Chair Riley asks about partnering with DOT, schools, parks for infrastructure
He asks if DCP plans to partner with sister agencies to address development and upzoning; Garodnick says each neighborhood is different, and larger rezonings would come with investments.
So with doing the rezoning in these specific districts, do you guys plan on partnering with sister agencies like DOT, New York City Public Schools, parks to address the development or the upzoning that you're trying to do in these communities?
Sure.
So I would say that there's a question about scale, right?
So every fast-track neighborhood is different.
We have high-density districts, mid-density, low-density districts.
The types of city-led actions that can happen in these districts also range.
Some offer opportunities for rezoning.
Some may be more appropriate for HPD affordable housing tools.
Some may be appropriate for some of the other city-led housing initiatives that we're looking to promote.
And so I think we're looking at every neighborhood unique and in a unique way.
And any city-led action that we have would certainly happen in concert with conversations with council members, affected community members.
And where we, if we were to pursue larger scale rezonings, for instance, any of those neighborhoods, those would typically come paired with the types of investments that go with large scale rezonings.
But I would just note that many of the fast track neighborhoods are very unique, right?
So we have very, very, some very low density districts, as well as high density districts.
We really want to be thoughtful in the way that we're approaching those opportunities.