Many of the defining policy storylines of today’s New York are, in one or more ways, on the plate of the Fifth Avenue Committee’s executive director, who is also on the City Planning Commission.
Some advocates are now focused on the plan’s implementation, some on making it better and others on suing the city.
The mayor has proposed 300,000 affordable units. The governor 112,000 such homes. It turns out the plans will overlap, reflecting the realities of construction costs and creating a joint legacy for the rival leaders.
Manhattan Community Board 12’s executive committee passed a resolution calling for changes to the de Blasio administration’s proposed rezoning.
A coalition of Bronx stakeholders say the rezoning and investment package passed by the City Council Land Use Committee still fails to address many of their concerns.
Members of the crowd at Monday’s hearing expressed other concerns about the rezoning plan, including how the influx of residents the new development will bring could impact local schools and crowded subway lines.
Authors say that the nation’s current housing system fails communities and that political leaders must bring alternative models to scale.
The Council did not significantly alter the rezoning itself, but it did secure a commitment for the creation of two new schools and other investments.
The city announced its selection of developers for the Inwood library site on Tuesday, two weeks before Community Board 12 will vote on the Inwood rezoning.
Members of the Staten Island Housing Dignity Coalition say they still want answers to their critiques of the city’s rezoning proposal for Bay Street.
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