New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani and NYC Department of City Planning (DCP) Director Sideya Sherman announced Wednesday, May 20, that the City will advance neighborhood plans for the North Bronx and for the communities south of Prospect Park in Brooklyn.
Centered on White Plains Road in The Bronx, and Coney Island and McDonald Avenues in Brooklyn, both described as “transit-rich corridors constrained by outdated zoning rules,” City officials said the plans aim to create urgently needed housing, including permanently affordable housing, support job growth, and deliver what were described as “long-overdue neighborhood investments.”
Mamdani administration officials said DCP will conduct community engagement in the coming months to help shape rezoning and investment proposals in partnership with City Council Land Use Chair Kevin Riley (C.D. 12), Bronx Council Member Eric Dinowitz (C.D. 11), and Brooklyn Council Members Shahana Hanif (C.D. 39), Rita Joseph (C.D. 40), Farah Louis (C.D. 45), and Simcha Felder (C.D. 44). They said the Mamdani administration will advance additional planning initiatives in the coming weeks…