Affordable Housing
Queens Board Approves Rockaway Rezoning With Significant Conditions
Abigail Savitch-Lew |
Call for lower height limits on new buildings, new infrastructure and affordable housing that favors moderate incomes.
art
Bid to Protect and Promote Art as Staten Island Rezoning Nears
Jarrett Murphy |
A thriving art scene has developed where history, water and culture meet on the borough’s North Shore.
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Video of the Rockaways Rezoning Hearing and Vote
Marc Bussanich |
The board voted to approve with conditions the city’s proposed rezoning of downtown Far Rockaway by a vote of 26 to 2.
affordable
Eight Things Developers Think About De Blasio’s Rezoning Strategy
Abigail Savitch-Lew |
We asked nine developers about rezonings, displacement and how they would solve the affordability crisis.
Art at the Limits
A Rezoning Poem: ‘Surviving in the Neighborhood’
Ijaaza EL-Nuwaubun |
‘It is a responsibility to look towards the betterment of all, living in the neighborhood.’
Brooklyn
Gowanus Stakeholders Dig Into Details of Canal’s Future
Abigail Savitch-Lew |
A mix of sometimes conflicting concerns were aired as the city heads toward a rezoning of the area.
Brooklyn
Gowanus Groups Unite to Highlight Hopes and Fears Around Proposed Rezoning
Abigail Savitch-Lew |
Previous zoning changes in the Gowanus area have triggered significant social change, the groups say, but the transformation has driven out all low-income people of color—making them vulnerable to a new wave of displacement.
city planning
NYCHA Worries Drive Doubts About Long Island City Rezoning
Abigail Savitch-Lew |
Residents of public housing near the area likely to be rezoned are worried that their community will not benefit from the jobs and housing created by the redevelopment.
displacement
Video: Rezonings and Gentrification in East New York and Beyond
Jarrett Murphy |
Some wonder if rezonings cause the very rent hikes, evictions and neighborhood change the mayor says he’s trying to prevent. What does the evidence say?
Bronx
Video Highlights from the Jerome Avenue Rezoning Town Hall
Jarrett Murphy |
Two Councilmembers sat down last week to meet a roomful of residents and workers concerned about the proposed rezoning. Questions about local hiring, business displacement, income diversity and when to say “no” were on the agenda.
