Sentences with phrase «housing rezoning»

The building project is the first individual project built under Mayor Bill de Blasio's controversial Mandatory Inclusionary Housing rezoning, which promised to change zoning rules in some neighborhoods to make way for more affordable units.

NEW YORK CITY — The City Council is set to approve Mayor Bill de Blasio's two affordable housing rezoning proposals after altering the plans to include more affordable housing and parking in areas with the least access to public transit, according to Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito.

Neighbors blasted the plan, which is the first individual project to be built under Mayor Bill de Blasio's controversial Mandatory Inclusionary Housing rezoning, saying the «affordable» income requirement didn't match with those in the area and that there was no environmental impact study to see what effect the building would have on neighboring Fort Tryon Park.

If passed by the City Council, the Sherman Plaza project would be the first in the city to be built under Mayor Bill de Blasio's Mandatory Inclusionary Housing rezoning plan.

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Sidewalk's CEO Daniel Doctoroff has some experience rebuilding cities already: He is a former New York City deputy mayor who rezoned swaths of that city for urban housing and development projects, including the area of Manhattan's West Side currently being redeveloped above railroad tracks, Hudson Yards.

In New York City, the fate of de Blasio's rezoning plan, which includes an affordable housing mandate, is set to be decided this month by the City Council.

On Wednesday, Rodriguez said the rezoning was a «long and delicate process where we endeavor to achieve the best possible outcome for the entire district, including developing the highest number of affordable housing and commercial space we can get.»

Politico New York article on BP Adams» recommendations for additional affordable housing in connection with a proposed rezoning in Bedford - Stuyvesant.

She points to several initiatives the administration undertook in 2017 — such as the Housing New York 2.0 plan, which was just announced last month, and rezonings in key neighborhoods like East Harlem — as proof of the administration's commitment to combating the housing Housing New York 2.0 plan, which was just announced last month, and rezonings in key neighborhoods like East Harlem — as proof of the administration's commitment to combating the housing housing crisis.

Currently it mandates developers who build in rezoned areas of the city pick from one of three options for affordable housing: 25 percent of their units rented to those making, on average, 60 percent of the Area Median Income, 30 percent at 80 percent of the AMI or 30 percent at 120 percent.

The Sherman Plaza developers, Washington Square Partners and Acadia Realty Trust, need approval from the Council for the spot rezoning to include more affordable housing in the project, which would be the first in the city to be built under Mayor Bill de Blasio's Mandatory Inclusionary Housing (MIH) rezoninhousing in the project, which would be the first in the city to be built under Mayor Bill de Blasio's Mandatory Inclusionary Housing (MIH) rezoninHousing (MIH) rezoning plan.

In all rezonings that substantially increase potential housing capacity, the City will require a portion of the new housing developed to be permanently affordable to low - or moderate - income households in order to ensure diverse and inclusive communities.

Russi said that a fully affordable housing complex in East Harlem is essential due to anxieties among current residents concerning rezoning and gentrification.

Hudson Square is currently zoned for manufacturing, and the rezoning is meant to preserve some of the existing structures, encourage more open space, while bringing schools and housing to the neighborhood.

Since the Rabsky Group began to push for the rezoning last fall, rowdy protesters — wrangled by North Brooklyn community groups like Churches United for Fair Housing, St. Nicks Alliance, Make the Road and Brooklyn Legal Services Corporation A — have shut down and disrupted a slew of public meetings.

She recalled that Mr. Bloomberg's housing team had also asserted that demanding more low - cost housing was financially unfeasible — and called the realization of the rezoning «disgraceful,» claiming it had led to displacement of longtime residents.

CIVIC CENTER — Many elderly New Yorkers want the City Council to pass Mayor Bill de Blasio's controversial rezoning plan as is because they «don't have time» to wait for a long bureaucratic process to play out amid a housing crisis for seniors.

BY SAM SPOKONY A new proposal by the Extell Development Corporation could bring the first wave of affordable housing to Hudson Square, following the neighborhood's major rezoning last year.

In her recommendations, the former Chair of the New York City Council Land Use Committee (2002 - 09) cited several concerns with the proposals, namely the impermanence of senior affordable housing, the effect of eliminating parking for residents in a transit desert like Queens, the scores of extensive contextual rezonings previously issued throughout the five boroughs, and the insufficiencies in skilled labor commitments.

In a statement released Tuesday, Stringer claimed that the new affordable housing units created under the rezoning plan would in fact be unaffordable for 55 percent of East New York's current residents, and that the market rate units would be unaffordable for 84 percent.

There has also been criticism that the rezoning plan would not provide enough affordable housing for the city's poorest residents.

At a work session on Tuesday, a majority of board members said they would neither approve rezoning the Baker House nor the Wainscott Post Office.

Seniors, Parking, Prior Contextual Rezonings and Skilled Labor Commitments Chief Among Concerns QUEENS, NY — Borough President Melinda Katz issued her recommendations to disapprove the proposed «Zoning for Quality and Affordability» (ZQA) and «Mandatory Inclusionary Housing» (MIH) zoning text amendments.

The mayor has also strongly refuted those criticisms, saying he has tweaked «broken windows» policing to focus on those who commit crimes and that his rezoning efforts are the only way to preserve affordable housing in neighborhoods facing unchecked gentrification.

The Wednesday purchase of the 11 - acre waterfront property, which houses CitiStorage, is the last piece of property the city needed to complete a 27 - acre park promised to North Brooklyn during the 2005 rezoning that allowed for the explosion of luxury apartment buildings along the waterfront.

