Sep 6, 2018 | Advocacy, Landmarks Preservation Commission, MIH-Mandatory Inclusionary Housing, West End Avenue, ZQA-Zoning for Quality and Affordability
In 2015, LW! pressed the Landmarks Preservation Commission to maintain the original boundaries of the Riverside-West End Historic District Extension II. Unfortunately, after a vote, they did not, hence the “de Blasio Diet” where every building that was...
Jan 25, 2017 | MIH-Mandatory Inclusionary Housing, Pay to Play, ZQA-Zoning for Quality and Affordability
On the heels of Politico’s report on the new record death statistics from 2016, far surpassing recent years, the DAILY NEWS has an exclusive report on Deputy Mayor Alicia Glen and her misaligned priorities in handling the homelessness crisis. Considered at its...
Mar 23, 2016 | MIH-Mandatory Inclusionary Housing, Preservation Under Fire, Watch List, ZQA-Zoning for Quality and Affordability
Seeing Is Believing We’re still in the process of wading through the 496 pages of zoning text amendments released to the public over the weekend… two days after the March 17, 2016, New York City Council committee-level approval of Mayor de Blasio’s...
Mar 15, 2016 | Advocacy, Affordable Housing, City Council, City Hall, Dept. of City Planning, Landmarks at Risk, MIH-Mandatory Inclusionary Housing, Preservation Under Fire, Zoning, ZQA-Zoning for Quality and Affordability
MAYOR DE BLASIO’S HEIGHT INCREASES WON’T IMPROVE QUALITY OR AFFORDABILITY* Yet, there is talk of a “deal” on sweeping citywide zoning changes Zoning for Quality and Affordability (ZQA) and Mandatory Inclusionary Housing (MIH) and reports that...
Feb 10, 2016 | Advocacy, City Council, City Hall, Dept. of City Planning, MIH-Mandatory Inclusionary Housing, Zoning, ZQA-Zoning for Quality and Affordability
Beginning at 9:30 this morning, the City Council Committee on Zoning and Franchises began a hearing on the Department of City Planning and Department of Housing Preservation and Development’s proposal for ZQA, or more formally, Zoning for Quality and...
Feb 3, 2016 | MIH-Mandatory Inclusionary Housing, Preservation Under Fire, Watch List, ZQA-Zoning for Quality and Affordability
PRESS RELEASE February 3, 2016 PRESERVATION GROUPS BLAST APPROVAL OF CITYWIDE REZONING PLANS WITH NO SUBSTANTIVE CHANGES, VOW TO BRING FIGHT TO CITY COUNCIL Contact: Andrew Berman, Exec. Dir., Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation 212-475-9585 x38...
