Affordable Housing
East Harlem Rezoning Approved by Planning Commission, Moves to City Council
Abigail Savitch-Lew |
There was one vote against, and one abstention, linked to concerns about displacement.
There was one vote against, and one abstention, linked to concerns about displacement.
Marisa Lago, director of the Department of City Planning as of March, reiterated the administration’s priorities in a speech to the business community.
The administration presented new investments and new height limits for some portions of the rezoning, but most residents and stakeholders said they still strongly disproved of the city’s rezoning proposal.
If you asked your boss for the morning off, see if you can get the afternoon instead.
The de Blasio administration’s second rezoning now goes to City Council for a final binding vote.