Category: Opinion
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CFDC Commends Mayor Mamdani’s New Housing Plan
Calls on City to Reject Vornado/Stellar’s Incompatible Tribeca Supertall Proposal Today, Mayor Mamdani and Deputy Mayor Bozorg released Block by Block: The Housing Plan for a New Era, a sweeping new housing plan that recognizes the scale of New York City’s affordability crisis and the urgent need for the City to protect tenants, preserve existing affordable…
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“Tell City Planning that We Demand Affordable Housing”
An Action Alert from Stephanie Kelemen Dear Friends and Neighbors, The City’s Manhattan Plan survey asks the public where 100,000 new housing units should go. But here’s the problem: It assumes that more development is automatically the solution to the housing crisis, and it doesn’t say anything about whether those units will be affordable. That’s why we’re…
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“You Cannot Build Community by Building Over It”
A Message from Stephanie Kelemen Dear Friends and Neighbors, The time to act is now. As many of you know, our community is facing the threat of a proposed supertall tower that would fundamentally alter the fabric of our neighborhood. This project has not yet received final approval from the City—which means we still have…
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Will Tribeca be Home to the Tallest Building in the Western Hemisphere?
By Eric Anderson, CFDC Trustee While much of Tribeca was rezoned with height limits 28 years ago, the 10 blocks along Greenwich Street and Church Street have no height limits, with current zoning similar to 57th Street’s “Billionaire’s Row.” This zoning allowed the 57-story Jenga tower on Leonard and Church Street to be built and…