Opinion: Flushing waterfront rezoning reveals the failure of NYC's land use process
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“The biggest failure in New York City’s current housing policy is the embrace of private developers to build so-called affordable housing.”
Read MoreKoo says Flushing Waterfront rezoning has ‘many merits’
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“The plan has many merits that would provide our community with tangible benefits we wouldn't have under an as-of-right scenario.”
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 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: New development will bring purpose and economic hope to Flushing and its waterfront
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Project developers promote the potential benefits of the plan.
Read MoreOPINION: Luxury rezoning would worsen food insecurity, inequities in Flushing
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“Flushing’s food inaccessibility is compounded by high rents.”
Read MoreA developer envisions ‘an evolution’ on the Flushing Creek waterfront
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“It’s going to be a place where tourists and everyone else will want to come.”
Read MoreRon Kim backs Constantinides for Queens borough president
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Kim commended Constantinides’ opposition to the Flushing Creek rezoning plan.
Read MoreCandidates for Queens borough president diverge on Flushing Creek rezoning
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Only three candidates weighed in on the controversial development plan.
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