Bronx
Bronx Groups Unhappy with City’s Outline of Jerome Rezoning
Abigail Savitch-Lew |
A coalition that has pushed for more affordable housing and local job protections says it was ‘deeply disappointed’ by a scoping document released last week.
Affordable Housing
Intense NYCHA Engagement Effort Could Soften Infill Opposition
Abigail Savitch-Lew |
The authority has held 40 meetings with residents at two developments targeted for the construction of new housing, talking out principles to guide each project. There are signs the effort is working to reduce anxieties about the new buildings.
de Blasio
NYCHA Responds to Fiscal Crisis With Embrace of Private Sector
Abigail Savitch-Lew |
From inviting in private developers to hiring nonprofits to run community centers to launching its own 501c3, the authority is embracing the private sector more than ever before. NYCHA says it’s a way to create opportunities and save apartments. Some tenant leaders wonder if resident voices will still be heard.
421-a
Unsettled Housing Issues Dog End of Albany Session
Abigail Savitch-Lew |
Gov. Cuomo’s $20 billion housing plan remains undefined, 421-a is still dead and proposals to alter rent regulations or repeal a cap on building height look unlikely to move.
City Council
Trepidation Around Proposal for Regulating Store Rents in NYC
Abigail Savitch-Lew |
The Small Business Jobs Survival Act, which would establish a right to commercial lease renewal, has been kicking around City Council for three decades. Then as now, worries about economic impact and Constitutionality have bogged the bill down.
Housing and Homelessness
Past Rezonings Shape Long Island City’s Feelings About De Blasio Plan
Abigail Savitch-Lew |
More so than any of the other areas tabbed so far for rezonings under the mayor’s housing plan, LIC has dealt with the effects—good and bad—of Bloomberg-era land-use moves.
Government
City Plans Database to Track Promises Made During Rezonings
Abigail Savitch-Lew |
The system would document every commitment that gets made. One matter for debate: What exactly constitutes a commitment?
Housing and Homelessness
City Says Flushing Rezoning is ‘Paused,’ Not Dead; Some Investments Still on Track
Abigail Savitch-Lew |
It’s unclear what the withdrawal of the city’s Flushing West rezoning proposal means for other neighborhoods.
Housing and Homelessness
Which Neighborhoods Will de Blasio’s Rezonings Target Next?
Abigail Savitch-Lew |
The city has said little about the remaining eight neighborhoods that will be reshaped to facilitate the mayor’s housing plan. Some advocates hope the quiet will tamp down speculation, but others want a more transparent process for selecting which communities will be asked to grow.
Bronx
City Delays Next Step in Jerome Avenue Rezoning
Abigail Savitch-Lew |
A release of the draft scope for the latest area targeted by the de Blasio housing plan will be pushed from May to September to allow more community engagement.
