Sentences with phrase «housing zoning proposals»

He will also focus on two issues that have recently become very controversial in New York City: homelessness and Mayor Bill de Blasio's affordable housing zoning proposals.

The City Council approved the mayor's affordable housing zoning proposals Tuesday, but not without drama, as some protesters got kicked out of the Council chamber.

At 5:30 p.m., Queens Borough President Melinda Katz and the Queens Borough Board votes on affordable housing zoning proposals, Queens Borough Hall, 120 - 55 Queens Blvd., Queens.

Not exact matches

Manhattan has become the third borough to reject citywide zoning proposals that are key to Mayor de Blasio's ambitious affordable housing plan.

By the city's metric, the proposal would produce 3,447 affordable housing units, largely through mandatory inclusionary zoning and subsidies.

The proposal is part of two zoning amendments that seek to increase the number of affordable housing units throughout the city.

Speaking Thursday at the St. Patrick's Day Parade, de Blasio said the nonprofit had accomplished what it was created to do: Push through proposals such as universal pre-K and his zoning changes to help create and preserve 200,000 units of affordable housing.

The two proposals, Zoning for Quality and Affordability (ZQA) and Mandatory Inclusionary Housing (MIH), are considered crucial to de Blasio's goal of creating 80,000 new affordable housing units and preserving an additional 1Housing (MIH), are considered crucial to de Blasio's goal of creating 80,000 new affordable housing units and preserving an additional 1housing units and preserving an additional 120,000.

And the mayor's call for the construction of tens of thousands of units of vitally needed new housing is the best example of his vision: His proposal calls for new construction and zoning changes mostly in areas that can support new housing — along key subway routes and with parks and other services thought about from the start.

Mark - Viverito, an early supporter of Mandatory Inclusionary Housing, has yet to take a position on the second proposal, known as Zoning for Quality and Affordability.

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.

De Blasio has chosen 15 neighborhoods around the city where his two zoning proposals — including one that mandates a certain amount of permanently affordable housing — will be put into play.

After much talk, the two sides had worked out a compromise on two zoning proposals to force the development of affordable housing in a city with no shortage of development.

The de Blasio proposal consists of two parts: mandatory inclusionary zoning, which would require all new construction to set aside a quarter to a third of its new units for below - market tenants, and «Zoning for Quality and Affordability,» which would spur senior housing construction, eliminate some local size and shape restrictions and waive the parking space requirements at such developments to maximize residential construzoning, which would require all new construction to set aside a quarter to a third of its new units for below - market tenants, and «Zoning for Quality and Affordability,» which would spur senior housing construction, eliminate some local size and shape restrictions and waive the parking space requirements at such developments to maximize residential construZoning for Quality and Affordability,» which would spur senior housing construction, eliminate some local size and shape restrictions and waive the parking space requirements at such developments to maximize residential construction.

«The Council's response to the proposals for Mandatory Inclusionary Housing and Zoning for Quality and Affordability represent months of thoughtful deliberation, community consultation and negotiation with our partners in the administration,» Mark - Viverito said Monday at City Hall.

The Council altered de Blasio's Mandatory Inclusionary Housing and Zoning for Quality and Affordability proposals to make them include more affordable housing and more parking in areas with poor access to public transportation, but these changes was not enough to satisfy some Bronx lHousing and Zoning for Quality and Affordability proposals to make them include more affordable housing and more parking in areas with poor access to public transportation, but these changes was not enough to satisfy some Bronx lhousing and more parking in areas with poor access to public transportation, but these changes was not enough to satisfy some Bronx leaders.

The two proposals — Mandatory Inclusionary Housing, which requires affordable housing in some new construction, and Zoning for Quality and Affordability, which raises building heights and lifts parking requirements to spur development of senior and affordable housing — have come under fire from an array of constituHousing, which requires affordable housing in some new construction, and Zoning for Quality and Affordability, which raises building heights and lifts parking requirements to spur development of senior and affordable housing — have come under fire from an array of constituhousing in some new construction, and Zoning for Quality and Affordability, which raises building heights and lifts parking requirements to spur development of senior and affordable housing — have come under fire from an array of constituhousing — have come under fire from an array of constituencies.

The borough president will also tackle de Blasio's Mandatory Inclusionary Housing proposal, which would require new construction in parts of the city to include affordable housing, and his Zoning for Quality and Affordability proposal, which is meant to make building affordable senior housing easier by relaxing parking requirements and increasing building hHousing proposal, which would require new construction in parts of the city to include affordable housing, and his Zoning for Quality and Affordability proposal, which is meant to make building affordable senior housing easier by relaxing parking requirements and increasing building hhousing, and his Zoning for Quality and Affordability proposal, which is meant to make building affordable senior housing easier by relaxing parking requirements and increasing building hhousing easier by relaxing parking requirements and increasing building heights.

The board, which plays an advisory role on land use and community policy issues in the city, unanimously voted against the Mandatory Inclusionary Housing and Zoning for Quality and Affordability proposals with the exception of City Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito's office, which abstained from both votes.

At 6 p.m. Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. and the Bronx Borough Board will host a public hearing regarding the Zoning for Quality and Affordability and the Mandatory Inclusionary Housing proposals of Mayor de Blasio through the City Planning department and toward his housinHousing proposals of Mayor de Blasio through the City Planning department and toward his housinghousing plan.

The proposals are part of Mandatory Inclusionary Zoning and Zoning for Quality and Affordability, two main pieces of the mayor's Housing New York plan that are being reviewed by community and borough boards now before some version goes to the Council.

As part of the «empowerment zone» proposal, the White House asked federal agencies to earmark at least $ 3 billion under existing programs for initiatives in the zones.

We'll also discuss the campaign to Save The Smell and with it the last remnants of the early 20th century Main Street entertainment zone, a lost episode of Huell Howser's «California's Gold» reminds us that Lummis House needs a lot of help, a troubling proposal to gut the Cecil Hotel and a new campaign to ensure Pershing Square's historic monuments don't fall by the wayside if the park is redesigned.