City Planning Commission
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City Planning Wants $110 Review Fee Raised to $850 After 15+ Years
City Planning proposes raising NYC’s $110 Type II environmental review fee to $850, with $3,000 for Green Fast Track housing. Hearing Dec. 2.
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New York’s Affordable-Housing Tax Break Now Comes With Wage Rules and a Clawback
The Comptroller adopted enforcement rules for the wage requirements in 485-x, the ‘Affordable Neighborhoods for New Yorkers’ tax break – a $40-an-hour floor on…
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Rezonings Across Brooklyn, Queens and the Bronx Head to July 1 Hearings
Roughly a dozen rezonings – most with mandatory affordable-housing rules – land at three city hearings between July 1 and July 8, from Williamsburg…
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Bed-Stuy Rezoning Would Add Housing, School Space and Retail Near Park Avenue
A Park Avenue rezoning in Bed-Stuy is moving toward a July 1 City Planning Commission hearing, with records citing a net 481 housing units,…
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Brooklyn Housing, Prospect Park History, Rent Hearings and NYC Contract Watch
Official public notices reviewed by NYC In Focus point to several stories worth watching: Coney West housing, Prospect Park history exhibits, City Planning hearings,…
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NYC Targets 47 Queens Properties for Possible Park Use
New York City records list 47 properties in Queens Community District 2 for possible acquisition and site selection for park use. A City Planning…
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Two Hell’s Kitchen Towers Cleared to Rise on Air Rights Bought From Hudson River Park
The city has cleared two Hell’s Kitchen towers totaling 1,094 apartments, with developers paying Hudson River Park for nearly 150,000 square feet of unused…
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Three Brooklyn-Queens Rezonings, an 80-Person Sanitation Hiring Spree, and $41M in Contracts You Have 72 Hours to Oppose
Three rezonings in Bay Ridge, Carroll Gardens, and Fresh Meadows go to a City Council vote Monday, April 14 — unlocking towers with Mandatory…
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The Hell’s Kitchen Land Swap: How Public Park Space Fuels a $1.1 Billion Auto Dealership and Luxury Housing Complex
Documents reviewed by NYC In Focus reveal a sprawling proposal to rezone two non-contiguous blocks in Hell’s Kitchen, transferring tens of thousands of square…