Realtors React to Rezoning With Doom & Gloom
By Stephen Witt
Several local real estate agents charged last week that one byproduct of downzoning is that seniors and young families will be forced out of the neighborhood.
The comments came after City Councilmember Vincent Gentile and V
Several local real estate agents charged last week that one byproduct of downzoning is that seniors and young families will be forced out of the neighborhood.
The comments came after City Councilmember Vincent Gentile and V
Bhurst Town Hall On Rezoning
The public is invited to attend the Gravesend/Bensonhurst Quality of Life Committees town hall meeting at 7 p.m., April 26 to discuss a number of community issues, including the re-zoning plan for parts of Community Board 11.
Assemblyman Wil
Assemblyman Wil
City Council committee okays Bayside rezoning
The City Council’s Land Use Committee, chaired by City Councilwoman Melinda Katz (D-Forest Hills), voted Tuesday 18-0 in favor of the proposal to toughen building restrictions in more than 350 blocks of Bayside, with one abstention by Katz.
Addressing certain non-truths about rezoning
The rezoning enjoys overwhelming and anxious support, the only desire being that it could have been done years ago. Please note that word: Rezoning. The plan is not a downzoning, as some would have you negatively believe, but an appropriate rezoning of 35
Economic and Legal Outlook for Rezoning
While a preservationist was hired to map Bayside’ s homes and lot sizes, I can not recall seeing an economic study on how rezoning Bayside from R2 to R2A would affect property values. This is extremely odd considering that new homes in our area, whi
CB 7 votes yes to Kissena Park rezoning plan to safeguard nabe
“Overcrowding creates an unstable community,” said Beverly McDermott, a community activist who lives in the neighborhood. “The bigger these houses get, the less attractive the neighborhood.”
Residents packed the CB 7 meeting
Residents packed the CB 7 meeting
Opposition to Avella’s rezoning plan distressing
The reality is that for at least the last 10 years, our area of Queens has been plagued by the development of so called McMansions that simply do not maintain the character of the neighborhood in which I grew up and that I want my children to grow up in.
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