Bronx News 12: BX Residents Worried Rezoning Plan Will Push Them Out
News 12 The Bronx | May 18, 2017 Read the full article
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City Limits: Tenant Group Outlines Fears About Rezonings- and a Path Around Them
By Jarret Murphy | May 18, 2017 Read the full article
AP: Retail Workers Feel Disruption from Shifting Shopper Habits
By Anne D’Innocenzio | January 8, 2018 Read the full article
Next City: How NYC Tenants are Harassed Out of Their Apartments
By Rachel Dovey | January 17, 2018 Read the full article
Gothamist: 'Enough Is Enough': Activists See Momentum In Court Victories Against Highrise Developers
"The message is that the rule of law applies to people who want to spend a lot of money building big buildings in New York, In 2019, that is a change."
Politico: Real estate industry concerned over Two Bridges decision
Paula Segal said the recent ruling is “certainly a word of caution for anyone who’s looking to add buildings to any of the dozens of ‘large scale’ development plans in the city.”
Curbed: A judge blocked three towers planned for Two Bridges. Now what?
“Once those changes are put into effect any new construction in this area will have to conform to the residents vision as it was developed,” says Paula Segal, an attorney with TakeRoot Justice who is working with the community groups
Gothamist: Judge Rules That Two Bridges Cannot Proceed Without Full Public Review Process
“It’s great to know that the court takes its oversight authority seriously,” said Paula Segal, an attorney who argued one of the lawsuits for community groups. “Usually there’s so much deference to the city.”
City Limits: Court Ruling Rebuffs De Blasio Admin Over Manhattan High-Rises
“The decision is very clear that none of the agencies can take any action. They cannot send confronting letters, they cannot accept applications, nothing can happen towards the development of the towers until they are properly approved.”
Patch: Two Bridges Towers Threatened In 'David And Goliath Moment'
A lawyer for the groups, Paula Segal of TakeRoot Justice, said the goal is to rezone the neighborhood before developers re-apply to build the towers — forcing them to follow the community rezoning plans.