The 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 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….
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 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 MoreThis critical public hearing — the first in the official public review and approval process for the Mayor’s massive proposed SoHo/NoHo upzoning — has now been scheduled as an in-person…
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 MoreJoin us tonight for a critical teach-in and town hall on the Mayor’s massive SoHo/NoHo upzoning plan and our recent report revealing its true impact. The plan would allow hugely…
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 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 More…it’s located within the recently passed SoHo/NoHo/Chinatown Upzoning area — specifically within one of the areas of the rezoning that was particularly earmarked as a “housing opportunity zone” where 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 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 More…Trump Soho to the City of New York, thanks to GVSHP shining a spotlight. That same year the 454-foot-tall eyesore Trump Soho Condo-Hotel went into foreclosure and was sold. The…
Read More…modest incomes shows exactly the opposite? Our recent op-ed highlights the contradictions and flaws in this school of thought (which is behind the rezoning plan for SoHo, NoHo, and Chinatown),…
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 More…SoHo/NoHo/Chinatown Upzoning + Displacement Plan in 2021 promising it would promote affordable housing development and wouldn’t destroy existing affordable rent-regulated housing. Sad to say, their predictions have turned out to…
Read MorePhoto: David Bland/City Limits On Monday night, Community Board 2 voted nearly unanimously to roundly reject Mayor de Blasio’s proposed SoHo/NoHo Upzoning plan. The thoughtful and highly detailed 11-page resolution…
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 MorePhoto: David Bland/City Limits On Monday night, Community Board 2 voted nearly unanimously to roundly reject Mayor de Blasio’s proposed SoHo/NoHo Upzoning plan. The thoughtful and highly detailed 11-page resolution…
Read MoreHousing and Tenant Activists Slam Mayor’s Plan As Sham, Giveaway To Developers A new study released by Village Preservation today shows that Mayor de Blasio’s SoHo/NoHo Upzoning plan is likely…
Read MoreWe understand that the Manhattan Borough President’s public hearing on the Mayor’s SoHo/NoHo rezoning plan will be held during the day of Monday, August 23. As soon as we know…
Read More…City Planning, the Manhattan Borough President, and City Councilmember Margaret Chin called for seeking opportunities to create affordable housing in SoHo and NoHo, and to increase density to do so….
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…
Read MoreFor all those interested in the future and preservation of NoHo and SoHo, it’s critical that you attend this meeting on Thursday, June 13. That’s when the Mayor’s City Planning…
Read More…high housing prices and say that extensive landmarking or restrictive zoning are to blame (which they then use to justify proposals like the current SoHo/NoHo/Chinatown upzoning plan). But Hudson Square,…
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…Trump SoHo’s poor performance, no doubt one is the enforcement of zoning regulations restricting the use of the “condo-hotel,” which GVSHP has fought relentlessly to ensure was done. The Trump SoHo should…
Read More…into use in order to distinguish it from SoHo, the adjacent neighborhood to its south. Previously, NoHo, SoHo, and the eastern part of Tribeca were known collectively as the “warehouse…
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