Tensions heat up at City of Yes hearing
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Tensions got hot at a recent meeting to discuss the city’s City of Yes of Housing Opportunity.
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City pitches Willets Point proposal to planning commission
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The second phase of the development of Willets Point took another step in its long road to city approval this week, appearing before the commissioners of the City Planning Commission on Wednesday.
Read MoreCity Planning Commission approves NYC coastal resiliency plan
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“ZCFR is a game-changer for the residents and businesses who call New York City’s floodplain their home.”
Read MoreCity Planning Commission backs Flushing Waterfront rezoning
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Commission Chair Marisa Lago, one of the 11 members who voted in favor of the rezoning, said the land use application was “an important step forward for Flushing.”
Read MoreNYC confronts climate crisis reality with coastal rezoning plan
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“Hurricane Sandy continues to serve as a painful reminder that we must continue to adapt to the ever-so-real threats of climate change. This includes updating our zoning to help New Yorkers build, and rebuild, more resiliently.”
Read MoreNYC resumes contentious Flushing Waterfront land use review process
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“We need actual affordable housing, and not only as a tradeoff for more luxury housing. There’s nobody who wants a Queens waterfront more than Flushing residents, but it shouldn't come at the cost of 2,000 luxury condos.”
Read MoreOpinion: Special Flushing Waterfront District rezoning appeal is grounded in misinformation
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Tarry Hum is a professor and chair of the Urban Studies Department at Queens College, City University of New York.
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