Thu, Apr 11
|Webinar
City of Yes? Or Planning Mess?
What does Mayor Adams' "City of Yes for Economic Opportunity" mean for our Neighborhoods
Time & Location
Apr 11, 2024, 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM
Webinar
About the event
PANELISTS:
- Michael Berne - Retail planning consultant, MJB Consulting
- Laura Wolf-Powers - Professor, City University of New York Hunter College
- Paul Graziano - Planning consultant, Associated Cultural Resource Consultants
MODERATOR:
- George Janes - Planning consultant, George M. Janes & Associates
Join us online on April 11, 2024 at 6:30pm for our webinar "City of Yes? Or Planning Mess?"
Mayor Eric Adams is proposing one of the most sweeping revisions to New York's zoning code in decades. The Administration argues that these amendments will increase the commercial dynamism of the City by rendering land use regulations more flexible and by updating land use categories that have been in place since 1961. Conceived in response to perceived trends in commercial space demand and usage, the proposed changes are meant to address long standing high rates in storefront vacancy and volatility — a problem that intensified during the COVID pandemic crisis. The City's approach reflects a sense that regulatory stringency lies, at least in part, at the root of this issue. Critics, however, question whether a less regulated real estate market would account for the diversity of businesses and of our neighborhoods. What kind of city will the proposal's once-size-fits-all deregulation produce?
To help us discuss the merits and limitations of "City of Yes for Economic Opportunity," we are joined by experts in the fields of land use planning, real estate planning, and economic development.
Following the panel discussion, panelists will answer questions from the audience.