…and businesses of Soho/Noho as well as the surrounding communities of Chinatown and the Lower Eastside. The Mayor’s Soho/Noho Rezoning Plan must be voted NO.” Zishun Ning of the Chinatown…
Read More…ties to de Blasio poised to profit from Soho rezoning,” NY Post Tenants in the Crosshairs —Real Stories of the Victims of the Proposed SoHo/NoHo Rezoning, Village Preservation The SoHo/NoHo…
Read More…have a similar story that you would like us to profile, please contact us: info@gvshp.org Within the sometimes glossy exteriors of SoHo and NoHo streetscapes lie hundreds of units of…
Read More…would like us to profile your story, please contact us: info@gvshp.org Within the sometimes glossy exteriors of SoHo and NoHo streetscapes lie hundreds of units of affordable, rent regulated housing,…
Read More…of widespread contentions that it violated zoning rules. The 311 foot tall SoHo Mondrian Hotel at 9 Crosby Street. Comptroller Stringer wants to upzone SoHo and NoHo to allow even…
Read More…of widespread contentions that it violated zoning rules. The 311 foot tall SoHo Mondrian Hotel at 9 Crosby Street. Comptroller Stringer wants to upzone SoHo and NoHo to allow even…
Read More…History of SoHo from the 1700’s through the Present,” by Yukie Ohta The Lofts of SoHo: Gentrification, Art, and Industry in New York, 1950-1980 by Aaron Shkuda “SoHo Zoning Guidebook,” SoHo Broadway Initiative…
Read More…would like us to profile your story, please contact us: info@gvshp.org Within the sometimes glossy exteriors of SoHo and NoHo streetscapes lie hundreds of units of affordable, rent regulated housing,…
Read More…the Thursday March 25th 6:30 pm event. RSVP here: https://www.thinkchinatown.org/happenings/sohorezoning In the fall of 2020, the de Blasio administration announced its plans to rezone the neighborhoods of SoHo and NoHo,…
Read MoreLate yesterday, Village Preservation, Councilmember Christopher Marte, the Coalition for Fairness in SoHo and NoHo, and allied community groups filed a “motion to intervene” in the lawsuit filed by NYU…
Read More…Village Preservation shows that the city’s SoHo/NoHo Rezoning Plan will make these neighborhoods richer, whiter, and more expensive to live in than they are now, and likely create significantly less…
Read More…Village Preservation has been telling their stories as part of our series “Tenants In the Crosshairs: The SoHo/NoHo Rezoning Plan Victims The Mayor Wants You To Forget.” These stories are…
Read More…rezone the neighborhoods of SoHo and NoHo, saying it would “advance the City’s goals of fair housing and equitable growth” and “create a more inclusive…SoHo and NoHo” as part of…
Read More…MIH in SoHo, NoHo, and Chinatown stems from the program’s obvious shortcomings in other neighborhoods, where it has arguably decreased affordability by triggering real estate speculation and displacement, while producing…
Read MoreDe Blasio’s Just-Released SoHo/NoHo Plan Would Change the Face of Historic Neighborhoods With Massive Upzoning Plan Has Devastating Implications for Neighborhoods and Historic Districts Across the City Late yesterday the…
Read MoreDe Blasio’s Just-Released SoHo/NoHo Plan Would Change the Face of Historic Neighborhoods With Massive Upzoning Plan Has Devastating Implications for Neighborhoods and Historic Districts Across the City Late yesterday the…
Read More…Lower Manhattan Loft Tenants, 318 Restaurant Workers Union and… RSVP HERE In the fall of 2020, the de Blasio administration announced its plans to rezone the neighborhoods of SoHo and NoHo, saying…
Read MoreUpzoning SoHo and NoHo In early 2021, the city released its proposal to rezone SoHo and NoHo, claiming the plan will make these neighborhoods more diverse and affordable, as well as…
Read More…2 hearing on the SoHo NoHo report, via the Village Sun https://thevillagesun.com/divisions-over-envision-soho-noho-rezoning-at-meeting But here’s the catch — the upzoning that’s attached means that getting that small amount of affordable housing…
Read MoreFrom the January 31, 2013 issue of The Villager. Noho and Soho’s firewall against N.Y.U. is at risk http://www.thevillager.com/?p=10030 By Andrew Berman, Executive Director, Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation…
Read More…for SoHo and NoHo. CLICK HERE to Tell Elected Officials You Oppose the Mayor’s Upzoning Plan for SoHo/NoHo and Support the Community Plan Instead There are two critical upcoming hearings…
Read More…for SoHo and NoHo. CLICK HERE to Tell Elected Officials You Oppose the Mayor’s Upzoning Plan for SoHo/NoHo and Support the Community Plan Instead There are two critical upcoming hearings…
Read MorePlan would likely only create 1/5 of projected Affordable Housing, push out Asian American and lower income residents would likely destroy more Affordable Housing than it creates….
