NY Dirt: Lawmakers court Staten Island downtown development

Local politicians have a vision for higher density on the North Shore of Staten Island. First they need multifamily developers to buy in. Council Speaker Julie Menin and Majority Whip Kamillah Hanks are trying to drum up interest around the NorthShoreNYC plan, a major redevelopment goal to grow the waterfront’s residential and commercial footprint as a downtown area, which would require not only further rezoning of areas that have failed to deliver sufficient growth but also significant public and private investment. The City Council has already allocated more than $38 million to the effort in its fiscal 2027 budget, with […]

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