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Outrage after City Planning rep slams alternative Soho/Noho zoning plan as phony, ‘magical thinking’
At a July 8 meeting on the Soho/Noho rezoning, a City Planning official cast a worried glance in the direction of a Downtown activist who had just shouted, "That's an insult!" after Sylvia Li, speaking on the mic, called the Community Alternative Zoning Plan "magical thinking" and, basically, a fraud.

Outrage after City Planning rep slams alternative Soho/Noho zoning plan as phony, ‘magical thinking’

July 11, 2021

BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | Updated July 12, 1:00 p.m.: There may be a heat wave going on, but things got even hotter in Soho and…

City hesitates…delays certifying Soho/Noho rezoning as opposition mounts
What Baxter and Canal Sts. could look like after the Soho/Noho rezoning, according to the Municipal Art Society. Orange sites represent "projected development" and yellow ones "potential development."

City hesitates…delays certifying Soho/Noho rezoning as opposition mounts

May 3, 2021

BY THE VILLAGE SUN | Updated May 4, 3:15 p.m.: On Monday afternoon, amid snowballing opposition to the proposed Soho/Noho rezoning, the city balked on…

Soho/Noho rezoning ULURP public review to start next month
Sean Sweeney, executive director of the Soho Alliance, spoke at a rally in December against the de Blasio administration's rezonings. The event included groups from around the city fighting unwanted rezonings in their communities. (Photo by The Village Sun)

Soho/Noho rezoning ULURP public review to start next month

April 3, 2021

BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | Updated April 3, 6:30 p.m.: On Friday, the de Blasio administration announced that it has given 30-day notice to Community Board…

Planners pitch Soho/Noho rezoning but mute (literally) community concerns
The latest map of the proposed Soho/Noho rezoning shows in yellow the areas where the city would seek to "maximize" development. The yellow zone at the lower left has been shaved down a bit since an earlier version of the map, leading locals to surmise that Councilmember Corey Johnson has cooled on the initiative. (Dept. of City Planning)

Planners pitch Soho/Noho rezoning but mute (literally) community concerns

October 28, 2020

BY THE VILLAGE SUN | There weren’t a lot of fireworks at Monday’s meeting about the city’s suddenly revived push to rezone and upzone Soho…

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