The Department of City Planning's proposed rezoning of East Harlem was approved by the City Council on November 30, 2017.
'During the three months we set up shop in Harlem every Saturday, we encountered scores of people who thought that because they had a felony conviction and/or they were on parole, they could not vote.'
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One of many voices heard at a November meeting about the East Harlem zoning study.
EHNP
A photo from the East Harlem Neighborhood Plan showing one of the community outreach sessions conducted during the plan's preparation. The author believes that process operated quietly and selectively in a community where many residents might prefer no rezoning at all.
Marie Winfield. asking a question during the Department of City Planning's presentation of it's draft rezoning framework for East Harlem at Community Board 11's Land Use, Landmarks & Planning Committee meeting on November 9th.
A site diagram from HPD.
From the East Harlem Neighborhood Plan
The crowd at an earlier City Planning presentation on the East Harlem proposal.
Mohammed-Uddin has been planting and harvesting beans by the East Harlem Little League field fence for years. The site is a likely target for housing development,
William Alatriste for the New York City Council
Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito seen in East Harlem in August 2014. She supports the mayor's rezoning proposals but the community planning effort she has spearheaded includes groups that don't.
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