Eight years ago, Margaret Chin defeated a two-term incumbent to represent the borough’s southern tip. Now she faces three challengers as she seeks a third term.
Councilmember Margaret Chin and other elected officials made another call for a full public review of the developments proposed for the Lower East Side waterfront, but some opposing council candidates called it a campaign ploy.
The city will distribute a $1.65 million grant from Enterprise Community Partners to three community land trusts and to fund a technical assistance program to assist many new ones.
Developers of new towers planned for the Two Bridges area solicited resident feedback on how to address shadows the new buildings will cause and how to target affordable housing the new structures will offer. But some in the community would still rather see no new skyscrapers at all.
Rates of poverty and poverty concentration have increased in New York City after an earlier decline, according to the Furman Center—and some neighborhoods considering a rezoning experienced increased poverty and rising rents simultaneously.
Despite the dramatic change the developments would deliver, the Department of City Planning has decided that the proposals do not need to go through the full Uniform Land-Use Review Procedure.
The city promised to produce a study exploring housing tools besides mandatory inclusionary zoning. But its long-awaited report is devoted solely to knocking down an idea promoted by housing advocates.
At a panel discussion hosted by City Limits, experts split over the premise and impact of the mayor’s housing and rezoning plan. But they agreed that the planning process could be improved.
The Lower East Side waterfront, already grappling with five proposed luxury towers, will now also get a mixed-income development on public housing land.
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