By Gregg McQueen Uptown residents witnessed a jolting sight in May, as the former Inwood Library building was demolished. After a giant excavator pounded the building’s facade into rubble, it became abundantly clear that the rezoning of Inwood was…
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A new report details the racial impact of recent neighborhood rezonings and the need to conduct impact studies prior to future rezonings in order to avoid displacement. The report, issued by New York City Public Advocate Jumaane Williams, outlines…
By Gregg McQueen The rezoning will proceed. New York State’s highest court has declined to hear a request by Inwood residents and business owners to stop the city’s attempt to rezone parts of the neighborhood. On Monday morning, the…
By Gregg McQueen View this post on Instagram A post shared by Community Care Activist ✊🏾🇩🇴 (@eileenzfuentes) on Aug 7, 2018 at 4:13am…
By Gregg McQueen View this post on Instagram A post shared by Jason Jaye (@jayeuptown) on Jul 13, 2020 at 7:26am PDT The legal battle over the city’s attempt to rezone Inwood is headed to the state’s highest court.…
An appeals court has reinstated the city’s plan to rezone Inwood. In a unanimous 5-0 ruling issued on Thursday, a panel of New York State Appellate Court judges reversed an earlier decision by a lower court to nullify the…
Cheryl Pahaham, Phil Simpson, Ava Farkas and Paloma Lara wrote an outstanding piece in the NY Daily News with the apt title: The right way to rezone Inwood: The city failed in its responsibility to address local concerns and…
By Gregg McQueen The din on Dyckman was real. Christmas came early this year for Inwood residents who oppose the city’s attempt to rezone their neighborhood. Word came on December 19 that Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Verna Saunders had…
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Cole Thompson (@inwood_cole) on Dec 20, 2019 at 5:39am PST “Incomplete, superficial.” A Manhattan Supreme Court judge has struck down the city’s attempt to rezone Inwood, saying that the City…
A blockbuster new report paints a damning picture of how city-led rezonings in the past have led to the displacement of a significant number of Black and Latino residents of those neighborhoods. The study also emphasizes the crucial need…