‘It’s crucial for the mayor to make difficult decisions about how certain neighborhoods are zoned and rezoned. He should have the courage of his convictions—and, where needed, be unafraid of controversy.’
September 1, 2021 https://citylimits.flywheelstaging.com/2021/09/01/opinion-nycs-next-mayor-should-prioritize-land-use-and-zoning-projects/City Limits talked to several renters about their weirdest landlord demands and checked in with three housing attorneys to determine which requests were legal, which were bizarre (hint: all of them) and which were both.
July 6, 2021 https://citylimits.flywheelstaging.com/2021/07/06/linkedin-profiles-college-diplomas-and-photos-of-your-kid-the-invasive-world-of-nyc-apartment-hunting/The list includes influential incumbents like Land Use Chair Rafael Salamanca and Manhattan Councilmember Carlina Rivera, as well as a few prominent figures trying to claim their first public office and a couple of relative unknowns, who have raised a ton of cash in a short amount of time.
June 21, 2021 https://citylimits.flywheelstaging.com/2021/06/21/14-nyc-council-candidates-raised-100k-or-more-howd-they-do-it/Residents of low- to middle-income communities of color have resisted various neighborhood-level land use applications which they say will fuel gentrification and increase rents.
June 18, 2021 https://citylimits.flywheelstaging.com/2021/06/18/council-votes-to-make-racial-impact-studies-part-of-nyc-land-use-process/Borough presidents have few real powers, but they do have a role in rezonings and development because they make advisory recommendations as part of the land use review.
June 17, 2021 https://citylimits.flywheelstaging.com/2021/06/17/manhattan-borough-president-candidates-shun-developer-cash/Because only two candidates are on the ballot for the June 22 primary election, voters in the district — which includes the Lower East Side, Kips Bay, and Murray Hill — will not be electing their next Council member using the city’s new ranked choice voting system.
June 3, 2021 https://citylimits.flywheelstaging.com/2021/06/03/carlina-rivera-to-face-sole-challenger-for-lower-manhattan-seat/With public review underway on the controversial land use application, plan opponents tapped a team of climate experts to poke holes in the city’s environmental assurances during a virtual meeting Tuesday. The city has pushed back on their claims, calling them an attempt to undermine an environmentally conscious development framework.
May 13, 2021 https://citylimits.flywheelstaging.com/2021/05/13/gowanus-rezoning-critics-highlight-impact-of-climate-on-future-flooding-as-public-review-moves-forward/‘In spite of its reputation as a progressive liberal bastion, New York City has failed to adopt a comprehensive and deliberate approach to end its own segregation.’
May 12, 2021 https://citylimits.flywheelstaging.com/2021/05/12/opinion-what-the-city-must-do-to-address-its-checkered-past-and-legacy-of-segregation/‘I’m beyond thrilled some inkling of normalcy may return to this gorgeous mosaic of a city by summer. But city and state officials are going to have to step up their game on how to best address vaccine coronavirus hesitancy or otherwise, we may be setting ourselves up for problems down the road.’
April 29, 2021 https://citylimits.flywheelstaging.com/2021/04/29/opinion-the-mayor-says-nyc-will-fully-reopen-july-1-but-what-about-vaccine-hesitancy/The city officially kicked off public review Monday for its much-debated proposal to rezone an 82-block swath of Gowanus, Brooklyn, a process that’s been delayed for months due to a lawsuit.
April 19, 2021 https://citylimits.flywheelstaging.com/2021/04/19/public-review-kicks-off-for-gowanus-rezoning-following-lawsuit-delays/
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