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District 51

Joseph C. Borelli

Todt Hill-Emerson Hill-Lighthouse Hill-Manor Heights, New Springville-Willowbrook-Bulls Head-Travis, Freshkills Park (North), Oakwood-Richmondtown, Great Kills-Eltingville, Arden Heights-Rossville, Annadale-Huguenot-Prince's Bay-Woodrow, Tottenville-Charleston, Freshkills Park (South), Great Kills Park

Updated: Aug. 26, 2024, 12:08 a.m. | Published: Aug. 25, 2024, 5:50 a.m.

By Paul Liotta | pliotta@siadvance.com

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — A City Planning Commission vote on a controversial housing plan looms on the horizon, but city officials offered no signs this week that they’re looking back.

Mayor Eric Adams said Tuesday that he had heard the feedback, including the overwhelming opposition from Staten Island, but his main goal is to get more housing built through the “City of Yes for Housing Opportunity” plan.

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Updated: Aug. 01, 2024, 9:59 a.m. | Published: Aug. 01, 2024, 5:50 a.m.

By Paul Liotta | pliotta@siadvance.com

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Mayor Eric Adams’ City of Yes for Housing Opportunity promises to change the way homes are built in the five boroughs, and Staten Island’s special and historic districts won’t be exempt.

In total, Staten Island has six special purpose districts and three historic districts established in the decades since the 1961 zoning resolution, the last time the city completed a mass rewrite of the local zoning code.

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Updated: Apr. 24, 2023, 5:03 p.m. | Published: Apr. 24, 2023, 1:05 p.m.

By Joseph Ostapiuk | jostapiuk@siadvance.com

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Meeting New York City’s ambitious climate goals will likely require bending its own zoning regulations, and a plan to fundamentally change those rules and make it easier to retrofit buildings and usher in the switch to electric vehicles is now inching over the starting line.

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Published: Mar. 13, 2023, 6:30 a.m.

By Joseph Ostapiuk | jostapiuk@siadvance.com

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — A plan to fundamentally change New York City’s zoning regulations to help reach its ambitious climate goals received an endorsement from a leading environmental organization this week in a boost to the proposal’s prospects.

Mayor Eric Adams’ City of Yes for Carbon Neutrality initiative, first called Zoning for Zero Carbon, stands as a critical component to the city’s ability to slash its carbon emissions 80% by 2050 — an intention aimed at supporting global climate efforts to limit global warming to no more than two degrees Celsius.

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District Office

2955 Veterans Road West, Suite 2
Staten Island, NY 10309
(718) 984-5151 phone
(718) 948-1592 fax

Legislative Office

250 Broadway, 1551
New York, NY 10007
(212) 788-6989 phone 1
(212)-788-7159 phone 2
(718) 948-1592 fax

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borelli@council.nyc.gov

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