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East Harlem Neighborhood Plan

East Harlem Neighborhood Plan

  • Crucial Weeks Ahead for Potential Rezoning of East Harlem

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    Mark-Viverito at East Harlem planning session (photo: Samar Khurshid)


    The de Blasio administration’s plan to significantly alter a large section of East Harlem is in the middle of a contentious process, with its fate unclear. The proposed changes to land use rules and infusion of community development resources -- part of the administration’s larger efforts to build more housing, some of it with affordability requirements, and improve neighborhoods -- have not been to the liking of key elected officials

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  • To Influence Rezoning, East Harlem Stakeholders Preempt City Plan With Own

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    Speaker Mark-Viverito at an East Harlem planning session (photo: William Alatriste)


    A coalition of East Harlem residents, community leaders, and advocacy organizations led by City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito is set to release an exhaustive set of more than 200 recommendations aimed at informing the de Blasio administration’s plan for rezoning and improving the upper-Manhattan neighborhood.

    The East Harlem Neighborhood Plan is the product of

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