Rafael Salamanca, Jr., is one of the most junior members of the New York City Council but has secured one of the most powerful posts on the body: head of the Land-Use Committee that will oversee consideration of Mayor de Blasio’s neighborhood rezonings.
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.
Chin and Brewer’s application will move right to “technical review” thanks to a new law exempting officials from the pre-application process.
Among the rezoning neighborhoods, Inwood was particularly at risk in several categories, according to a new set of metrics.
We start 2018 with three rezonings approved and many more in the pipeline at various stages.
The outcomes so far seem promising, though it’s hard to make an absolute assessment.
The revamped housing plan includes steps to implement many of the policy ideas proposed by advocates within the last couple years, though clear disagreements remain between the administration and critics.
An increasing number of communities are forming workforce referral systems modeled after the Lower East Side Employment Network.
Margaret Chin took 49.9 percent of the vote; challenger Christopher Marte took 37 percent.
Three community groups convinced Manhattan Community Board 3’s Land Use Committee to join them in applying for a rezoning to block the controversial towers planned in the Two Bridges area.
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