Read More…neighborhoods where the real estate market could cross-subsidize affordable housing and thought it found an answer in SoHo/NoHo/Chinatown. The possible application of MIH to SoHo/NoHo/Chinatown, however, has not resolved the…
Read MoreArea residents at recent SoHo/NoHo meeting. (Photo by Joaquin Cotler/AMNY). Recent meetings about potential changes to zoning rules governing SoHo and NoHo have drawn standing-room-only crowds. While by far the majority of those…
Read More…and NoHo is the starting point of a broader effort to seek to upzone other similar neighborhoods. Any proposal for changing zoning regulations in SoHo and NoHo will have to…
Read More…point of a broader effort to seek to upzone other similar neighborhoods. Any proposal for changing zoning regulations in SoHo and NoHo will have to go through the city’s full…
Read MoreDe Blasio wants to fool the public into believing that his plan for rezoning SoHo/NoHo/Chinatown will diversify incomes and increase affordability in those neighborhoods. The opposite will in fact be…
Read More…the Tenants Political Action Committee (TenantsPAC), said: “The sheer dishonesty of the de Blasio administration in disguising the real thrust of the mayor’s SoHo/NoHo upzoning is beyond shocking. Clearly this plan,…
Read MoreVillage Preservation (GVSHP) has joined forces with the Bowery Alliance of Neighbors, the Broadway Residents Coalition, Lower Manhattan Loft Tenants, the NoHo Neighborhood Association, and the SoHo Alliance to form…
Read More…has expressed support for the Mayor’s plan for upzoning SoHo and NoHo. Eric Adams has expressed support for the Mayor’s plan for upzoning SoHo and NoHo. Shaun Donovan “expressed support…
Read More…Affordable Housing in the SoHo/NoHo Rezoning Mapping the Disproportionate Impact of the SoHo/NoHo Rezoning Plan on Asian Americans SoHo/NoHo Upzoning: The City’s Willful Disguising of Demographic Data Utterly Out of…
Read More…and NoHo neighborhoods,” it is important that the public attend, especially SoHo and NoHo residents, to speak up for preserving the special character of these neighborhoods. A second public…
Read More…NoHo neighborhoods,” it is important that the public attend, especially SoHo and NoHo residents, to speak up for preserving the special character of these neighborhoods. A second public meeting…
Read More…impacts. Register Here The City’s proposed SoHo/NoHo Upzoning, set to begin the public review and approval process this fall, would allow new development in these neighborhoods and parts of Chinatown…
Read More…SoHo-NoHo Coalition (including the SoHo Alliance, the NoHo Neighborhood Association, New York City Loft Tenants, the Bowery Alliance of Neighbors, and the Broadway Residents Coalition) are fighting for the following principles…
Read MoreThe first public meeting on the city’s proposal to rezone and upzone SoHo and NoHo will be next Monday from 6-8 pm. Register to participate by Zoom and speak/ask questions…
Read MoreThe first public meeting on the city’s proposal to rezone and upzone SoHo and NoHo will be next Monday from 6-8 pm. Register to participate by Zoom and speak/ask questions…
Read More…do is a very bad plan. And by these measures, Mayor de Blasio’s SoHo/NoHo/Chinatown upzoning is a very bad plan indeed. Over the past several months, we have shown: -how…
Read More…and NoHo, released the following statement today in response to the certification, or formal release and beginning of the public approval process, for Mayor de Blasio’s SoHo/NoHo Upzoning plan. “In…
Read MoreThe NoHo and SoHo neighborhoods, showing the area covered by their unique M1-5A and B zoning. The City, Borough President Gale Brewer, and City Councilmember Margaret Chin are holding another…
