessness Politics

NYC Council Approves ‘Resilient Edgemere’ Rezoning Plan

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…

ByLiz Donovan

ByDavid Brand 3Comments

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Jan 2022

Economy Government Housing and Homelessness Transportation

Brooklyn Developer’s Rezoning Proposal Would Add 400-Foot Towers to Broadway Junction

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…

ByDavid Brand 4Comments

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Jan 2022

Government Housing and Homelessness News Podcasts Politics

City Watch: Should NYC Land Use Decisions Consider Hospital Capacity?

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.

ByDavid Brand 1Comment

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Jan 2022

Economy Government Housing and Homelessness In Depth Investigations

House Flippers Continue to Target East New York. Residents Blame the 2016 Rezoning

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…

ByDavid Brand 6Comments

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Oct 2021

Economy Housing and Homelessness In Depth Investigations

3 Years After Bronx Rezoning, Jerome Avenue Auto Shops Under Pressure

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.…

ByDaniel Parra

ByEse Olumhense 8Comments

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Aug 2021

Economy Housing and Homelessness Opinion

Opinion: A Truly Equitable SoHo/NoHo Rezoning Should Focus on More Housing, Not Office Space

The need for new housing, especially affordable, in these high-opportunity neighborhoods is much more acute than the need for more commercial space.

ByCasey Berkovitz 0Comments

NYC Housing Calendar, Jan. 5-11

In Wake of Rezonings, Renewed Call for More Health Facilities on Hospital-Starved Rockaway Peninsula

Bruckner Rezoning Poised to Pass After Councilmember’s Change of Heart

City Planning Approves Innovation QNS Rezoning, Sending Plan to a Council Vote

NYC Council Approves ‘Resilient Edgemere’ Rezoning Plan

Brooklyn Developer’s Rezoning Proposal Would Add 400-Foot Towers to Broadway Junction

City Watch: Should NYC Land Use Decisions Consider Hospital Capacity?

House Flippers Continue to Target East New York. Residents Blame the 2016 Rezoning

3 Years After Bronx Rezoning, Jerome Avenue Auto Shops Under Pressure

Opinion: A Truly Equitable SoHo/NoHo Rezoning Should Focus on More Housing, Not Office Space

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