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Constitutional challenge filed against Soho/Noho rezoning
This vulnerable, low-scale corner at Grand and Lafayette Streets is in the Chinatown section of the Soho/Noho rezoning, though the plan "misleadingly" calls it "Soho East," a new lawsuit says. (Photo by Harry Pincus)

Constitutional challenge filed against Soho/Noho rezoning

February 11, 2022

BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | A lawsuit seeking to “annul and vacate” the Soho/Noho/Chinatown rezoning charges that the scheme would cause “mass displacement” of thousands of…

Competing visions for 5 World Trade Center: 100-percent affordable, ‘maximized’ affordable or 25-percent affordable
An architects collective is putting out an open call for designs for a 100-percent affordable tower at 5 World Trade Center.

Competing visions for 5 World Trade Center: 100-percent affordable, ‘maximized’ affordable or 25-percent affordable

January 24, 2022

BY DASHIELL ALLEN | A 5 World Trade Center public hearing held on Jan. 13 was filled with developers, real estate insiders and representatives of…

Adams vetoes Chin’s bill hiking fines for Soho/Noho nonartist JLWQA residents, saying it needs work
Mayor Eric Adams announced he has vetoed a bill that would have hit nonartist residents in JLWQA lofts with steep penalties. (Photo by Ed Reed / Mayor's Office of Photography)

Adams vetoes Chin’s bill hiking fines for Soho/Noho nonartist JLWQA residents, saying it needs work

January 14, 2022

BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | Updated Jan. 16, 3:30 p.m.: Mayor Eric Adams in a statement late Friday afternoon reitearated his support for the Soho/Noho upzoning.…

Soho, Noho residents urge Adams to veto Chin’s ‘punitive’ bill against nonartist residents
Soho and Noho residents are urging Mayor Adams to veto a contentious last-minute bill snuck in by Councilmember Margaret Chin, above, just weeks before she was term-limited out of office. In a highly unusual move, there was no public discussion of the bill before it was approved by the full City Council.

Soho, Noho residents urge Adams to veto Chin’s ‘punitive’ bill against nonartist residents

January 11, 2022

BY THE VILLAGE SUN | You’ve got to pick your battles. Soho and Noho residents believe that Mayor Eric Adams will not veto the contentious…

City Council O.K.’s Soho/Noho rezoning; Opponents slam affordable housing pledge as ‘smoke and mirrors’
According to Village Preservation, this graphic shows the scale of a mixed-use building that could be constructed — without any affordable housing — at 46 Cooper Square under the Soho/Noho rezoning that was approved on Dec. 15. With an F.A.R. of 12, the building could be 275 feet tall, using air rights from adjoining lots, with no affordable units. It could be part commerical (offices and/or hotel) with up to 25,000 square feet of luxury residential condos. (Courtesy Village Preservation)

City Council O.K.’s Soho/Noho rezoning; Opponents slam affordable housing pledge as ‘smoke and mirrors’

December 16, 2021

BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | Updated Thurs., Dec. 16, 1:30 p.m.: Local residents didn’t think it could be done. They prayed it wouldn’t be done. But…

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