Read MoreVillage Preservation continues to work with our allies with whom we have formed the Save SoHo-NoHo Coalition to protect these neighborhoods in the face of real estate and institutional interests advocating for disturbing changes to the…
Read MoreProponents of upzoning SoHo and NoHo have restarted a campaign to get the City to turn the process of re-examining zoning and other regulations in these neighborhoods, undertaken in 2019 by the…
Read MoreThe NoHo and SoHo neighborhoods, showing the area covered by their unique M1-5A and B zoning. Borough President Gale Brewer, the Department of City Planning, and City Councilmember Margaret Chin…
Read MoreLast week, the City ‘certified,‘ or issued its final proposal for the massive upzoning of SoHo, NoHo, and parts of Chinatown. The voluminous documents contained numerous inaccuracies, falsehoods, and mischaracterizations,…
Read More…here – the University Place/Broadway/3rd/4th Avenue corridors – also respects the character of those neighborhoods. TO HELP: Tell City Officials an Upzoning for SoHo or NoHo is Unacceptable – CLICK HERE…
Read MoreVillage Preservation is continuing to work with allies including the SoHo Alliance and the Broadway Residents Coalition to push back on the campaign seeking to upzone SoHo and NoHo, led in part…
Read MoreIt’s crunch time in the fight against the City’s massive proposed developer giveaway being packaged as the SoHo/NoHo Upzoning. Here’s the latest: Certification Monday. The City is scheduled to certify…
Read MoreThe greed orgy that is de Blasio’s SoHo/NoHo/Chinatown rezoning is currently before the Land Use Committee of the City Council, which held a public hearing on the matter on November…
Read More…defeated. Currently, Village Preservation is leading a campaign to address the threat posed by a SoHo/NoHo upzoning plan promoted by the Mayor under the false pretext of affordable housing creation…
Read More…on the SoHo/NoHo rezoning plan. Christopher Marte, the winner of the Democratic nomination to represent District 1 (SoHo, NoHo, Chinatown, Lower Manhattan) in the City Council has been a leading…
Read More…on the SoHo/NoHo rezoning plan. Christopher Marte, the winner of the Democratic nomination to represent District 1 (SoHo, NoHo, Chinatown, Lower Manhattan) in the City Council has been a leading…
Read MoreVillage Preservation’s Juan Rivero leading the August 23 press conference with past and future SoHo/NoHo/Chinatown City Councilmembers urging rejection of the plan. Virtual and In-Person Testimony Allowed Borough President Holds…
Read MoreCritics of de Blasio’s atrocious upzoning plan for SoHo, NoHo, and Chinatown–including yours truly— have raised a wide range of serious concerns about its possible and likely consequences. To the…
Read MoreVillage Preservation’s Juan Rivero leading the August 23 press conference with past and future SoHo/NoHo/Chinatown City Councilmembers urging rejection of the plan. Virtual and In-Person Testimony Allowed Borough President Holds…
Read More…grounds for this past trend, however, do not apply to SoHo/NoHo/Chinatown, and there is every reason to believe that developers in these neighborhoods will overwhelmingly choose to pay into the…
Read More…Historic Preservation and the Preservation League of New York State. Finally, residents of SoHo and NoHo including our friends at the SoHo Alliance and Broadway Residents Committee have filed a…
Read MoreYesterday the City Council’s Zoning Subcommittee and Land Use Committee each voted to approve a revised SoHo/NoHo/Chinatown Upzoning + Displacement Plan, with changes negotiated by Councilmembers Margaret Chin and Carlina…
Read MoreYesterday the City Council’s Zoning Subcommittee and Land Use Committee each voted to approve a revised SoHo/NoHo/Chinatown Upzoning + Displacement Plan, with changes negotiated by Councilmembers Margaret Chin and Carlina…
