On August 8, 2018, the City Council approved the Inwood Neighborhood Rezoning amidst resident concerns and disapproval. Mayor Bill de Blasio and Council Member Ydanis Rodriguez celebrated the rezoning approval. The rezoning was developed over the course of three years and affects 59 city blocks in the northern Manhattan neighborhood. The Economic Development Corporation, together with the Department of Housing Preservation and Development, the Department of Citywide Administrative Services, and the Department of Small Business … <Read More>
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NYCHA, City, and Federal Government Will Come Together To Fix Public Housing
Consent decree seeks to create a common game plan to funding to ameliorate problems at the New York City Housing Authority. Public housing has been under the public eye in the last few years due to allegations of mismanagement from its leadership. On June 11, 2018, Mayor Bill de Blasio held a press conference on the future of public housing in New York City. The Mayor announced that the City agreed to a settlement, memorialized … <Read More>
City Planning Approves Eight-Story Building in Bedford-Stuyvesant
The City Planning Commission approved a new eight-story mixed-use building with 75 units in Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood. On October 4, 2017, the New York City Planning Commission issued a favorable report on an application for a zoning map and zoning text amendment to facilitate the development of an eight-story mixed-use building consisting of 81,951 square feet of residential space for 75 residential units. The applicant, JMS Realty Corp., proposed that the site be up-zoned and designated … <Read More>
City Planning Approves 11-Story Middle-Income Building in Bedford-Stuyvesant; City Council Next to Consider
The City Planning Commission approved a new 11-story mixed-use building with 103 units in Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood. On July 26, 2017, the New York City Planning Commission issued a favorable report on an application for multiple land use actions to facilitate the development of an 11-story mixed-use building consisting of 71,417 square feet of residential floor area and 13,236 square feet of retail floor area. The applicant, the Department of Housing Preservation and Development, proposed that … <Read More>
City Planning Approves Ebenezer Plaza; City Council Next to Consider
The City Planning Commission approved the construction of “Ebenezer Plaza” which will contain two new mixed-use buildings with 531 affordable dwelling units, commercial space and a new house of worship for the Church of God of East Flatbush. On July 12, 2017, the City Planning Commission issued a favorable report on a joint application from Brownsville Linden Plaza LLC. The application requested four zoning map amendments and a zoning text amendment to designate the project … <Read More>
City Planning Holds Hearing on 11-Story Middle-Income Building in Bedford-Stuyvesant
Planning Commission holds hearing for new 11-story mixed-use building with 103 units in Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood. On June 21, 2017, the New York City Planning Commission held a public hearing on an application for multiple land use actions to facilitate the development of an 11-story mixed-use building consisting of 71,417 square feet of residential floor area and 13,236 square feet of retail floor area. The applicant, the Department of Housing Preservation and Development, proposed that the … <Read More>