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Queens Community District 06
73-05 Yellowstone Boulevard
Forest Hills, NY 11375
Phone: 718.263.9250
Fax: 718.263.2211
Email: cb6q@nyc.rr.com
Forest Hills Rezoning
At the request of Councilwoman Melinda Katz, and working with Queens Community Board 6, and the Forest Hills Community and Civic Association, the Department of City Planning initiated a rezoning of southern Forest Hills in early 2007. The effort was prompted by concerns that the current zoning doesn’t match the built condition of the area. Specifically, officials and residents believe that without changes, new development would be out of character with the predominantly single and double family residential nature of the neighborhood.
DCP certified the rezoning application on June 18, 2007. Since then, it has been approved by Queens Community Board 6 and the Queens Borough President. It is now before the City Planning Commission for approval, and then it will be put to a vote by the City Council.
Recent headlines
Council Committee Condones Forest Hills Rezoning
November 8, 2007
Times Ledger
Borough President Holds Hearing to Review Forest Hills Rezoning
September 6, 2007
Times Ledger
Majority of Community Pleased with Rezoning Efforts in Forest Hills
August 21, 2007
New York Daily News