Tag: zoning

Straining her voice to be heard over the clamor of construction, Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer delivered the lead-off message to a crowd of about 50 people

Developers have continued constructing a 51-story apartment tower on Amsterdam Avenue and 69th Street despite a March 13th court ruling that placed

A stunning and somewhat surreal development in the saga of the proposed 668-foot building at 200 Amsterdam Avenue came to light at a town hall meeting

City planners explained their proposals to change zoning and affordable housing rules at a standing-room-only Community Board 7 meeting Wednesday night,

A zoning plan that the city says is designed to encourage development of affordable housing and apartments for seniors is raising alarms

The city Department of Education released a proposal at a meeting on Monday night to rezone the public schools in the southern end of the Upper West Side

The school district that includes the Upper West Side could be rezoned over the next year, as officials try to whittle down massive waiting lists at popular schools while

The city has drafted a plan to rezone much of the Upper West Side to keep the neighborhood's storefronts small. The ambitious plan would make sure that most stores take up less than 40 feet of sidewalk space, thus keeping big box stores from gobbling up retail space and keeping ...

February 28, 2012 Weather: Sunny, High of 46 Degrees.

The city's plan to limit the size of Upper West Side storefronts passed another hurdle on Wednesday night, winning approval from Community Board 7's Land Use Committee. The committee voted 11 to 2 to pass the rules, meaning the proposal has now won approval from two committees and will move ...

February 7, 2012 Weather: Sunny, High of 49 Degrees.

June 24, 2011 Weather: Scattered Thunderstorms, High of 77 Degrees. News: Proposed zoning rules backed by Community Board Chairman Mel Wymore and City Councilwoman Gale Brewer could limit the amount of storefront space that banks take up on Broadway, Amsterdam and Columbus. (In one 26-block stretch of Broadway, there are ...