La Ciudad ha hecho un compromiso a largo plazo y está trabajando para asegurar que East New York sea un barrio próspero, vibrante y asequible para sus residentes actuales y futuros.
‘The Jerome Avenue rezoning would give landlords increased financial incentive to utilize the displacement tactics already at their disposal.’
Some residents are concerned that they amount of affordable housing will make it hard for businesses to find the customers they need. Others want city-owned land handed to local farmers, not developers.
Bronx advocates say a rezoning increases the risk for displacement of low-income people. But, they argue, it doesn’t have to be that way.
The city’s rezoning proposal is just one of the plans on the table.
‘Not all planners are plansplainers, but like men and mansplaining, there is a tendency.’
Can rezonings be used effectively, and democratically, to address city problems—or do they sometimes create more problems than they solve?
‘Nuestro plan vecinal propone invertir en la gente en todas las etapas de su vida.’
‘La comunidad no solo no necesita este plan, sino que desaparecerá si lo acepta.’
La propuesta de rezonificación de East Harlem del Departamento de Planificación Urbana entró en el proceso de revisión pública de siete meses de duración.
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