One reason ZoneIn exists is to inform the public about what the de Blasio administration is planning to do as it works to fulfill its vision of a denser city with 80,000 units of new income-targeted housing over 10 years. Another is to let policymakers, journalists and other city residents know the feelings of people who live in the areas targeted for rezoning.
That’s why this site encourages readers to email comments (or story ideas or op-eds or criticisms of our coverage), post them directly on a story, submit more general input to this website via Make Your Voice Heard, use Twitter or Facebook or call our toll free number 1-844-ZONE-NYC (844-966-3692).
Calling that number means we can actually hear your voice. And, if you consent, we might share that voice with the world, right here:
April 28, 2017: Annie Rogers, a member of the Bronx Coalition for a Community Vision, says the concept of a “lottery” should stick to Atlantic City, and everyone on those waitlists should get a fair chance at obtaining affordable housing:
March 10, 2017: The Bronx’s Tahica Fredericks, resident council leader at Banana Kelly CIA Inc., opposes any rezoning that causes displacement:
March 8, 2017: Downtown Far Rockaway’s Bruce Jacobs lays out his concerns:
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The coalition of the rockaways wants the businesses and development of farrockaway without the baggage we want ediment domain to be taken off the table we need infurstructure we will need a school. We need better train and bus service.we need a hospital we need our neighborhood to get sandy money to help the people that are already here to fix our bulkheads not just the money going to thewest but the east also we need our politicians and board members to be from our neighbor to represent the people not themselves we dont need hotel shelters and everything else dumped on us because most board and committee people are not from our neighborhood we need more police we want to thank 101 present for the fine work they do especially officer Fleming. The coalition of the rockaways also want to thank all the maintance staff of all the sites and developments for keeping them nice the coalition of the rockaways want to thank all the rockaways youth for helping the neighborhood you are our future we want to thank all sanitation firefighters nursing all hospital and Healthcare workers we want to thanks Ralph’s reaturant on mott have mott pharmacy thrifty pharmacy food supermarkets and all businesses of farrockawaycoalition wants more money to fix up city housing not cut and push vouchers remember of the rockaways want developed with the protection of the neighborhood we dont need the mott have busstop to become a shelter our chairman Bruce Jacobs coalition of the rockaways used to live on the westside of neighbor I dont do this for money i dothis for my neighborhood