East Harlem
CityViews: East Harlem Needs a Community-Led Rezoning
David Nocenti, Gus Rosado and Richard Berlin |
‘Our neighborhood plan includes investments in people, in every season of their lives.’
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CityViews: A Rezoning Trojan Horse for East Harlem
Roger Hernandez, Jr. |
‘The community doesn’t need it, and the community will disappear if it accepts.’
East Harlem
Draft Housing Plan for East Harlem Frustrates Stakeholders
Abigail Savitch-Lew |
East Harlem Neighborhood Plan participants said it was disappointingly vague, and others said it won’t be enough to counter rezoning displacement pressures.
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Next NYCHA Infill Site To Add More Units to Two Bridges Neighborhood
Abigail Savitch-Lew |
The Lower East Side waterfront, already grappling with five proposed luxury towers, will now also get a mixed-income development on public housing land.
Economy
Key Question in Garment District Debate: Where do the Workers Come From?
Abigail Savitch-Lew |
City Hall and critics argue over whether moving the industry hub to Sunset Park will make life better or worse for workers, and if that will affect companies’ decisions to stay, move or shut down.
Affordable Housing
East Harlem Stakeholders Plan Push Back on Elements of De Blasio Administration Plan
Abigail Savitch-Lew |
Affordable housing, tenant protections and lesser density increases are among the demands that a community coalition plans to present to city planners.
de Blasio
Official Review Begins of De Blasio’s 3rd Neighborhood Rezoning: East Harlem
Abigail Savitch-Lew |
The plan’s complexity impressed some planning commissioners. But no effort was made to accommodate the community concerns that greeted an earlier draft.
chinatown
Huge Waterfront Towers Frame Debate Over LES Rezoning
Abigail Savitch-Lew |
After years of pushing for a comprehensive rezoning, community leaders are waiting to see the city’s outline for a smaller ‘Chinatown Core’ study as a separate public-review process begins for a row of skyscrapers in Two Bridges.
burial ground
Slated for Rezoning, East Harlem Considers Wave of Other Development Proposals
Abigail Savitch-Lew |
New schools, parks, buildings and sanitation garages are in the offing.
Affordable Housing
With Inwood Rezoning Slowed, Attention Turns to Inwood Library Project
Abigail Savitch-Lew |
The City has proposed redeveloping the branch with rent-restricted housing and a new library space, but many stakeholders insist the land should not be sold to a private developer.
