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City Limits’ Executive Editor Jeanmarie Evelly recently sat down with Vicki Been, former deputy mayor of housing under Mayor Bill de Blasio, for a conversation about the role of community engagement…

ByJeanmarie Evelly 0Comments

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Mar 2024

Government Housing and Homelessness Land Use and Development Opinion

Opinion: Beware the Trojan Horse of Alternative Housing Proposals

“It is always worth exploring developments on other sites. However, they should be additional sites for housing, not alternatives, and support for additional developments should not be contingent on the…

ByAustin Celestin 1Comment

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Jun 2022

Government Housing and Homelessness Land Use and Development Politics

In Wake of SoHo Rezoning, Development Divides a Manhattan Assembly Race

With New York City mired in a historic affordability crisis, the Lower Manhattan Assembly race between Deborah Glick and challenger Ryder Kessler appears to be a microcosm of a broader…

ByDavid Brand 7Comments

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Dec 2021

Economy Government Housing and Homelessness

Newly-Approved SoHo Rezoning Promises Affordable Homes. How Much Will they Really Cost?

While developers will seriously benefit from a chance to build market-rate apartments in one of the city’s most coveted zip codes, the de Blasio administration says the new construction will…

ByDavid Brand 2Comments

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Dec 2021

Government Housing and Homelessness News

NYC Officials Pledge More Affordable Housing, New Artists Rules in SoHo Rezoning Plan

Lawmakers are expected to vote on the rezoning later this week. A 22-item “Points of Agreement” package includes pledges to develop more affordable housing outside the rezoning area—on city-owned land…

ByDavid Brand 0Comments

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Nov 2021

Housing and Homelessness News

Two Sides Clash Over SoHo Rezoning at Final Public Hearing

Opponents argued to councilmembers that the plan to add about 3,000 new units and change land use rules in a 56-block swath of Lower Manhattan would incentivize demolition to make…

ByDavid Brand 0Comments

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Sep 2021

Housing and Homelessness Opinion

Opinion: In NYC Land Use Debates, YIMBYs and NIMBYs Can Find Common Ground

‘Our city has long suffered from a lack of housing and mistrust from our elected officials. But by reaching out to people who disagree and remain circumspect of city proposals,…

ByDenny Salas 0Comments

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Sep 2021

Government Housing and Homelessness News

SoHo-NoHo Rezoning Plan Needs Work, BP Brewer Says

Five weeks after the local community board rejected the city’s application to rezone a 56-block stretch of the two wealthy neighborhoods, Brewer said the current plan leaves many issues unresolved—though…

ByDavid Brand 3Comments

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Jul 2021

Government Housing and Homelessness News

Manhattan Community Board Votes to Reject SoHo-NoHo Rezoning

The board’s resolution rejects the rezoning proposal for the wealthy neighborhoods outright, rather than submit suggestions for improvement, arguing the plan would fail to achieve the city’s affordable housing goals.

ByDavid Brand 5Comments

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Jun 2021

Government Housing and Homelessness

Carlina Rivera to Face Sole Challenger for Lower Manhattan Seat

Because only two candidates are on the ballot for the June 22 primary election, voters in the district — which includes the Lower East Side, Kips Bay, and Murray Hill…

ByEse Olumhense 13Comments

Ask a Housing Expert: Getting Communities On Board With New Housing

Opinion: Beware the Trojan Horse of Alternative Housing Proposals

In Wake of SoHo Rezoning, Development Divides a Manhattan Assembly Race

Newly-Approved SoHo Rezoning Promises Affordable Homes. How Much Will they Really Cost?

NYC Officials Pledge More Affordable Housing, New Artists Rules in SoHo Rezoning Plan

Two Sides Clash Over SoHo Rezoning at Final Public Hearing

Opinion: In NYC Land Use Debates, YIMBYs and NIMBYs Can Find Common Ground

SoHo-NoHo Rezoning Plan Needs Work, BP Brewer Says

Manhattan Community Board Votes to Reject SoHo-NoHo Rezoning

Carlina Rivera to Face Sole Challenger for Lower Manhattan Seat

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