Or will we see only more unenforceable “guidelines” and “goals”? On Tuesday, April 14, at 7:00pm, the City Council will hold a public hearing on proposed amendments to the Downtown Overlay Zone (DOZ) to...
Public hearing on April 14 to comment on revised plans At its February 10th meeting, the City Council discussed an amendment to the Downtown Overlay Zones (DOZ) to enter into “a refinement phase designed...
As the New Rochelle City Council makes plans for the next phase of development, unionized construction workers and their supporters turned out in force to the council meeting Tuesday, March 10, to send a...
“Citizens To Be Heard” Will Occur as Scheduled According to a City Council agenda notice posted today, the public hearing on downtown development scheduled for March 10 has been postponed. The notice did not...
Enough Is Enough, a community organization urging a pivot to “smart development” in New Rochelle, has called for a large turnout for a March 10 public hearing at which the City Council will consider...
All Out for March 10 Hearing on Downtown Redevelopment! The New Rochelle City Council is currently reexamining and updating the Downtown Development Plan. On Tuesday, March 10 at 7:00pm, a hearing will be held...
Will Jobs and Real Affordable Housing Be Reviewed? Ten years into New Rochelle’s downtown redevelopment, City Council voted December 9 to “reexamine and update” the Downtown Overlay Zone (DOZ) with an eye toward holding...
For the past 10 years, developers have been making payments into New Rochelle’s Community Benefit Fund in exchange for waivers allowing them to build taller buildings than normally allowed under building codes. The meaning...
The Wall Street Journal recently published an article titled “How an NYC Suburb is Actually Managing to Bring Rents Down,” which got further exposure on Fox and MSNBC. New Rochelle is that NYC suburb...
The New Rochelle Industrial Development Agency (IDA) voted to give a 15-year extension of tax breaks for New Rochelle Gardens at their meeting on July 30. Their unanimous vote addressed two areas where the...
