Affordable Housing
Bitterness and Division at Inwood Rezoning Hearing
Abigail Savitch-Lew |
Rhetoric from a rancorous primary spilled into discussions of the city’s controversial rezoning plan for Inwood.
Affordable Housing
Advocates, Council Continue Push for Deeper Affordability
Abigail Savitch-Lew |
The Real Affordability for All coalition released a report strongly critical of the mayor’s housing strategy, while councilmembers acknowledged improvements but pressed for more low-income units.
de Blasio
Were De Blasio’s Rezonings on the Primary Day Ballot?
Abigail Savitch-Lew |
Though officials winners have not yet been declared in two races, it seems likely that discussions about the rezoning discussions will likely continue in whatever way they were going before.
affordability
Mixed Feelings as Board Takes up Mayor’s Jerome Avenue Rezoning Bid
Abigail Savitch-Lew |
Community Board 4 has in the past expressed support for a rezoning with the right investments, but at a meeting on Monday evening it was clear some members still have reservations.
campaign
At Heated Inwood Debate, Rezoning Is Central Contention
Abigail Savitch-Lew |
Councilman Ydanis Rodriguez defended, and his challengers critiqued, the Councilman’s rezoning and library redevelopment plans.
African Burial Ground
City Council Approves De Blasio’s 2nd Neighborhood Rezoning
Abigail Savitch-Lew |
News from the City Council this week includes the passage of the Downtown Far Rockaway rezoning, the approval of a temporary relocation site for the District 11 Sanitation Garage and forward momentum for the African Burial Ground Project.
campaign finance
Which Councilmembers and Candidates in Nabes Targeted for Rezoning Take the Most Real-Estate Donations?
Abigail Savitch-Lew |
We used two different methods to assess which councilmembers, particularly those in neighborhoods considering a rezoning, have accepted donations from the real-estate industry.
Affordable Housing
Passionate Testimony at East Harlem Rezoning City Planning Commission Hearing
Abigail Savitch-Lew |
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.
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
CityViews: Major Community Group Rejects de Blasio’s East Harlem Rezoning
Afua Atta-Mensah |
‘We reject the mayor’s rezoning proposal. Not only does it fail to reflect what the community prioritized in the East Harlem Neighborhood Plan, but it will allow nothing short of a land grab for developers.’
Bronx
Following Weekend Protest, Jerome Avenue Rezoning Moves Forward to Public Review
Abigail Savitch-Lew |
Community groups are upset that the city does not appear to have incorporated any of their suggestions.
