Upzoning

“It’s now up to the City Council to do the right thing and say no to this wrongheaded, destructive plan.”

"The skyline of Downtown Brooklyn could end up looking like that of Hong Kong or Dubai."

The artist behind the project says, 'It’s ultimately up to the viewer to decide whether this change is actual gentrification.'

The city unveiled its rezoning plans for Midtown East yesterday and it is massive. Like, potentially adding another Empire State Building to the skyline big. Possibly even two or three of them.

In 2005, the city approved new upzoning laws for the Greenpoint waterfront,