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- 125th Street Corridor
- 2nd Avenue Subway
- 421-a tax incentive program
- 980 Madison Tower
- Access to the Region's Core (ARC)
- Albee Square Mall Tower
- Atlantic Yards
- Bayside Rezoning
- Bayswater/Far Rockaway Rezoning
- Bedford Stuyvesant Rezoning
- Briarwood Rezoning
- Bricktown Centre
- Brig Redevelopment, Wallabout Brooklyn
- Brooklyn Academy of Music Cultural District
- Brooklyn Greenway
- Brooklyn Navy Yard
- Bush Terminal Park
- Clinton Hill/Ft. Greene Rezoning
- College Point Police Academy
- Columbia University Expansion
- Columbus Circle
- Con Ed Site Redevelopment
- Coney Island Development
- Cooper Square Urban Renewal Area
- Cross Harbor Freight Tunnel
- Domino Sugar Factory
- Downtown Brooklyn
- Downtown JFK-LIRR Link
- DUMBO Rezoning
- Dyker Heights/Fort Hamilton Rezoning
- East River Plaza
- East River Science Park
- East River Waterfront
- East Side Access
- Far Rockaway and Mott Creek Rezoning
- Far West Village Rezoning
- Federal Housing Policy
- Fieldston Landmark Designation
- Flushing Development
- Fordham Expansion
- Forest Hills Rezoning
- Fresh Kills Master Plan
- Fulton Street Transit Center
- Gansevoort Marine Transfer Station
- Garment District Rezoning
- Gateway Center at Bronx Terminal Market
- General Theological Seminary Tower (Chelsea)
- Governors Island
- Gowanus Development
- Greenpoint-Williamsburg Rezoning
- High Line Redevelopment + Whitney Museum
- HUB Retail and Office Center
- Hudson Railyards
- Hudson River Park
- Hudson Yards Rezoning & Development
- Hunter College Health-Professions Tower
- Hunts Point Vision Plan
- Inwood/Sherman Creek Waterfront Rezoning
- Jamaica, Queens Development and Rezoning
- Javits Convention Center Expansion
- JetBlue JFK Terminal
- Kingsbridge Armory
- Kissena Park Rezoning
- Lincoln Center Redevelopment
- Long Island City
- Lower East Side Rezoning
- Lower Manhattan Development
- Maspeth - Woodside Rezoning
- Mets Stadium Construction
- Middle Village-Glendale Rezoning
- Midwood Rezoning
- Mott Haven School Campus
- Moynihan Station
- Museum for African Art
- New Madison Square Garden
- New Rego Park, Queens Mall
- New York City Building Code
- New York City Hospital Redevelopment
- New York Diamond Tower
- New York Historical Society Tower
- No. 7 Line Extension
- North Brother Island
- North Tribeca Rezoning
- NYC 2012 Olympic Bid
- NYU Development
- One Madison Ave Clocktower
- P.S. 64 Redevelopment
- PlaNYC 2030
- Plaza Hotel Redevelopment
- Policy Developments - Landmarks
- Public Place
- Queens Botanical Garden
- Queens Plaza
- Queens West
- Randalls Island Water Park and Playing Fields
- Red Hook Cruise Terminal
- Red Hook Development
- Renaissance Ballroom and Renaissance Casino
- Seventh Regiment Armory (Park Ave.)
- Silvercup West
- SoHo Sanitation Garage
- Solid Waste Management Plan
- South Bronx Jail Plan
- South Ferry Terminal Project
- South Street Seaport Redevelopment
- South Village Historic District
- Springfield Gardens Rezoning
- St. Vincent’s Expansion
- Stapleton Waterfront District
- Starrett City
- Staten Island NASCAR Track
- Staten Island North Shore Light Rail
- Stuyvesant Town and Peter Cooper Village
- Sunnyside Yards Platform
- The Caledonia (Chelsea)
- Trump Soho Hotel Condominiums
- Union Square Redesign
- Union-Utopia Rezoning
- United Nations Renovation
- Upper West Side Rezoning Proposal
- Uptown New York (East Harlem)
- Van Cortlandt Park Filtration Plant
- Via Verde - New Housing New York Legacy Project
- Washington Square Park Redesign
- West-Park Presbyterian Church Tower
- White Plains Courtyard
- Whitestone Rezoning
- Willets Point Development
- World Trade Center Redevelopment
- Yankee Stadium Construction
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.
Council Committee Condones Forest Hills Rezoning
Thursday, November 08, 2007 | Times Ledger | Topic: Land Use
The City Council Land Use Committee unanimously approved the rezoning of 40 blocks in Forrest Hills. The new zoning was introduced to protect the current context of the neighborhood, which is primarily one and two family homes. The rezoning will maintain a denser commercial overlay district along Metropolitan Avenue but will prevent commercial and community uses along side streets. New construction must be on the scale of current buildings.
Borough President Holds Hearing to Review Forest Hills Rezoning
Thursday, September 06, 2007 | Times Ledger | Topic: Land Use
Queens Borough President Helen Marshall held a hearing on September 6th to review the plan to rezone the southern portion of Forest Hills. The plan has already been approved by Community Board 6 and many local residents support it. The rezoning will designate the area for single family and two family homes, which is what the majority of the neighborhood currently is. It is expected that Marshall will make a final decision in the next month or so.
Majority of Community Pleased with Rezoning Efforts in Forest Hills
Tuesday, August 21, 2007 | New York Daily News | Topic: Land Use
After nearly a decade of discussion on rezoning in Forest Hills, a rezoning plan has been agreed to by Community Board 6 and many local residents which is expected to be approved by Queens Borough President Helen Marshall by August 30th. The impetus for recent action has come from fears by some local residents that high-rise buildings will take over the “one- and two-family homes that make up 86% of the neighborhood.” After Marshall reviews the plan, the city Board of Standards and Appeals will evaluate it
Queens Community Board Approves Forest Hills Rezoning
Thursday, August 16, 2007 | Queens Chronicle | Topic: Land Use
Queens Community Board 6 unanimously approved a rezoning proposal intended to safeguard the low-rise character of the area. The rezoning is necessary, say proponents, because of an existing zoning provision dating back to 1961 that permits community facilities in small one and two-family detached homes. By designating close to 40 blocks of Forest Hills as R3A, R3X, and R3-1, the rezoning will curtail such mixed-use development. Proponents expect final city approval in 2008.
Rezoning a Possibility for 40 block area of Forest Hills
Thursday, May 10, 2007 | Queens Chronicle | Topic: Land Use
On Tuesday, the City Department of Planning presented the findings and recommendations of a study requested by Councilwoman Melinda Katz to rezone a 40-block area of Forest Hills. The goal of this effort is to maintain the “lower-density residential character” of the area by ensuring that only one and two-family residences will be permitted. The Community Board and the Queens Borough President must now make written comments on the plan before the City Planning Commission and the City Council can approve it.