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Planning Press Releases 2008
City
Planning Press Releases 2007
- November 26, 2007 - Statement by City Planning Commission (CPC) chair Amanda M. Burden at the CPC vote on Columbia University expansion and community board 9 197-a Plan
- November 20, 2007 - [Mayor's Office] Mayor Bloomberg Announces City's Successful Census Challenge
- November 8, 2007 - [Mayor's Office] Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg Presents Coney Island Plan to Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce
- November 8, 2007: City Planning and Economic Development Corporation Announce Comprehensive Coney Island Rezoning Plan to Safeguard and Build On Its Amusement Legacy
- October 31, 2007: Statement From City Planning Commissioner Amanda M. Burden On City Council Adoption of Four City Planning Rezonings
- October 9, 2007: City Planning Announces Zoning Proposal To Mandate Street Tree Plantings
- October 5, 2007: City Planning Proposal To Protect Briarwood Neighborhood Character Enters Public Review Process
- October 1, 2007: City Planning Begins Public Review for Rezoning of Harlem's Renowned 125th Street to Strengthen Its Cultural Presence and Catalyze 125th Street As a Major Regional Business District
- September 17, 2007: City Planning Proposes Comprehensive Zoning Amendments to Enhance Yards and Open Space Throughout the City
- September 10, 2007: Statement From Mayor Bloomberg on City Council Passage of Rezoning in Jamaica, Queens, the Administration's Largest-Ever Rezoning
- June 18, 2007: Green Standards for Parking Lots Begin Public Review
- June 18, 2007: City Planning Begins Public Review for Rezoning of Forest Hills South, Queens
- May 21, 2007: City Planning Certifies Zoning Plan to Preserve Character of St. Albans and Hollis, Queens
- May 7, 2007: City Planning Initiates Rezoning of Bedford-Stuyvesant to Save Brownstones and Create New Affordable Housing
- April 23, 2007: City Planning Initiates Public Review for Upper West Side Zoning That Would Cap Heights and Create New Housing Opportunities Along Broadway Corridor
- April 23, 2007: City Planning Certifies Zoning Proposal to Preserve Neighborhood Character and Provide Opportunities for Affordable Housing in Fort Greene and Clinton Hill, Brooklyn
- April 9, 2007: City Planning Begins Public Review for Rezoning of Wakefield and Eastchester to Preserve Neighborhood Character and Facilitate New Development Along White Plains Road
- March 26, 2007: City Planning Begins Public Review For Dyker Heights/Ft. Hamilton Rezoning Fulfilling Mayor Bloomberg's Committement to Community
- March 26, 2007: Carol Samol Named City Planning Bronx Director
- February 14, 2007: City Planning Chair Amanda M. Burden Details Achievements and Describes How Land Use Decisions Foster Sustainable Growth At Crain's Breakfast Forum
- February 5, 2007: City Begins Public Review of Comprehensive Plan to Redevelop Downtown Jamaica Business District and Protect Surrounding Neighborhoods
- January 29, 2007: City Planning Director Amanda Burden Names Alexandros Washburn as Chief Urban Designer; Thomas Wargo Appointed Director of Zoning
City
Planning Press Releases 2006
- December 13, 2006: City Planning Demographers Paint Picture of City's Future Population At 9.1 Million, Detailing How City Will Grow By 2030
- October 25, 2006 - [Mayor's Office]: Mayor Bloomberg Applauds City Council Adoption of City's Stapleton Development Plan
- October 25, 2006: Purnima Kapur Named City Planning Brooklyn Director
- October 3, 2006 - [Mayor's Office]: Mayor Bloomberg's Statement on City's Successful Census Bureau Challenge
- July 11, 2006: City Planning Proposes Simplified Vesting Process for Home Alterations in New R2A Rezonings and Initiates Review of Rezoning to Preserve Scale of Douglaston and Little Neck