Read MoreJena Hinton of Village Preservation testifying at the City Council hearing. Yesterday’s City Council hearing on the Mayor’s proposed SoHo/NoHo/Chinatown Upzoning/Displacement plan lasted about seven hours, with opponents — many…
Read MoreThe area of SoHo and NoHo where potential zoning changes are being examined. Village Preservation and our allies who have formed the Save SoHo-NoHo Coalition have enumerated the following principles which we…
Read MoreThe voluminous materials for the City’s certified SoHo/NoHo plan contained countless inaccuracies, misrepresentations, and outright lies, but no improvements or adjustments to address the many pointed criticisms the plan has…
Read MoreThe City, Borough President Gale Brewer, and City Councilmember Margaret Chin recently finally released (several months late) their SoHo/NoHo Report following up on several months of “public engagement” about the future of these two…
Read More…the NoHo and SoHo neighborhoods. As we reported then, the report had no real surprises in it, as it largely echoed what had been publicly presented in June. Most of the…
Read More…out-of-scale development, and without big box chain stores forcing out local businesses. Urge City Councilmembers to vote NO on the plan. More information can be found at: www.villagepreservation.org/soho-noho-facts and https://www.villagepreservation.org/campaign/upzoning-soho-and-noho…
Read More…residents of certain types of housing in SoHo, NoHo, and Chinatown, even though many lived there for decades with full knowledge of and no enforcement by the City. Longtime residents,…
Read More…residents of certain types of housing in SoHo, NoHo, and Chinatown, even though many lived there for decades with full knowledge of and no enforcement by the City. Longtime residents,…
Read More…the 2021 SoHo/NoHo/Chinatown Upzoning that we had fought hard to secure, which prohibited NYU and other private universities from expanding most types of its facilities into the area. The original…
Read MoreRead the Report Here The City’s proposed SoHo NoHo Upzoning, set to begin the public review and approval process this spring, would allow new development in these neighborhoods and parts…
Read MoreStarting at 2pm on Thursday, December 3, the City will hold a public hearing on the draft scope of the environmental review for their proposed upzoning of SoHo and NoHo….
Read More…the Community Alternative Rezoning Plan for SoHo and NoHo HERE. CLICK HERE To Tell City Officials to Oppose the Mayor’s SoHo NoHo Upzoning Plan and to Support the Community Plan Instead…
Read MoreEarlier this month the City announced it would be formally filing its massive SoHo/NoHo Upzoning proposal in early May (coverage here and here). This comes on the heels of growing…
Read More…proposal to upzone SoHo, NoHo, and parts of Chinatown. The final plan is barely changed from what the City released last fall, and contains the same allowances for massively oversized…
Read MoreWe had a huge and united turnout on Wednesday at our press conference opposing the Mayor’s outrageous SoHo/NoHo rezoning plan and the Community Board 2 public hearing that followed. We were…
Read MoreFollowing Community Board 2’s resounding and carefully considered rejection of the Mayor’s SoHo/NoHo Upzoning proposal, the application now goes to Borough President Gale Brewer to issue her recommendation. Before she…
Read More…City Council Telling Them “Window Dressing” Changes Aren’t Acceptable — VOTE NO on the SoHo/NoHo/Chinatown Plan HERE For more resources on and information about the SoHo/NoHo/Chinatown Upzoning plan, CLICK HERE….
Read More…City Council Telling Them “Window Dressing” Changes Aren’t Acceptable — VOTE NO on the SoHo/NoHo/Chinatown Plan HERE For more resources on and information about the SoHo/NoHo/Chinatown Upzoning plan, CLICK HERE….
