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Inclusionary Zoning

Past Project last updated April 29, 2009

Brad Lander at the IZ Press Conference

A Powerful Tool for the Creation of Affordable Housing

During his first term in office, Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced expansive plans to rezone more than twenty New York City communities – including the Far West Side of Manhattan, Greenpoint/Williamsburg, Long Island City, and parts of the South Bronx. As originally proposed, the plans were poised to generate more than 50,000 new units of housing, almost all of them for rent or sale at market rates. 

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Manhattan Community Board 9 197-a Plan

Testimony last updated December 12, 2007

Testimony to the New York City Council; Subcommittee on Planning, Dispositions & Concessions; Zoning & Franchises

Mercedes Narciso
Senior Planner
Pratt Center for Community Development
December 12, 2007

Chairpersons and Honorable Council Members, thank you for this opportunity to provide testimony today. My name is Mercedes Narciso and I am a Senior Planner with the Pratt Center for Community Development, assisting CB9 as the lead planner of the 197-a Plan and review of the ULURP process. I am also a member of the Campaign for Community-Based Planning, an initiative seeking to create a more meaningful role for communities in New York City's planning and decision-making processes.

I am here to support the community's 197-a Plan as the community envisioned it -- that is, integrating new academic facilities into the fabric of a mixed-use neighborhood.

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