- May 24, 2006: Departments of City Planning and Housing Preservation & Development Announce First Queens Inclusionary Housing Program To Provide Affordable Housing in City’s Maspeth-Woodside Rezoning
- May 8, 2006: Stapleton Plan Begins Public Review As City Moves Forward With Plans For Major Redevelopment of Former Navy Homeport on Staten Island
- April 10, 2006 - [Mayor's Office]: Mayor Bloomberg and Friends of the High Line Host Rail Lifting Ceremony to Mark Start of Construction of New York City's Newest Park on West Side Elevated Rail Structure
- April 6, 2006: Fresh Kills Park Transformation Takes Major Step Forward with Release of Draft Master Plan Illustrating Planned Features of the Park
- March 21, 2006: City Planning Adds Online Info to Enhance the Public's Ability to Track Land Use Proposals and Environmental Reviews
- March 15, 2006: New Zoning Handbook From City Planning Is The Ultimate Guide to NYC Zoning
- February 21, 2006: City Planning to Create New Zoning District to Permit Modest Growth with Needed Parking
- February 7, 2006: Upper Manhattan Planner Honored by Mayor Bloomberg
- January 12 , 2006 - [APA]: Innovative New York Zoning District Receives National Planning Award
City
Planning Press Releases 2005
- October 7, 2005 - [Mayor's Office]: Mayor Bloomberg Announces First Affordable Housing Development in Greenpoint-Williamsburg Waterfront Area
- October 6, 2005: Amanda Burden Receives Center for Architecture Award from New York Chapter of American Institute of Architects
- September 28, 2005 - [Mayor's Office]: Mayor Bloomberg's Statement on the City's Successful Challenge to the Census Bureau Showing New York's Population Rose by More Than Two Percent Since the 2000 Census
- September 20, 2005 - [Mayor's Office]: Mayor Bloomberg Hails Approval of City Planning's College Point Rezoning by City Council Committee As Another Victory Against Overdevelopment
- August 9, 2005: City Planning Begins Public Review on Follow Up Actions to Hudson Yards Rezoning to Codify Agreements on Additional Affordable Housing and Protections for Area Residents
- July 12, 2005 - [Mayor's Office]: City Planning Leadership in Fresh Kills Transformation
Acknowledged as Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg Announces
the 23rd Annual Art Commission Awards For Excellence in Design
- June 20, 2005 - [Mayor's Office]: Mayor Bloomberg Praises City Council Land Use Committee and Zoning & Franchises Subcommittee on Approval of West Chelsea Rezoning
- June 20, 2005 - [Mayor's Office]: Mayor Bloomberg Praises City Council Land Use Committee and Zoning & Franchises Subcommittee and Reiterates Committment to Combating Overdevelopment
- May 31, 2005: Mayor Bloomberg Unveils Plans for East River Waterfront Esplanade, Pavilions and New Open Space
- May 11, 2005 - [Mayor's Office]: Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg Praises Passage of Greenpoint-Williamsburg Rezoning and Reiterates Administration's Commitment to Strengthening Industry
- May 2, 2005 - [Mayor's Office]: Mayor Bloomberg Praises City Council Land Use Committee and Zoning & Franchises Subcommittee on Approvel of Greenpoint-Williamsburg Rezoning
- June 15, 2005: Amanda Burden Receives Lawrence M. Orton Award from New York Chapter of American Planning Association
- March 14, 2005: City Planning Commission Approves Comprehensive Greenpoint-Williamsburg Plan
- February 16, 2005: City Planning Certifies Zoning Proposal to Preserve Character of Bensonhurst, Brooklyn
- February 10, 2005: Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg Announces Next Steps in Battle Against Overdevelopment on Staten Island
- January 24, 2005 -
City Planning Releases Newest New Yorkers Immigration Report: Foreign-Born Swell NYC Population Figures, Strengthen Economy
- January 13, 2005 - Ray Gastil Named New City Planning Manhattan Office Director
City
Planning Press Releases 2004
- December 20, 2004 - City Planning Begins Public Review for West Chelsea Rezoning to Permit Housing Development and Create Mechanism for Preserving and Creating Access to the High Line
