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    City Council Approves Two Amendments Promoting Health and Fitness

    City Council  •  Zoning  •  Citywide

    Image credit: New York City Council.

    In December 2021, the City Council voted to approve two applications proposed by the City to promote health, fitness and support small businesses. For CityLand’s prior coverage, click here.  (more…)

    Date: 01/19/2022
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    City Planning Commission Approves Two Amendments Promoting Health and Fitness

    City Planning Commission  •  Zoning  •  Citywide

    Image of current districts under the FRESH program. One of the Mayor’s proposed zoning amendments will expand the FRESH program in outer boroughs. Image Credit: NYC DCP

    Commissioners raised concerns about the removal of special permits as a way to vet out illegitimate massage parlors. On October 20, 2021, the City Planning Commission voted to approve two applications proposed by the City to support small businesses and promote healthy food options and fitness. The two applications, the FRESH Program Expansion and the Health and Fitness Text Amendment, were part of a series of zoning proposals proposed earlier this year.  (more…)

    Date: 10/21/2021
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    Mayor Announces Zoning Proposals for Grocery Stores, Transit Accessibility, Small Businesses

    Mayor  •  Zoning  •  Citywide

    Image of current districts under the FRESH program. One of the Mayor’s proposed zoning amendments will expand the FRESH program in outer boroughs. Image Credit: NYC DCP

    The zoning proposals include allowing gyms and spas to open as-of-right. On March 9, 2021, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced several proposed zoning changes to support small businesses, create more groceries stores and improve accessibility across the city. The zoning proposals will enter the public review process later this year. (more…)

    Date: 03/10/2021
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    Coney Island Rezoning Fails Following Community Concerns

    City Planning Commission  •  Rezoning  •  Coney Island, Brooklyn

    Illustrative rendering of applicant’s proposed five- and twelve-story development between West 22nd and West 23rd Street, Coney Island, Brooklyn. Image Credit: CPC.

    City Planning voted no in part to questions regarding alleged comments made by project attorney at Community Board hearing. On January 9, 2019, the City Planning Commission voted to disapprove a proposed rezoning of the northern portion of a block situated between Surf Avenue to the north, Reigelman Boardwalk to the south, West 22nd Street to the east, and West 23rd Street to the west, in Coney Island, Brooklyn. The rezoning would have allowed for a new five- and twelve-story mixed-use building with retail and 78 dwelling units, 20 of which would have been permanently affordable. A public hearing on this application was held on December 5, 2018. (more…)

    Tags : City Planning Commission, Coney Island rezoning, Department of City Planning, land use rationale, Rezoning, Special Coney Island District, ULURP, West 22nd-West23rd Street Rezoning
    Date: 02/13/2019
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    City Council Approves Inwood Neighborhood Rezoning Despite Residents Disapproval

    City Council, Economic Development Corporation  •  Rezoning  •  Inwood, Manhattan

    Intersection of Broadway and Dyckman Street in Inwood. Image credit: Daniel Case.

    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 Services, proposed the land use actions to implement a comprehensive rezoning plan in accordance with the goals of the Mayor’s Housing New York: Five-Borough, Ten-Year Plan and began to implement the Inwood NYC Action Plan. (more…)

    Tags : City Council, CPC, Inwood, Inwood rezoning, Rezoning
    Date: 08/22/2018
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