Community Board 3 is poised to join a local effort to rezone a section of the Two Bridges area, part of a larger campaign to stop three gigantic towers from going up on the waterfront.
As we've indicated in previous stories, community groups are responding in different ways to the city's rejection of a sweeping rezoning plan for the Chinatown Working Group. Community Board 3 leaders are talking with officials from the Department of...
City Limits has a big piece today on the Chinatown Working Group (CWG), a community organization that's been working for several years on a neighborhood master plan. City officials signaled a few months ago that they would not support...
Could there be a rezoning in Chinatown and the surrounding neighborhoods in the months to come? Members of Community Board 3 and the Chinatown Working Group (CWG), a grass roots planning organization, met yesterday with city officials for a...
In the past several weeks, Community Board 3 decided it would ask the Department of City Planning for a meeting to discuss a potential rezoning in Chinatown and adjacent areas.
In February, the agency rejected an expansive rezoning proposed by...
Will the past six years of work by dozens of community groups under the umbrella of the Chinatown Working Group (CWG) lead to tangible results? Or will the contentious local planning process leave the participants -- and the neighborhood...
Local community activists are stepping up their campaign against Extell Development's massive new residential project at the former Pathmark site on Cherry Street.
The luxury project, now under construction, was initially expected to rise 71 stories, dwarfing any other building...
Six years ago, many organizations came together under the auspices of the Chinatown Working Group (CWG) to craft a master plan for the neighborhood. The report detailing their recommendations was forwarded to the Department of City Planning. It included...
The Chinatown Working Group, an organization that's been trying for several years to create a neighborhood master plan, is holding a public meeting next week. Here's the info:
The Chinatown Working Group will be hosting a Public Information Session, co-sponsored...
For the past several years, a coalition known as the Chinatown Working Group has been trying to come up with a long-range plan for the neighborhood. This month, they're taking a set of new proposals to local community boards...
