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NYC Housing Calendar, Sept. 29-Oct. 6
Mariam Hydara |
City Limits rounds up the latest housing and land use-related events, public hearings and upcoming affordable housing lotteries that are ending soon.
Politics & Government
City Watch: Planning Chief Dan Garodnick Talks Local Resistance to New Housing
David Brand |
“If everything…is just a question of ‘Does the local community support or not support it,’ the answer will almost, inevitably, always be ‘no,’ so it can’t just be that, it has to be a broader consideration,” the former councilmember said during an interview on the WBAI radio program City Watch.
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
Opinion: West Park Presbyterian and Rethinking Our Relationship with Landmarking
Austin Celestin |
“It should be abundantly clear that the stamp of a landmark designation alone does not keep a building standing. If financial viability and structural integrity are in question, landmarking should be postponed, until a game plan for rehabilitation is fleshed out.”
Mapping the Future
‘Innovation QNS’ Plan to Upzone Industrial Astoria on Life Support
David Brand |
The question soon facing the City Council—and in particular, local member Julie Won—is how much affordable housing is enough to replace the Queens industrial scene with a complex three times bigger than One45, another Harlem development proposal recently squashed over affordability concerns.
Government
Want to Rezone in Western Queens? Here’s How to Win Over the Councilmember
David Brand |
Councilmember Julie Won issued a list of “land use principles” she said she will apply to new projects in her district that require Council-approved changes to the city’s zoning code—including a controversial proposal to build a 3,000-unit complex in southern Astoria.
Housing and Homelessness
New York City Housing Calendar, July 20-27
Jeanmarie Evelly |
City Limits rounds up the latest housing and land use-related events, public hearings and upcoming affordable housing lotteries that are ending soon.
Housing and Homelessness
New York City Housing Calendar, July 13-20
Jeanmarie Evelly |
City Limits rounds up the latest housing-related events and upcoming affordable housing lotteries that are ending soon.
Community Benefits Agreements
Bronx Students Ask: What Kind of Neighbors Are The Yankees?
CUNY Lehman College Podcasting Team |
In 2009, the new Yankee Stadium opened, replacing what used to be a park. Since the Yankees were getting public land, the city said they needed to give back something. How did that go? Journalism students at CUNY Lehman college investigate.
Affordable Housing
Queens Community Board Rejects 5-Block Rezoning Plan Over Affordability Concerns
David Brand |
The vote marks the first major milestone in the city land use process for the proposed $2 billion project, known as “Innovation QNS,” which would erect at least a dozen towers containing offices, retail space and 2,845 apartments.
Development
When Developers Promise Community Benefits, Who Holds Them Accountable?
Neil deMause |
One big problem with Community Benefits Agreements (CBAs), experts say, is that they’re not laws, but rather private contracts between a developer and community groups. And if those groups aren’t around to hold a developer accountable—or the developer isn’t around and there’s no successor clause—there’s little anyone else can do to enforce an agreement.
