NY City Council's Proposed Land Use Bill May Be Illegal

By Frank Chaney (October 4, 2017, 11:05 AM EDT) -- Last month, the New York City Council introduced legislation that would exempt Uniform Land Use Review Procedure (ULURP) applications by the mayor, the five borough presidents and the city council from the preapplication requirements of the Rules of the City of New York (RCNY). The bill, if approved, would give elected officials a powerful new weapon against development projects they and their constituents don't like. The target of the bill, known as Intro 1685, is four proposed residential towers next to the East River just north of the Brooklyn and Manhattan Bridges....

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