Councilmembers Fernando Cabrera and Vanessa Gibson discussed the proposed rezoning with members of the Bronx Coalition for a Community Vision. Watch the video!
There are now two overlapping but distinct proposals for how to rezone East Harlem. The forum saw passionate argument over which plan, if either, is right for the neighborhood.
The Department of City Planning discusses its draft rezoning framework for East Harlem.
Ahead of a likely rezoning of the area, the Department of City Planning hosted its first neighborhood planning workshop. See the city’s presentation.
On Monday, October 17, the Justice for All Coalition (a coalition of concerned stakeholders in Long Island City) hosted a grassroots forum to explore the potential rezoning and issues like affordable housing, union jobs, the proposed BQX light rail, and displacement. Our coverage produced these two videos.
Responding to the East Harlem Neighborhood Plan, the Department of City Planning presented its long-awaited draft rezoning framework to East Harlem’s community board.
The councilman whose “yes” vote paved the way for the first of what could be more than a dozen de Blasio rezonings talks about his decision on BkLive.
Sizing up the impact of MIH and ZQA on the good old BX.
What are housing experts and neighborhood advocates looking forward to, and worried about, as those rezonings take shape?
The January 10 conference on gentrification sponsored by CASA, the Bronx Documentary Center and City Limits looked at many of the questions around the most weighted word in local policy discussions today.
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