Amid far less rancor than greeted the mayor’s first rezoning in East New York, the City Planning Commission certified the Downtown Far Rockaway proposal, starting the ULURP clock.
Un proceso excepcionalmente abierto está dando forma a una propuesta para rezonificar el vecindario, cada vez más afectado por la subida de alquileres. Es posible que el futuro depare decisiones difíciles respecto a la asequibilidad.
A uniquely open process is shaping a proposal to rezone the increasingly rent-pressured neighborhood. Difficult decisions on affordability might lie ahead.
Some community groups fear that rezonings will force low-income residents out. City Hall says rezonings are needed to prevent further loss of affordability. Amid a lack of clear evidence, any risks of the de Blasio rezonings will be borne primarily by low-income communities of color.
Twelve neighborhoods have been spotlighted for possible rezonings under the mayor’s ambitious housing plan. Here’s where the proposals stand.
Advocates want the City Council to pass laws putting new protections in place, but it’s unclear if a vote will come anytime soon.
There’s never much doubt that the new development envisioned during a debate over a neighborhood rezoning is going to arrive. What of the promises that help the mayor get the rezoning approved?
The Department of City Planning hosts a two-part meeting on the draft scope of work for the environmental impact study for the proposed rezoning of East Harlem.
City Limits will LiveStream the second session below. Also see below a live feed of tweets using the hashtag #ZoneInNYC.
Community Board 3 is now trying to decide whether to give their blessings to the administration’s offer to conduct a rezoning study that omits the broader neighborhood.
We asked people attending a November meeting of the Bronx Coalition for a Community Vision how they feel about the potential rezoning of the area. Hear their voices and views.
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