- December 6, 2004 - City
Planning Rezoning Strategy to Preserve Springfield Gardens, Queens Goes Out For Public Review
- December 6 , 2004 - City
Planning Proposal to Protect Kissena Park Neighborhood Character Enters Public Review Process
- November 22, 2004 - City
Planning Commission Votes to Approve Comprehensive
Hudson Yards Redevelopment Plan
- November 9, 2004 - [Mayor's Office] Mayor
Michael R. Bloomberg, Staten Island Borough
President James P. Molinaro and NYC2012 Announce
Cycling Venue for 2012 Olympic Games in Staten
Island
- November 8, 2004 - Bloomberg
Administration Unveils Incentives to Increase
Affordable Housing throughout the Hudson Yards
Area
- November 1, 2004 - [Mayor's Office] Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg Unveils Plans to Redevelop Homeport and Revitalize Stapleton Neighborhood on Staten Island
- November 1, 2004 - City
Planning Certifies Balanced Rezoning Plan to
Preserve Character of Kew Gardens and Richmond
Hill Communities
- November 1, 2004 - City
Planning Begins Public Review of Plan to Preserve
Character of 350 Blocks of Bayside, Queens
- October 20, 2004 - Amanda
Burden Receives Design Patron Award at Cooper
Hewitt’s National Design Awards
- October 18, 2004 - City
Planning Certifies Zoning Proposal to Preserve
Character of Bay Ridge, Brooklyn
- October 6, 2004 - Mayor
Michael R. Bloomberg and City Council Speaker
Gifford Miller Announce Three Major Milestones
in the Effort to Transform The High Line
- October 4, 2004 - City
Planning Initiates Public Review for Proposed
Expansion of
Port Morris Special District in The Bronx; Build
on Successful Rezoning to Revitalize Area Near
Borough’s Antique Row
- October 4, 2004 - Department
of City Planning Certifies Comprehensive Plan
to Reclaim Greenpoint Williamsburg Waterfront
for Housing and Open Space, Support Growth of
Vibrant Upland Community
- September 20, 2004 - City
Planning Unveils Stronger Zoning Protection
for Natural Features in Staten Island and the
Bronx
- July 28, 2004 - Community
Facilities Reform to Protect Low-Density Neighborhood
Character is Passed by City Planning Commission
- July 26, 2004 - City
Planning Announces Beginning of Public Review
for Proposed Clinton Height Controls To Protect
Character of the West Side Community
- July 01, 2004 - [Mayor's Office] Mayor
Michael R. Bloomberg Hails Approval of Downtown
Brooklyn Plan at Ribbon Cutting For the Bank
of New York’s New Brooklyn Office Tower
- June 22, 2004 - Independent
Survey Supports Conclusions of High Transit
Use to the New York Sports and Convention Center
- June 21, 2004 - City
Planning Certifies Hudson Yards Plan Beginning
Public Review of West Side Redevelopment as
Economic Engine For NYC
- June 15, 2004 - Mayor
Michael R. Bloomberg and Queens Borough President
Helen Marshall Announce the Rezoning of Queens
Neighborhoods to Help Curb Over-Development
- May 13, 2004 - Department
of City Planning Launches New Census Factfinder
to Simplify Custom Searches of Demographic Information
by Neighborhood
- May 11, 2004 - NYC
Economic Development Corporation and Department
of City Planning Announce Public Meetings to
Present Initial Plans for Redevelopment of the
East River Waterfront
- May 10, 2004 - City
Planning Rezoning Strategy to Preserve Brookville,
Queens Goes Out for Public Review
- May 10, 2004 - City
Planning Commission Votes to Approve Comprehensive
Downtown Brooklyn Redevelopment Plan with Changes
to Address Local Concerns
- March 24, 2004 - City
Planning Commission Votes to Relax Restrictions
on Outdoor Dining in Manhattan with New Small
Sidewalk Café Proposal Designed to Enliven
Neighborhoods
- March 23, 2004 - City
Planning Director Amanda Burden Announces First
Public Meeting for the Transformation of Fresh
Kills in Staten Island
- March 22, 2004 - City
Planning Proposal to Protect Bellerose Neighborhood
