Amy Plitt

Writer, editor, cat lady, and New Yorker. Priors at Curbed NY, Time Out New York, and Condé Nast Traveler, and I've contributed to the New York Post and Gothamist, among others. I'm also the author of

Boerum Hill

As The City Resumes Land Use Review, Gowanus Rezoning Is Next

A view of the Gowanus Canal from the Union Street Bridge (Photo: Nathan Haselby/Bklyner)When New York City resumes its land use review process in mid-September, there will be two major rezonings on the docket: Industry City, which was recently given the green light by the Department of City

Development

Is The Industry City Rezoning DOA?

Rendering via Industry City.In September, six months after the coronavirus pandemic halted much of day-to-day life in New York City, the city will resume one of its crucial tools for development: the Uniform Land Use Review Procedure (ULURP), the multi-step process that determines rezonings and other land use changes