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Rezoning

The Next Dimes Square Is Just Around the Corner

New York City is constantly in a state of art scenes gentrifying neighborhoods and changing the city. Dimes Square isn't unique.
By Erin Taylor
Mayor Bill de Blasio.

De Blasio Revisits 2013 Campaign Themes in His State of the City Showtime at the Apollo

"My message to all New Yorkers tonight is very simple, and I hope very clear: this is your city. This is your city, you helped make it what it is. And it is up to us to protect it."
By Will Bredderman
Midtown East.

Midtown East Plan Finally Enters Lengthy Zoning Process

The seven-month review process on the proposal to rezone a major swath of Midtown East has kicked off, city officials announced.
By Terrence Cullen
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio speaks during a news conference in Times Square March 22, 2016 in New York City.

De Blasio: Collapse of Inwood Rezoning Proposal ‘Not A Win for the Community’

By Madina Toure
Mayor Bill de Blasio discusses affordable housing at Saint Rita’s Catholic Church in Brooklyn in October. (Photo: Ed Reed for Mayoral Photography Office)

Clergy Back de Blasio’s Embattled Affordable Housing Plan

By Jillian Jorgensen
A sign for New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio's new housing plan stands at an affordable housing construction site.

After Community Criticism, de Blasio Defends His Affordable Housing Plan

By Jillian Jorgensen
Occupancy is expected by mid-2016.

Extell’s 70 Charlton in Hudson Square Releases New Renderings, But Not Sales Figures

By Morgan Halberg
Instrata Park Slope at 150 Fourth Avenue. (Instrata)

Park Slope’s Borderland Gets More Manhattan-Style Luxury

By Morgan Halberg
Mayor Bill de Blasio announcing his new Parks Commissioner Mitchell Silver in Seward Park in Chinatown. (Photo: Rob Bennett for the Office of Mayor Bill de Blasio)

De Blasio Administration Won’t Commit to Bloomberg Promises on Parks

By Will Bredderman
ANHD executive director Benjamin Dulchin rallies with pols outside City Hall (Twitter/Pratt Center).

Pols Call for Industrial Revolution in New York Real Estate

By Will Bredderman

Editorial: East Side Retreat

By The Editors
Not this time around.

Mayor Bloomberg, Real Estate Industry Denied One Last Rezoning

By Kim Velsey and Jill Colvin
Midtown. (Photo: John Moore/Getty Images)

City Council Kills Midtown East Rezoning Plan With de Blasio’s Blessing

By Jill Colvin
Bloomberg sweetens the deal.

Eager to Pass Midtown East Rezoning, Bloomberg Decides that City Should Front the Money for Infrastructure Improvements

By Kim Velsey
Grand Central Station: an example of balancing progress and preservation well. (TravelJapanBlog)

The Station that Started It All: How Grand Central Embodies the Battle Over Midtown East

By Kim Velsey

Midtown, Reimagined

By The Editors

Keeping It Contextual: City Planning Commission Approves Rezonings in West Harlem, Bed-Stuy

By Matt Chaban
They want more to look at. (Getty)

City Planning Says It Is Not Rushing Midtown Rezoning, Though It Has Good Reason to Act Fast

By Matt Chaban
Lofty goals. (Trinity Real Estate)

Circling Hudson Square: Everybody Wants a Piece of the Last Untouched Neighborhood—Except for Those Who Just Want To Be Left Alone

By Matt Chaban

Hudson Square Hallejujah: City Planning Certifies Trinity’s Transformation of Sleepy Neighborhood

By Matt Chaban
The neighborhood New York forgot. (Hudson Square Connection)

Hudson Square Rising: Last Corner of Undeveloped Manhattan Starts Rezoning Process Monday

By Matt Chaban
Not in our back quad! (GVSHP)

Ivory Sours: Late to Class, NYU Professors Fail at Blocking So-Called Sexton Plan, Hope for Extra Credit

By Matt Chaban
Right-sized on Broadway. (DCP)

West Harlem Shuffle: Scott Stringer Approves Low-Rise Rezoning He Called for Five Years Ago

By Matt Chaban
Needs work. (Globe Images)

Is Midtown Too Small? City Planning Outlines Ideas for Adding (Much) Taller Towers

By Matt Chaban
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