In response to a follow - up question from Gotham Gazette, Stringer's spokesperson said that the current city housing plan is not geared enough toward those in deeper poverty and with current subsidies favoring low - income households, those with extremely low - income or virtually no income face even more pressure, especially when the rezonings are taken into consideration, given that they can risk furthering the threats of displacement.

Greenfield said he thinks MIH will eventually live up to the promise of giving developers more certainty about what they can expect when it comes to rezonings and affordable housing.

The rezonings will touch communities where the housing market simply isn't strong enough for market - rate housing to subsidize the cost of building affordable, no matter how tall builders can build.

The following month, Phipps Houses, one of the city's premiere affordable housing developers, withdrew its rezoning application to build a 209 - unit apartment building in Sunnyside, Queens, retreating after it became clear that local Council member Jimmy Van Bramer could not be convinced to support the project.

Despite deep resistance from the neighborhood and elected officials, the de Blasio administration has thrown its support behind the developer's rezoning plan in hopes of bringing more affordable housing to the city, a key part of the mayor's agenda.

Community voices rang out in opposition to the plan to lengthen exit ramps, saying the new ramps would torpedo the city's ambitious plan to build housing, parks, office buildings and a hotel on the waterfront, completed last summer when the City Council and the Mayor signed off on rezoning the Lower Grand Concourse.

Reynoso — who scored around 6,452 votes over Torres» 3,527, or 64 percent — will likely get another four years to promote affordable housing in the district, a community - driven rezoning in Bushwick and reforming the sanitation industry with the goal of cutting down truck traffic.

The rezoning initiative, presented by the NYC Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC), the Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD), and Councilmember Ydanis Rodríguez, among others, seeks to create new housing, zoning and economic opportunities specifically in Housing Preservation and Development (HPD), and Councilmember Ydanis Rodríguez, among others, seeks to create new housing, zoning and economic opportunities specifically in housing, zoning and economic opportunities specifically in Inwood.

The de Blasio administration recently ran into some trouble when attempting to win community board support for its citywide rezoning proposals meant to spur affordable housing development.

The speaker was also asked about Mayor Bill de Blasio's affordable housing plan and how it might fare in the City Council, which has the power to approve rezoning laws and development projects.

At 1 p.m., Real Affordability for All, top elected officials (like NYC Comptroller Scott Stringer and Public Advocate Tish James), union leaders, workers, and local residents, will call on de Blasio to make substantial changes to his housing plan to ensure real affordability and good union jobs for residents who live in neighborhoods that will be rezoned, City Hall steps, Manhattan.

Also at 11 a.m., struggling small businesses owners from low - income neighborhoods of NYC join leaders and members of Real Affordability for All in opposing de Blasio's housing and rezoning plan, City Hall steps, Manhattan.

At 9:30 a.m., residents and leaders of communities that helped elect NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio unite to oppose the «lack of real affordable housing and good jobs in his rezoning plan,» City Hall steps, Manhattan.

Mayor Bill de Blasio says he's perplexed as to why community residents are rejoicing over the City Council's vote to reject to the Sherman Plaza rezoning proposal in Inwood — arguing it is «not a win for the community» because developers could now erect housing with no affordable units.

The Broadway Sherman rezoning proposal was the first private application filed under the Mandatory Inclusionary Housing zoning text amendment passed by the City Council in March.

The boards, which are appointed by the mayor, City Council and borough presidents, have criticized the rezoning plans as not providing enough housing that is affordable to the actual income levels of people in the neighborhoods and for fear that it would spark more gentrification and overcrowding.

Even as policies like Mandatory Inclusionary Housing, which requires set percentages of rent - controlled units in new developments, move toward enactment in an administration - run rezoning process, some East Harlem stakeholders are making proactive attempts at steering their community's future.

While the discussions surrounding the impacts of the planned rezoning have focused on housing, the participating groups raised awareness about the ramifications for local businesses.

In an exclusive Op - Ed that appeared right here in The Manhattan Times, Congressman Espaillat urges Mayor Bill de Blasio to commit to creating 5,000 new units of affordable housing in Washington Heights and Inwood as a condition to supporting a rezoning of Inwood.

«We need MIH,» said Paul Muhammad of the Coalition for Community Advancement, an East New York group opposed to the neighborhood's rezoning, referring to Mandatory Inclusionary Housing which would mandate some affordable housing in new construction of areas being rezoned, «but in a much more affordable level for the people who live there.Housing which would mandate some affordable housing in new construction of areas being rezoned, «but in a much more affordable level for the people who live there.housing in new construction of areas being rezoned, «but in a much more affordable level for the people who live there.»

The group, Movement for Justice in El Barrio, is countering the de Blasio rezoning proposal that they call a «luxury housing plan» with a 10 - point agenda of its own designed to preserve current housing stock and protect the community from gentrification.

Alicia Glen, deputy mayor for housing and economic development, last year said Mayor Bill de Blasio's administration would not support residential rezonings in Industrial Business Zones in order to protect jobs in those areas.

In addition, the rezoning excludes the area closest to the new Second Avenue Q Train at 96th St, which could also support more affordable housing.

An overhaul for East New York — the first neighborhood to face rezoning under Mayor de Blasio's housing plan — was approved Wednesday by the City Planning Commission.

They have also said that in neighborhoods targeted for rezoning, the Department of Housing Preservation and Development has subsidy programs that could help.