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Progress on new neighborhood studies and DCP's capacity
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Council Member Kevin Riley inquires about the progress of new neighborhood studies for areas like Coney Island, East Flatbush, Harlem River North, and White Plains Road. Director Dan Garodnick provides an update on these studies and discusses DCP's capacity for undertaking such projects.
- DCP has initiated the committed studies, with positive conversations with most involved council members
- Studies are expected to start their processes in the current calendar year or early next year
- DCP doesn't have a specific annual target for neighborhood studies but typically advances a handful during a four-year term
- Five neighborhood plans are expected to go through the city council in the current term
- Director Garodnick assures that current vacancy rates in the department will not affect the progress of these neighborhood studies
Kevin Riley
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Thank you.
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Another commitment made by the administration was to fund several new neighborhood studies, for the City of Yes implementation.
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What progress has DCP made on the new plan studies for Coney Island, East Flatbush, Harlan River North, and White Plains Road?
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Does DCP have a target for the number of neighborhood studies it undertakes every year?
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And I'll ask the other two questions when you answer those
Dan Garodnick
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questions.
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Yes.
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We've gotten the ball rolling on the studies to which we have committed, having good positive conversations with, if not all, then most of the council members that we worked with to make those commitments.
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We're really excited about these studies, and they are going to either start their own processes in this calendar year or early next.
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And we think that they're really good, thoughtful areas for us to be able to make land use changes.
Kevin Riley
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Does DCP have a target number for the number of neighborhood studies they undertake each year?
Dan Garodnick
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You know, we don't have a specific number, but we, you know, we historically advance, you know, a handful of neighborhood plans during the course of a, you know, a four year term.
0:38:51
The ones that we're dealing with right now, I'll just remind you, mister chairman, we will have, if we are successful here, five neighborhood plans that will have come through the city council since the start of this council term and this administration, starting with the Bronx Metro North plan, AIM UP, Midtown South, MSMX, and both Jamaica and Long Island City.
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That is a that's a fair measure of what we think can be accomplished.
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Then, of course, we also did Southern Staten Island zoning relief to make it so that our rules focus on real environmental issues as opposed to just extra bureaucracy that was unnecessary for homeowners.
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So I think that's a fair reflection of what can be accomplished.
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And, of course, that was accomplished at the time of three citywide text amendments through City of Yes.
Kevin Riley
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Is the vacancies in the department, which I'm kinda concerned about, is that gonna affect any of these neighborhood studies moving forward?
Dan Garodnick
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No.
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No.
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Will not.
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Okay.