{"id":959,"date":"2014-12-20T01:03:35","date_gmt":"2014-12-20T01:03:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/develop.mtopp.org\/?p=959"},"modified":"2021-01-22T02:10:11","modified_gmt":"2021-01-22T02:10:11","slug":"the-rezoning-process","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mtopp.org\/index.php\/2014\/12\/20\/the-rezoning-process\/","title":{"rendered":"The Rezoning Process"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5><strong>Rezoning Process<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p>It is important to understand this process, so we know where we are at.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Request:<\/strong> A request (by a person, community group, community board, land owner etc) is put into the City to rezone or change an are<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Information Meetings:<\/strong> City Planning meets with all interested parties and <strong>gathers consensus<\/strong> about what changes are to take place and where etc.. (<strong>We<\/strong> are currently <strong>at this stage<\/strong> and this is where we need to <strong>change<\/strong> the request from <strong>mix- commercial\u00a0 and residential<\/strong> back to commercial on Empire Blvd.!<\/li>\n<li><strong>Pre-Application Presented<\/strong>. Community Board 9 presents to the City a pre-application based upon information gathered at the 2 step.\n<ul><\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li>The City receives the application and if an Environmental Study is required, will <strong>allocate funds<\/strong> to complete this study.\u00a0 \u2013 (Now this <strong>rezoning request<\/strong> is in the <strong>hands<\/strong> of the City, which means it is in the hands of the <strong>Developers<\/strong>!!!!)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/mtopp.org\/index.php\/2014\/12\/20\/what-is-an-envir\u2026review-and-study\/\"><strong>Environmental Analysis<\/strong><\/a><strong>: <\/strong>\u00a0An Environmental Review and possibly <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mtopp.org\/ed study.html#Study\"><strong><\/strong><\/a>an Environmental study is conducted based upon the application\u2019s parameters and goals<strong>.\u00a0 All along changes<\/strong> will be made to the <strong>original application<\/strong> based upon the <strong>facts received<\/strong>, community input, city planning goals and the politician\u2019s goals.\u00a0 (This is where the <strong>switch will happen<\/strong>, if we allow residential to go on the table, where the <strong>6 story buildings<\/strong> will become <strong>20 stories<\/strong> as they find out developers <strong>can\u2019t make a profit<\/strong> and the city wants <strong>affordable housing<\/strong>!)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Certified Application<\/strong>.\u00a0 Once all this information is gathered a certified application is Completed and sent to the various political entities for approval (Called the ULURP Process) and finally the City Council to allow it to be passed into law,<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>We have <strong>simplified this process<\/strong> to make it easier to understand, without all the legal jargon etc.., but it is the process.\u00a0 Here is the link of City Planning PDF file. http:\/\/www.nyc.gov\/html\/dcp\/pdf\/ap\/dcpprocessmap.pdf<\/p>\n<p>Please note that all along the way there will be opportunities for the <strong>public to be heard<\/strong>, hearings conducted etc\u2026, but <strong>don\u2019t be fooled<\/strong>!\u00a0 The <strong>developers own city planning<\/strong> and they have the politicians in their back pockets.\u00a0 How else did the <strong>City approve<\/strong> \u201c<strong>Jim Crow<\/strong> Laws in 2014 in NYC!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The smartest thing for us to do is recognize <strong>our power<\/strong> and <strong>limitations<\/strong>.\u00a0 We are <strong>powerful<\/strong> at the community level and no further!\u00a0 Even more <strong>affluent neighborhoods<\/strong> <strong>haven\u2019t been<\/strong> able to <strong>negotiate<\/strong> with developers.\u00a0 We <strong>can\u2019t give<\/strong> this to them! <strong>That is our power!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Residential<\/strong> should not be on the table for <strong>them to study<\/strong>, what would be the point? If <strong>that isn\u2019t what we want<\/strong> at the community level!\u00a0 That is because it will now be <strong>in their hands<\/strong> and they will make <strong>decisions<\/strong> based upon the <strong>interest of developers<\/strong> and not us, as they have been doing all over New York City!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rezoning Process It is important to understand this process, so we know where we are at. Request: A request (by a person, community group, community board, land owner etc) is put into the City to rezone or change an are Information Meetings: City Planning meets with all interested parties and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-959","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fight-against-rezoning","category-knowledge-is-power"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mtopp.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/959","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mtopp.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mtopp.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mtopp.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mtopp.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=959"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mtopp.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/959\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":965,"href":"https:\/\/mtopp.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/959\/revisions\/965"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mtopp.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=959"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mtopp.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=959"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mtopp.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=959"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}