Character Enters Public Review Process
- March 8, 2004 - City
Planning Commission Reviews World Trade Center
Plans;
Recommends Guidelines To Ensure Reintegration
of Site into Lower Manhattan,
And Create Vibrant, Pedestrian-Friendly and
Inviting Place
- February 9, 2004 - Zoning
Proposed For Vibrant Mixed Use Hunters Point
To Offer New Housing Opportunities In Queens
City Planning
Press Releases 2003
- December 2, 2003 - Mayor
Michael R. Bloomberg Announces Zoning and Enforcement
Improvements for Staten Island
- November 25, 2003 - Mayor
Michael R. Bloomberg Announces Zoning Improvements
for Throgs Neck
- November 18, 2003 - NYC
Economic Development Corporation and Department
of City Planning Roll Out Development Framework
for Downtown Flushing
- November 6, 2003 - DCP
Director Amanda M. Burden Outlines Ambitious,
Proactive Agenda for Spurring Economic Development
and Strengthening Neighborhoods Throughout NYC
at Packed Crains Breakfast Forum
- October 22, 2003 - City
Planning Commission Approves Bronx Community
Board 8's Plan for Preserving Unique Character
of District's Neighborhoods
- October 3, 2003 - Preview
Future of the City in "Live Work Skyline
Street" Exhibit at Opening of the New Center
for Architecture
- October 1, 2003 - City
Planning Department's Zoning Protection Against
Over-Development on City Island is Approved
by City Council
- September 29, 2003 - Mayor
Michael R. Bloomberg Kicks off the Transformation
of Fresh Kills in Staten Island
- September 24, 2003 - Plan
for Special West Chelsea District and Rebirth
of High Line as an Elevated Green Promenade
is Previewed by City Planning
- September 17, 2003 - City
Planning's North Corona Rezoning Plan Enacted
by City Council
- September 10, 2003 - City
Planning Commission Approves Major Harlem Rezoning
Plan to Balance Growth and Preservation
- September 9, 2003 - Department
of City Planning Certifies Sweeping Downzoning
Proposal to Preserve Traditional Staten Island
Residential Neighborhoods
- June 24, 2003 - City
Planning Announces Approval of East Harlem Rezoning
Proposal by City Council
- June 23, 2003 - Department
of City Planning Names Staten Island Borough
Director Leonard Garcia-Duran
- June 18, 2003 - Department
of City Planning Unveils Comprehensive Land
Use and Waterfront Plan for Greenpoint-Williamsburg
- April 14, 2003 - Bloomberg
Administration Unveils Development Plan for
Downtown Brooklyn
- March 11, 2003 - Department
of City Planning Certifies Proposal to Rezone
Morrisania in the Bronx
City Planning
Press Releases 2002
City Planning Press Releases 2001
- December 18, 2001 - Department
of City Planning Announces the Winner of the
International Competition for a Conceptual Design
and Master Plan for the Future of Fresh Kills
- December 12, 2001 - Far
West Midtown: A Framework for Development
- November 28, 2001 - The
City Planning Commission Unanimously Approves
Memorial Sloan Kettering Rezoning Application
- August 8, 2001 - The
City Planning Commission Approves Amendments
to Strengthen Adult Use Zoning Regulations
- May 23, 2001 - City
Planning Commission Approves the Long Island
City Rezoning Application that will Create New
Central Business District
- April 10, 2001 - City
Planning Commission Begins Public Review of
Zoning Changes to Permit Loft Legalization in
Brooklyn
- March 26, 2001 - Mayor's Office
Press Release: Mayor
Giuliani Announces Amendments to Strengthen
Adult Use Zoning Law
- March 19, 2001 - Mayor's Office
Press Release: Mayor
Giuliani Reconvenes Columbus Circle Advisory
Panel to Review Plans for the Redesign of Columbus
Circle
- March 15, 2001 - Mayor's Office
Press Release: Mayor
Giuliani Hails Results of 2000 Census
- January 26, 2001 - Theater
District Zoning Regulations Providing For As-of-Right
Transfer of Theater Air Rights are Upheld by
Appellate Division
City Planning Press Releases 2000
City Planning Press Releases 1999
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