On Tuesday night at a community board meeting, the New York City Department of City Planning (DCP) announced its Bushwick rezoning plan. The plan identifies Bushwick land use, housing, economic development, transportation, open space, and community health and resource strategies.
Bushwick residents, local politicians, and the Bushwick Community Plan commitee, spent four years in conjunction with council members Reynoso and Espinal to proactively present the city with a plan for the future of the neighborhood, due to the DCP’s rezoning plan.
“The moment we let the city start rezoning Bushwick, we lose,” said Ariella Riapos, founding member of an anti-gentrification group called G-REBLS, during a rezoning meeting in the fall.
Cover image courtesy of the DCP.
