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A Healthy Dialogue, Except on Rezoning, at East Harlem Town Hall
Abigail Savitch-Lew |
The mayor and residents engaged on a variety of topics, including NYCHA, youth issues and affordability.
Affordable Housing
Is ‘Housing Not Warehousing’ Next?
Abigail Savitch-Lew |
Advocates are continuing to push for the Housing Not Warehousing Act, a package of three bills that would mandate new protocols to identify vacant buildings and land.
Housing and Homelessness
Second Planning Chief Stresses Ongoing Commitment to Density, Job Growth
Abigail Savitch-Lew |
Marisa Lago, director of the Department of City Planning as of March, reiterated the administration’s priorities in a speech to the business community.
Mapping the Future
De Blasio Administration Tweaks East Harlem Rezoning, Avoids Major Changes
Abigail Savitch-Lew |
The Department of City Planning has made some small modifications, but continues to insist on the original density levels and on 25- to 35-story buildings.
Affordable Housing
Advocates, Council Continue Push for Deeper Affordability
Abigail Savitch-Lew |
The Real Affordability for All coalition released a report strongly critical of the mayor’s housing strategy, while councilmembers acknowledged improvements but pressed for more low-income units.
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A Neck-and-Neck Council Race to Replace Mark-Viverito
Abigail Savitch-Lew and Sharif Paget |
A winner hasn’t been officially declared, but Diana Ayala has a two point lead over Assemblymember Robert Rodriguez
de Blasio
Were De Blasio’s Rezonings on the Primary Day Ballot?
Abigail Savitch-Lew |
Though officials winners have not yet been declared in two races, it seems likely that discussions about the rezoning discussions will likely continue in whatever way they were going before.
Election 2017
New Voices vs. Well-Known Name in Harlem Council Race Where Change is the Theme
Jarrett Murphy |
Come Tuesday, voters in Council District 9 must decide whether the smart response to sweeping neighborhood change and hostile national politics is to stay the course in local leadership—or to change that, too.
East Harlem
East Harlem Candidates Get Specific on Housing, Policing
Abigail Savitch-Lew |
District 8 candidates Robert Rodriguez and Tamika Mapp explained their approach to protecting the lowest income residents from displacement, policing the homeless, and more.
African Burial Ground
City Council Approves De Blasio’s 2nd Neighborhood Rezoning
Abigail Savitch-Lew |
News from the City Council this week includes the passage of the Downtown Far Rockaway rezoning, the approval of a temporary relocation site for the District 11 Sanitation Garage and forward momentum for the African Burial Ground Project.
