Mayor Eric Adams is looking at rezoning barely-used manufacturing centers in the Garment District and Chelsea for residential use to help ease the Big Apple’s housing crisis.
is looking at rezoning barely used manufacturing centers in the Garment District and Chelsea for residential use to help ease the Big Apple’s housing crisis.
The most dramatic of the proposals calls for a re-examination of the old manufacturing districts in Midtown’s southern quadrant, which stretch roughly from West 23rd Street to West 40th Street between Fifth and Eighth avenues. Mayor Eric Adams is looking at rezoning barely used manufacturing centers in the Garment District and Chelsea for residential use to help ease the Big Apple’s housing crisis.The proposed changes were endorsed by two key figures in any rezoning, Manhattan Borough President Mark Levine and the local councilman, Erik Bottcher , whose thumbs-up is essential for approval from the full council.
The focus is primarily on turning empty older buildings into apartments across more than 40 blocks, which could result in as many as 20,000 new homes.The changes to the city’s office conversion regulations would allow commercial buildings built before 1990 to qualify, expanding the current cutoffs, which are usually 1961 or 1977, depending on their location.
United States Latest News, United States Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Stylist Mary Fellowes, BFC Coauthor ‘Garment Longevity’ White PaperInsights span the state of fashion circularity, citizen behavior and the role of technology and data.
Read more »
Myanmar junta under scanner over 'labour abuse' in garment factoriesA leading rights group says it tracked allegations of wage reduction and wage theft, unfair dismissal, inhumane work rates and forced overtime since the military takeover of the South Asian nation.
Read more »
The Garment Copenhagen Spring 2024 CollectionThe Garment Copenhagen Spring 2024 collection, runway looks, beauty, models, and reviews.
Read more »
Division, disenfranchisement, potential dissolution in San SimeonOPINION by HANK KRZCIUK Last year, the San Simeon Community Services District, under strong recommendations of District Counsel Jeffery Minnery, who said, or implied, the district was under the imm…
Read more »
District 4 candidate Monica Montgomery-Steppe: I stand my by strong support for strict vaccine mandates -SAN DIEGO (KUSI) – The special election for San Diego County District 4 is August 15th, but voting is already underway. Four candidates are campaigning to fill the vacant District 4 seat, including current San Diego City Council President pro tem, Monica Montgomery-Steppe. Monica Montgomery-Steppe was an ardent support of the city’s vaccine mandate for city workers, including the San...
Read more »
OPINION: How Eric Adams Has Vindicated Immigration RestrictionismAll that it has taken to explode the lazy clichés that defined the progressive position on the issue is a heavy flow of illegal immigration. The ...
Read more »