NYC unveils neighborhoods rezoning plan to improve housing equity, support business


By Xia Lin
  • World
  • Thursday, 08 Oct 2020

NEW YORK, Oct. 7 (Xinhua) -- New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio on Wednesday announced a plan to update the 50-year-old zoning of the city's two neighborhoods to offer greater flexibility for ground floor use by businesses and arts and cultural organizations, while incentivizing the creation of new permanently affordable homes.

The SoHo/NoHo Neighborhood Plan will advance into the city's public land use review process to open two neighborhoods with exceptional access to transit, schools, jobs and other amenities to many more New Yorkers and advance the city's goals of fair housing and equitable growth, said a press release from his office.

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