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    Council Subcommittee Approves East New York Rezoning Plan with Modifications

    Affordable Housing  •  East New York, Brooklyn
    New York City Council Member Rafael Espinal. Image credit: NYCC/William Alatriste

    New York City Council Member Rafael Espinal. Image credit: NYCC/William Alatriste

    The modified East New York Rezoning includes such deep levels of affordability that Council Members referred to the rezoning plan as a “unicorn,” though all hope to use it as an example for future rezonings.  On April 14, 2016, the City Council Subcommittee on Zoning and Franchises and Committee on Land Use held back-to-back meetings on the Department of City Planning’s East New York Rezoning Plan, which would affect the greater East New York area of Brooklyn.  The proposed rezoning would make East New York the first of 15 neighborhoods to be rezoned under Mayor Bill de Blasio’s Housing New York plan.

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    Tags : affordable housing, City Council, Committee on Land Use, Council Member David G. Greenfield, Council Member Inez Barron, Council Member Jumaane D. Williams, Council Member Rafael Espinal, East New York Rezoning, Housing New York, Subcommittee on Zoning and Franchises, Workforce1
    Date:04/18/2016
    Category : City Council
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