Tom Angotti on NYC rezoning in Metropolis magazine

Zoned Out! author Tom Angotti writes about how New York City’s rezonings reinforce the chronic "color blindness” of city policy. “In New York City, Mayor de Blasio’s Rezonings Amplify Inequalities” (Metropolis)

Map: The 2018 Final Approved Zoning Plan for Inwood. NYC Department of City Planning (DCP)

There is much more continuity with past policies than most supporters of this administration will admit,” writes CUNY professor Tom Angotti in the introduction to Zoned Out!, the first major academic work to look at de Blasio’s housing policy in the context of New York City’s long history of development.

Rivlin-Nadler, Max. “De Blasio’s Bloombergian Land Use Plan” The Village Voice. October 18, 2016.

Also see Liete, Flavia. “Inwood NYC: Can City Hall and Community Activist’s Get to ‘Yes’ on Reshaping a Neighborhood’s Future?” The New School: Center for New York City Affairs.

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