Read More…SoHo/NoHo/Chinatown rezoning plan would be a disaster for these neighborhoods, and set a blueprint for similar rezonings throughout our neighborhoods, which the current and likely incoming Mayor have both promised…
Read MorePhotos by Megan (Markham) Bucknall/Unsplash (left) and Gerardo Romo/NYC Council (right) The City Council’s sole public hearing on the massive and disastrous proposed upzoning of SoHo, NoHo, and parts of…
Read MoreWe have some important updates for you regarding the proposed SoHo/NoHo rezoning plan which would devastate these neighborhoods and serve as a precedent for similar rezonings throughout New York: Community…
Read MoreIntro 2443A was passed by the City Council late last year along with the SoHo/NoHo/Chinatown Upzoning + Displacement Plan, with almost no discussion or debate. The bill imposes draconian penalties…
Read MoreIntro 2443A was passed by the City Council late last year along with the SoHo/NoHo/Chinatown Upzoning + Displacement Plan, with almost no discussion or debate. The bill imposes draconian penalties…
Read MoreWe have received a piece of art that truly captures the essence of the SoHo/NoHo/Chinatown rezoning and breathes new life into the age-old maxim: never pick a fight with someone…
Read MoreOn Monday we also staged a well-attended rally and press conference opposing the Mayor’s upzoning plan for SoHo, NoHo, and Chinatown co-sponsored by TenantsPAC, the Chinatown Working Group, and a vast…
Read MoreEarlier this week, the City Planning Commission (controlled by Mayor de Blasio) met to review the Mayor’s SoHo/NoHo upzoning plan. They acknowledged the significant pushback against the plan, particularly its…
Read MoreLast month the Mayor formally released his massive SoHo/NoHo Upzoning plan, beginning the approximately seven-month public review and approval process. This is where the final outcome of this plan to…
Read More…of the Mayor’s SoHo/NoHo/Chinatown Upzoning + Displacement plan. As we previously reported, after months of fighting, the plan was modified to eliminate or lessen some of the worst elements, with…
Read MoreJoin Village Preservation, the Chinatown Working Group, TenantsPAC, and SoHo, NoHo, East Village, and Lower East Side community groups for a rally and press conference this coming Monday, May 10,…
Read More…of the Mayor’s SoHo/NoHo/Chinatown Upzoning + Displacement plan. As we previously reported, after months of fighting, the plan was modified to eliminate or lessen some of the worst elements, with…
Read MorePlease attend an important Community Board 2 Land Use Committee hearing and discussion of the priorities and recommendations from the recently- released Envision SoHo/NoHo: A Summary of Findings and Recommendations report. Representatives…
Read MoreImage courtesy of Municipal Art Society Our friends at the Municipal Art Society have created a 3-D Google Earth map showing what SoHo, NoHo, and Chinatown would look like with…
Read More…this Wednesday at 6 pm. CLICK HERE to Register (required) Be sure to participate (virtually) in the first official public hearing on the Mayor’s plan to upzone SoHo, NoHo, and…
Read MoreWe had a huge and united turnout on Wednesday at our press conference opposing the Mayor’s outrageous SoHo/NoHo rezoning plan and the Community Board 2 public hearing that followed. We were…
Read MoreManhattan Borough President Gale Brewer will hold her virtual public hearing on the Mayor’s SoHo/NoHo Upzoning plan starting at 6 pm on Monday, August 23 — register here. Testimony is…
Read MoreYesterday the City Planning Commission approved the proposed SoHo/NoHo/Chinatown Upzoning Plan, doubling down on their lies about what the plan will accomplish — new affordable housing, retail vitality, appropriately scaled…
Read MoreThere are two critical upcoming meetings on the study by the City, BP Gale Brewer, and CM Margaret Chin about regulations in NoHo and SoHo and potential recommendations for zoning and other…
Read More…what you can do. The City has made clear they hope to replicate what is done in SoHo/NoHo in similar neighborhoods throughout the city. CLICK HERE to Register for Tonight’s…
Read More…The SoHo/NoHo/Chinatown rezoning plan would be a disaster for these neighborhoods, and set a blueprint for similar rezonings throughout our neighborhoods, which the current and incoming Mayor have both promised…
Read MoreThe full City Council appears poised to vote on the revised SoHo/NoHo/Chinatown Upzoning+Displacement Plan as soon as this Wednesday (full Council is currently scheduled to meet at 1:30 pm). It’s…
Read MorePhoto, right: David Brand/City Limits Yesterday, NYU filed a lawsuit seeking to overturn the provision in the recently enacted SoHo/NoHo/Chinatown Upzoning + Displacement plan that prohibits university facility expansion in…
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