A new study out of NYU suggests that the city's feared and reviled rezoning efforts may not have done so much damage after all. It covers a period from 2003 to 2007 when 18 percent of city properties were rezoned under the Bloomberg administration and shows that, unexpectedly, the measures didn't move towards denser residency as a rule. In fact, "on 86 percent of the lots that were rezoned, building capacity was reduced or limited, or limits were placed on the kind of structure that could be built," reports the Times. more ›

City Planning Commissioner Amanda Burden was called a "rich, rich, rich horrible person" by an opponent of 125th Street rezoning. The City Planning commission approved rezoning for the boulevard, which means a 21-story building called Harlem Park, which includes new headquarters for Major League Baseball TV, will be one of the many new developments for the neighborood. more ›