Zoning Policy




Jerome Avenue near Burnside Avenue

City Releases Plan to Rezone Jerome Avenue in the Bronx

Mayor Bill de Blasio’s first major housing victory came when the City Council successfully rezoned East New York in Brooklyn. Now, his administration is going to try and push another contentious rezoning through the public approval process, in order to redevelop the auto shop-filled Jerome Avenue in the Bronx.

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A packed house listens during DCP's meeting on the Bay Street corridor rezoning.

Staten Island’s North Shore Fights Building Heights and Parking for Rezoning on Bay Street

Staten Island has long been the city’s slowest-growing borough, but the administration of Mayor Bill de Blasio is pushing it to develop more housing. Last Wednesday, the Department of City Planning organized a public forum on the mayor’s plan to rezone Bay Street, an industrial swath of Staten Island’s north shore, in order to encourage new apartments and retail.

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