In the first step of the ULURP process, the Community Board 11 land-use committee set conditions for its approval of the administration’s plan, demanding lower density and more affordable housing.
It was clear that the Northern Manhattan Is Not For Sale coalition, Save Inwood Library and other neighborhood groups opposed to displacement or overdevelopment had turned out in full force, each with their own, sometimes overlapping demands.
It’s yet unclear in what way the city will adopt or address the Bushwick steering committee’s plan, but both sides expect to be working together in a coordinated fashion.
Con menos de dos semanas de antelación y sin notificación comunitaria, la junta comunal de East Harlem cambió la fecha de una reunión clave que informará sobre el voto final de la junta sobre la rezonificación de East Harlem propuesta por la ciudad.
With less than two weeks notice and no community notification, the East Harlem community board changed the date of a key meeting that will inform the board’s ultimate vote on the city’s proposed rezoning of East Harlem.
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.
Read our free newsletter for East New York, one year after the rezoning.
Lea nuestro boletín impreso gratuito.
‘Como expliqué en el Proceso de Planificación de East New York, aunque algunos detalles pudieron haberse hecho mejor, creo firmemente que hicimos lo correcto y que el tiempo demostrará el alcance de nuestro trabajo.’
The city’s planning and housing commissioners review progress in East New York one year after the major rezoning there.
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