Despite the dramatic change the developments would deliver, the Department of City Planning has decided that the proposals do not need to go through the full Uniform Land-Use Review Procedure.
The plan’s complexity impressed some planning commissioners. But no effort was made to accommodate the community concerns that greeted an earlier draft.
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…
Amid far less rancor than greeted the mayor’s first rezoning in East New York, the City Planning Commission certified the Downtown Far Rockaway proposal, starting the ULURP clock.
There’s never much doubt that the new development envisioned during a debate over a neighborhood rezoning is going to arrive. What of the promises that help the mayor get the…
The Department of City Planning hosts a two-part meeting on the draft scope of work for the environmental impact study for the proposed rezoning of East Harlem.
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Depending on how you look at it, a proposed rezoning could either be a necessary precaution against displacement or a catalyst for rent increases in existing buildings.
