This is the first part in a series about low- and moderate-income rent regulated tenants in the rezoning area the de Blasio rezoning puts at risk of displacement. If you…
Read MoreThis is the third part in a series about low- and moderate-income affordable housing tenants in the rezoning area put at risk of displacement by de Blasio’s rezoning. If you…
Read MoreThis is the second part in a series about low- and moderate-income affordable housing tenants in the rezoning area put at risk of displacement by de Blasio’s rezoning. If you…
Read More…upon lower-income tenants, especially Asian American tenants, whose rent-regulated and loft-law housing would face extreme pressure for demolition Numerous loopholes in the rezoning plan that would allow developers to build…
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…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 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…the East Village, or NoHo: click here to nominate your favorite. Want to help support small businesses? Share this post with friends. Every nook and corner of NoHo offers eclectic…
Read More…Alliance, the NoHo Neighborhood Association, New York City Loft Tenants, the Bowery Alliance of Neighbors, and the Broadway Residents Coalition) to ask for the following guiding principles to be upheld…
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 designation of the NoHo Historic District in 1999, GVSHP was a staunch advocate for extending landmark protections to the remainder of the NoHo neighborhood, as were many long-time neighborhood residents. …
Read More…of the neighborhood, with the later NoHo Historic District Extension and NoHo East Historic District completing much of the job. The Landmarks Preservation Commission cited at the time that the…
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…City. Let us not be duped. There is nothing progressive about the MIH program or about the planning proposals that have metastasized around it, such as the SoHo/NoHo/Chinatown plan. Today,…
Read More…neighborhood character. The SoHo/NoHo Rezoning: Tenants in the Crosshairs Read our series of profiles about the low- and moderate-income rent-regulated tenants in the rezoning area that the de Blasio rezoning…
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 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 MoreThe newly-released study by Village Preservation shows that the City’s SoHo/NoHo Rezoning Plan, which includes part of Chinatown, will make the area richer, whiter, and more expensive to live in than…
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 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…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…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 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…series, focusing on NoHo. Be sure to read our other posts about the West Village LGBT historic sites here, those in the East Village here, and the South Village here. NoHo…
Read MoreNoHo East Historic District map. Source: Landmarks Preservation Commission. Today, the Landmarks Preservation Commission will be holding a public hearing on the proposed South Village Historic District. Yesterday, the NoHo…
Read More…announced that he intends to propose a rezoning of SoHo and NoHo that would include upzoning certain areas to substantially increase the size of allowable new development. He would also change…
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…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 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…to the destruction of rent regulated affordable housing and historic buildings, displacing lower-income tenants and tenants of color (especially Asian American); would result in grossly oversized development; would make these…
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…As you can see in the above historic district map, the extension connects the NoHo Historic District and the NoHo East Historic District. For the most part, the 56 buildings…
Read More…NoHo Historic District and next to the Bayard Condict Building, and so today we will look into the history and architecture of this structure beyond the description in the designation…
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 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 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…found in Greenwich Village, the East Village, and Noho. The main antecedents of the NYPL which formed the foundation of today’s system— the Astor Library, the Lenox Library, and the…
Read MoreJoin us next Monday, March 15 at 6pm for a virtual Town Hall and Teach-In on Mayor de Blasio’s massive SoHo/NoHo Upzoning Plan and our recent study showing its true…
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 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…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 More…course of this month we’re focusing on four areas of our neighborhood — the West Village, East Village, NoHo, and South Village — to highlight important locations, either long gone…
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…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 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 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 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 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 More…29, 1999. It was expanded to include the NoHo East Historic District and NoHo Historic District Extension on June 24, 2003 and May 13, 2008, respectively. 14th Street and Ninth…
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 MoreDidn’t make it to a recent GVSHP program? Visit our website to see photos, videos, and sometimes even presentation materials from recent programs. Photos and video from Saturday’s Basquiat and NoHo panel are now online! This past…
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…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 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 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 MoreBasquiat and NoHo In the late 1980’s, Jean-Michel Basquiat lived and worked at 57 Great Jones Street in Manhattan. This studio space owned by Andy Warhol served as a kind…
Read MoreThe area of SoHo and NoHo where potential zoning changes are being examined. Last night the ‘Summary of Preliminary Recommendations’ by the consultant hired by the Mayor’s Department of City…
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 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 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 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 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 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 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 MoreMoving westward across the Village through our Cemeteries of the Village series, today we explore one former cemetery site in NoHo and one just north of the NoHo corridor, both…
Read More…will give walking tours of 19th century landmark treasures of the NoHo Historic District. On this 90-minute walking tour of the NoHo Historic District, we will see eleven buildings designated…
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 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…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 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…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 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 MoreBetween Two Villages: A Walking Tour of NoHo with Architectural Historian Matt Postal Tickets: $10 Village Preservation members; $15 all others Join architectural historian Matt Postal as you explore NoHo,…
Read MoreThe City has dangled the promise of affordable housing in SoHo/NoHo/Chinatown before the public to give a progressive veneer to the massive handout that De Blasio’s upzoning plan makes available…
Read MoreNew York City Comptroller Scott Stringer NYC Comptroller Scott Stringer has recently weighed into the debate about upzoning SoHo and NoHo, expressing his unequivocal support for a change which would allow larger development…
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 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 MoreThis afternoon, without explanation or comment, the City postponed its vote to certify the Mayor’s proposed SoHo/NoHo (and Chinatown) rezoning, with no new date given. The City had failed to…
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 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 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 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 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…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 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 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 MoreNew York City Comptroller Scott Stringer NYC Comptroller Scott Stringer has recently weighed into the debate about upzoning SoHo andNoHo, expressing his unequivocal supportfor a change which would allow larger development…
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 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 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 MoreThe vote on Mayor de Blasio’s SoHo/NoHo/Chinatown Upzoning+Displacement plan, originally expected this Thursday, has now been pushed back to next week, with the first vote in the Council’s Zoning Subcommittee…
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 MoreThe City Council’s Zoning Subcommittee will vote on the Mayor’s SoHo/NoHo/Chinatown Upzoning+Displacement plan as early as this Thursday, setting the stage for the final decision by the full City Council….
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