Rezoning Coming to East Harlem

New York City has commenced a Uniform Land Use Review Procedure (ULURP) in the neighborhood of East Harlem. This would be the second rezoning toward Mayor de Blasio's goal for 15 rezonings.

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April 25, 2017, 2:00 PM PDT

By James Brasuell @CasualBrasuell


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"[New York City] took the first major step Monday to rezone a large swath of East Harlem in what would be the second neighborhood rezoned under the mayor’s Mandatory Inclusionary Housing program," reports Kathryn Brenzel.

"The City Planning Commission certified a proposal to rezone a 96-block area of the neighborhood," adds Brenzel. "Officials estimate that the rezoning could create as many as 3,500 units of new housing, some of which will be permanently affordable."

The East Harlem ULURP is the second in in Mayor Bill de Blasio's term, and the second since the city approved a Mandatory Inclusionary Housing ordinance. Mayor de Blasio set a target to rezone 15 neighborhoods under the ordinance to help spur the construction of badly needed housing supply, but so far only East New York has been approved, after a series of setbacks and community opposition slowed the process in other parts of the city.

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