City Council bill adds racial impact study to rezoning process
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"In neighborhoods across the city, we have seen rezonings lead not to stronger community growth, but to rising rents and displacement."
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Bikes, buses & business: Queens BP Richards outlines policy and funding plans
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Richards marked his first 100 days in office.
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 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.
Read MoreVan Bramer blasts newly unveiled Astoria development plan
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“I could not be more opposed to this project.”
Read MorePublic review process begins for plan to actually close Rikers jails
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Though Rikers is technically part of the Bronx, it is located within Queens Community District 1.
Read MoreWhat’s on the ballot: A busy New Yorker’s guide to the five charter revision questions
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Though they can seem inscrutable to anyone who hasn’t followed the inner workings of New York City, “yes” or “no” votes can overhaul aspects of the City Charter.
Read MoreDistricting quirk means Queens has key role in final Close Rikers plan
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A quirk of community districting gives Queens outsized influence on the final closure of the nine isolated and outdated jails on Rikers.
Read MoreCity map change would forever ban Rikers jails
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The proposal comes amid growing pressure from progressive opponents of the plan, which would create a new 1,150-bed jail in every borough but Staten Island.
Read MoreProposed Rockaway development makes waves at public hearing
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Representatives from the community were divided on the project.
Read MoreDe Blasio says city will shrink planned jails
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De Blasio told reporters that the city would revise the size of the proposed jails, including a 270-foot-tall facility behind the Criminal Courthouse in Kew Gardens.
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