Community Boards
City Says Bay Street Rezoning Could ‘Bring all the Pieces of the Puzzle Together’
Sadef Ali Kully |
But the plan faces a host of questions abut affordability, small business protections, traffic, parks and drainage.
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
CityViews: How Helpful Neighbors Promote New Yorkers’ Health
Oxiris Barbot |
For the first time, the city’s Community Health Survey sought to learn whether and where New Yorkers felt they had helpful neighbors.
Mapping the Future
De Blasio’s Sixth Year in Office Could Feature Three Neighborhood Rezonings
Sadef Ali Kully |
The mayor in 2015 set a goal of rezoning up to 15 neighborhoods in a drive to create more density and more affordable housing. Five rezonings have passed and at least three are likely to move forward in 2019.
ballot measures. election 2018
CityViews: A Teen Calls for Opening Up Community Boards—Via Term Limits
Kenneth Lee |
‘Voting yes on to create term limits on community boards will open up the process so that more young people, like me, can apply, and, hopefully, get appointed to their local community board. ‘
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
CityViews: Term Limits Aren’t What Will Strengthen the City’s Community Boards
Tom Waters |
‘The mayor’s commission’s proposal misses the mark, but the Council’s commission should propose steps that would both strengthen the boards’ technical capacity and maintain their independence from City Hall. ‘
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
CityViews: Vote Yes on Proposal 3 to Make Boards Reflect Their Communities
Marco Conner and Rachel Bloom |
Most community board members are passionate, thoughtful, intelligent, and dedicated people who seek to improve and serve their communities. More New Yorkers deserve this opportunity.
Affordable Housing
CityViews: Affordable-Housing Advocates Must Listen to Opponents of Community Preference
Harry DeRienzo, Kirk Goodrich and Ismene Speliotis |
‘In a recent discussion, some very basic assumptions of our sector were challenged.’
as of right
CityViews: When Developers Threaten Bad ‘As of Right’ Projects, Rezoning Becomes Ransom
Samuel Stein |
‘At worst, the developer’s pitch had all the elegance of a ransom note during a hostage-taking: Give us what we want … or we’ll do something you want even less.’
Community Boards
Panel: City’s Community Planning Process in Need of Major Overhaul
Abigail Savitch-Lew |
A report, produced by over 40 organizations, elaborates on critiques of the de Blasio administration’s neighborhood rezoning efforts and proposes a set of citywide reforms.
ARTS and CULTURE
Nighttime NYC: LES Residents, Community Board Wary of New Liquor Licenses
Janaki Chadha |
Residents have dubbed on area ‘Hell Square’—a 24-block area below East Houston Street with over 100 full liquor licenses.
