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Middle Village-Glendale Rezoning
This rezoning project in Queens addresses community concerns that recent residential development allowed under the current zoning is inconsistent with the established scale and character of the neighborhoods. The proposed zoning will permit lower density development and less commercial intrusion in order to protect each neighborhood’s residential context. On September 26, 2005, the Department of City Planning certified the Uniform Land Use Review Procedure application for the Middle Village - Glendale Rezoning to begin the formal public review process.
EDC To Build Near Queens Borough Hall
Tuesday, October 10, 2006 | New York Daily News | Topic: Land Use
The Economic Development Corporation is seeking proposals from developers for an 800,000-square-foot complex to take the place of a 1,100-vehicle parking garage behind Queens Borough Hall. The EDC announced plans to redevelop the site in 2002. The selected developer will work cooperatively with the School Construction Authority to build a separate, 190,000-square-foor public high school on the same site.
Queens: A Rezoning Machine
Thursday, December 01, 2005 | Other | Topic: Land Use
Queens is undergoing some of the biggest zoning changes it has experienced in over three decades. The Department of City Planning is studying a number of different neighborhoods primarily in an attempt to curb overdevelopment and preserve Queens' rapidly vanishing single-family neighborhoods.
Community Trying to Save Neighborhoods Through Rezoning
Thursday, October 27, 2005 | Queens Chronicle | Topic: Land Use
Residents in Queens' Middle Village, Glendale, and Maspeth communities are tired of the overdevelopment in their neighborhoods. They say it compromises the integrity of their communities and it overburdens the city.


