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By William Alden 6/25/10 6:25pm

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A Call for Transparency in Development Approvals

Hunter College professor Tom Angotti wants more transparency in the city’s current rezoning process.

Speaking at a meeting of the City Charter Revision Commission Thursday evening, Mr. Angotti was the only one of a five-person panel of land use experts to take serious issue with the way the current rezoning process–known as the Uniform Land Read More

By Eliot Brown 6/24/10 5:05pm

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Burden on Charter Revision: Don’t Change Rezoning Process

Looks like the Bloomberg administration, currently updating the city charter, may leave its land-use approval process untouched.

Amanda Burden, chairwoman of the City Planning Commission and the administration’s empress of all things zoning, said last night that she does not want to see the seven-month review process changed. 

Speaking on a panel on the land Read More