decisions in a city - settingpolicies for the management of the community, directing hard and soft infrastructureinvestments and establishing a city's budget; but one of most important issues dictating how these investments will be paid for and where they will be located, is dependent on zoning....
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“The ‘Go Fight City Hall’ spirit may mean a savings of $8,000,000 to the taxpayers of Queens. With the Board of Assessors in executive session concerning its recommendations for a decrease in the assessment levied on Queens property owners for the construction of the $16,300,000 Jamaica...
“To be honest, I’m guilty of this myself,” Flowers said. “Yet in the grand scheme of things, humanity needs a healthy environment. I believe in the possibility of reincarnation, and from that standpoint, I don’t want to be born 150 years ...
In progress:Green New Deal for Cambridge I worked closely with youth activists of Sunrise Cambridge to introduce the Green New Deal zoning petition, which creates a framework for accepting emissions offsets from commercial developers to create robust green jobs programs and economic opportunity for th...
And the first residential use in the sprawling park lot is getting close to breaking ground—it was approved years ago in the prior residential zoning cycle. There’s no question that part of the issue for Pleasanton and other agencies—the pensions—stem from a bad state decision to allow ...
Rose, Saving the Neighborhood: Racially Restrictive Covenants, Law, and Social Norms. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2013. 27. On Bassett and zoning, see Toll, Zoned American, and Power, The Advent of Zoning, among many other sources. 28. New York Board of Estimate and Apportionment, ...
Not all, however, are so quick to help the mayor take all the credit for these initiatives. “The mayor’s plan for creating new housing was made possible by the rezoning of many parts of the city by us, the City Council,” says Councilwoman Letitia James, D-Fort Greene/Crown Heights...
“one man, one vote”mandateof the Constitution. The Board of Estimate was to be abolished, and a November referendum decided that the City Council would be expanded to 51 members in order toenhancethe power of minorities. Council authority over the budget, land use, zoning, and franchises ...
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