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zoning

Downtown Brooklyn’s Detour: The Unanticipated Impacts of Rezoning and Development on Residents and Businesses

Keywords: 
sustainable community planning
affordable housing
zoning
Brooklyn

The stated goal of the 2004 Downtown Brooklyn Plan was to stimulate the redevelopment of the area in order to encourage its continued transformation into New York City’s third central business district.

Research Type: 
Report
Issue Area: 
Building Resilient Communities
Date: 
Thursday, July 31, 2008
Document: 
prattcenter-downtown_brooklyns_detour.pdf

Sunset Park Voices in the Rezoning Process

Keywords: 
Brooklyn
sustainable community planning
zoning
land use
affordable housing

As Sunset Park awaits the results of a zoning study being conducted by the NYC  Department of City Planning, City Councilwoman Sara Gonzalez and Brooklyn Community Board 7 co-sponsored one community education workshop and two community conversations about development issues and...

Research Type: 
Report
Issue Area: 
Building Resilient Communities
Date: 
Monday, December 17, 2007
Document: 
prattcenter-sunset_park_rezoning.pdf

Platform for Responsible Redevelopment of the Gowanus Canal

Keywords: 
Brooklyn
sustainable community planning
affordable housing
land use
zoning
urban manufacturing
local manufacturing

We believe that the rezoning and development of the Gowanus Canal area provides a great opportunity for our community.

Research Type: 
Report
Issue Area: 
Building Resilient Communities
Date: 
Monday, October 15, 2007
Document: 
prattcenter-gowanus_summit-principles_for_responsible_development_0.pdf

Inclusionary Zoning

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During his first term in office, Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced expansive plans to rezone more than twenty New York City communities – including the Far West Side of Manhattan, Greenpoint/Williamsburg, Long Island City, and parts of the South Bronx. As originally proposed, the plans were poised to generate more than 50,000 new units of housing, almost all of them for rent or sale at market rates.
Keywords: 
affordable housing
citywide
zoning
sustainable community planning
Pratt Center co-led a coalition that successfully advocated for new affordable housing through inclusionary zoning.
Body: 

Pratt Center joined with community groups, advocacy and religious organizations to successfully advocate for the rezonings to generate badly needed new affordable housing for low, moderate, and middle-income New Yorkers, with the help of inclusionary zoning. ...

Project Status: 
Archived
Location: 
City-Wide
Status: 
Completed in 2016

Gowanus Summit: Responsible Development

Intro Paragraph: 
Pratt Center helped convene the Gowanus Summit: a coalition of civic, housing and community development, manufacturing, and labor groups to establish ground rules for development around the Gowanus Canal. Our work aimed to ensure that new development meets the needs of area residents and sets high standards for local quality of life.
Keywords: 
Brooklyn
sustainable community planning
affordable housing
land use
zoning
urban manufacturing
local manufacturing
Pratt Center helped convene the Gowanus Summit, a coalition to establish ground rules for development in the Gowanus Canal area.
Body: 

The Gowanus Summit's Platform for Responsible Development of the Gowanus Canal Area, developed with the Pratt Center's support, calls for the...

Project Status: 
Archived
Location: 
Brooklyn
Status: 
Completed in 2007

Manhattan Community Board 9 197-a Plan

Intro Paragraph: 
From 2003 to 2007, Pratt Center worked closely with Community Board 9 Manhattan (CB9M) and the Harlem Community Development Corporation to craft a comprehensive set of recommendations to guide the future development of three neighborhoods in northern Manhattan: Morningside Heights, Manhattanville, and Hamilton Heights.
Keywords: 
Manhattan
zoning
preservation
job creation
affordable housing
land use
sustainable community planning
Pratt Center worked with local stakeholders to develop recommendations to guide development in three northern Manhattan neighborhoods.
Body: 

Community Board 9's plan for the area guided the local response to Columbia University's proposal to expand into Manhattanville. Pratt Center assembled a team to assist Community Board 9 in evaluating Columbia's own rezoning proposal for Manhattanville, including a review and analysis of the...

Project Status: 
Archived
Location: 
Manhattan
Status: 
Completed in 2007

One City/One Future

Intro Paragraph: 
One City/One Future, a collaboration between National Employment Law Project, New York Jobs with Justice, and Pratt Center, developed an ambitious new vision for economic development, in which growth delivers living wage jobs, affordable housing, environmental sustainability, and livable neighborhoods.
Keywords: 
job creation
affordable housing
citywide
land use
zoning
sustainable community planning
The One City/One Future Blueprint was the product of four years of a diverse collaboration to make economic development work for all New Yorkers.
Body: 

It provided an urgently needed framework for recovery from the current economic downturn. A vision for shared prosperity, it put the needs and voices of communities front and center. Most crucially it...

Project Status: 
Archived
Location: 
City-Wide

Brooklyn Navy Yard Study

Intro Paragraph: 
Revitalizing American manufacturing is increasingly recognized by leaders across the political spectrum as a core economic strategy to create well-paying jobs and spur economic growth. Cities throughout the US are testing new and varied ways to advance these objectives, and NYC’s Brooklyn Navy Yard (BNY) is one such example.
Keywords: 
Brooklyn
local manufacturing
green jobs
zoning
urban manufacturing
land use
small businesses
job creation
The Brooklyn Navy Yard, a 300-acre active industrial park, is a model for sustainable industrial development and strengthening urban manufacturing.
Body: 

The BNY is a 300-acre active industrial park that houses over 330 businesses and 5,800 employees, and supports several key industries, including film, media, arts and culture, architecture, and design. City-owned and managed by the Brooklyn Navy Yard Development Corporation (BNYDC, a...

Project Status: 
Archived
Who's Working on this Project?: 
Jen Becker
Location: 
Brooklyn
Status: 
Completed in 2015

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