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    Supreme Court Judge Finds Inwood Rezoning in Violation of SEQRA

    Court Decisions  •  Article 78  •  Inwood, Manhattan

    Proposed rezoning. Image credit: CPC.

    City expected to appeal Judge’s decision invalidating the Inwood Rezoning. On December 10, 2019, Judge Verna L. Saunders of the New York State Supreme Court, New York county ruled in favor of the Northern Manhattan is Not For Sale’s Article 78 petition challenging the legality of the Inwood Rezoning. The rezoning was proposed by the city’s Economic Development Corporation and was set to up-zone 59 blocks in the Inwood neighborhood of Manhattan. Approval of the rezoning would permit property owners to build mixed-use commercial and residential developments up to thirty stories tall, where predominantly one to two story-buildings and warehouses previously existed. The plan also included nearly 1,600 new affordable housing units. Northern Manhattan is Not For Sale is an unincorporated association of individuals and organizations alleging the City failed to study the critical impacts of the rezoning before City Council approved the application on August 8, 2018. In large part Northern Manhattan is Not For Sale believes that the rezoning will displace longtime Inwood residents.

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    Tags : CEQR, Inwood, Inwood rezoning, Rezoning, SEQRA, ULURP
    Date: 01/15/2020
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    Mayor Announces New Piece of Manhattan Waterfront Greenway Near East Midtown

    Mayor  •  Waterfront Access  •  East Midtown, Manhattan

    Rendering of a portion of the East Midtown Greenway. Image Credit: NYC EDC/Stantec

    The 1.5 acre stretch of open space, to be completed by 2022, is part of the Manhattan Waterfront Greenway initiative to create continuous loop around perimeter of Manhattan. On November 22, 2019, Mayor Bill de Blasio and top agency officials celebrated the commencement of construction of a new waterfront public open space, the East Midtown Greenway, which will stretch between East 53rd Street to East 61st Street. The East Midtown Greenway project is a piece of a larger project, Manhattan Waterfront Greenway. The Manhattan Greenway Project’s goal is to create accessible public waterfront space and safe bicycle pathways along the outer edge of Manhattan. (more…)

    Tags : East Midtown Greenway, Manhattan Waterfront Greenway, parks, Waterfront
    Date: 12/03/2019
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    Inwood NYC Action Plan Progress Update Released

    New York City Economic Development Corporation  •  Inwood Rezoning  •  Inwood, Manhattan

    Council Member Ydanis Rodriguez, Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer and other City Officials celebrated the progress of the Inwood NYC Action Plan. Image Credit: NYCEDC

    The Plan will use over $200 million in public investment. On October 2, 2019 Deputy Mayor Vicki Been, NYCEDC President and CEO James Patchett and City Officials from NYC Parks, Department of Cultural Affairs, Department of Education, Department of Small Business Services, Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD), New York Public Library, and Council Member Ydanis Rodríguez shared an update on the Inwood NYC Action Plan. (more…)

    Tags : Inwood rezoning
    Date: 10/19/2019
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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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    City Council Rejects Proposed Rezoning of Inwood Site Needed for New Development with 50 Percent Affordable Housing

    City Council  •  Affordable Housing  •  Inwood, Manhattan
    Rendering of Proposed Development. Image Credit: KPA Architects

    Rendering of Proposed Development. Image Credit: KPA Architects

    City Council rejected the first private application of Mandatory Inclusionary Housing. On August 16, 2016, the City Council rejected a proposal to rezone a large corner lot in order to construct a new mixed-use development located at 4650 Broadway in Manhattan’s Inwood neighborhood. Currently a two-story commercial building operating as a parking garage and U-Haul truck rental facility occupies the site. The original proposal from the developer, Acadia Sherman Avenue LLC, was to build a new mixed-use building that would have retail and community space on the bottom two floors, contain 335 residential units and rise 23 stories. The original project would have made permanent 30 percent of the floor area as affordable housing under the new Mandatory Inclusionary Housing law.

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    Tags : City Council, City Council's Land Use Committee, City Planning Commission, Council Member Vincent Gentile, Council Member Ydanis Rodriguez, Council’s Zoning & Franchises Subcommittee, Inwood, Mandatory Inclusionary Housing, Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer, Manhattan Community Board 12, Mayor Bill de Blasio
    Date: 09/07/2016
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