To Spur More Housing, NYC Voters Weakened Pols’ Power. One Still Wants a Say.
Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, has tree-lined streets, views of the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge and, compared to most other areas in the city, hardly any new housing. But the neighborhood’s pace of development could soon change because of a new voter-approved City Charter measure meant to speed up new residential construction in areas that haven’t recently had much […]
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