The Purple People of Dutch Kills challenging the zoning changes
Development in Dutch Kills, LIC
Aah, the rezoning of Dutch Kills. A quieter saga, but of epic proportions nonetheless. It seems that finally when the rezoning is set for May, to help curb the hotelification of DK, a group of commercial property owners called The Purple People are standing up against it, claiming that it will destroy the growth of business in the community.
“Inhabiting the purple and blue shaded area of the rezoning map, the group says rezoning, as is, will cause a loss of 826,000 square feet of industrial space, 2,066 jobs and millions of dollars in annual tax revenues to the city.
The Dutch Kills rezoning has been on the drawing board for years. When the Department of City Planning (DCP) introduced a final plan in May 2006, it looked like a reality. Joy Chen, DCP liaison to Community Board 1, said the plan should be certified and ready for review by the board in late May. It would rezone a 40-block area that is now mostly zoned manufacturing into more mixed-use residential zones.”
- The down-zoning of Dutch Kills [Queens Gazette]
It’s just like the dot com craze. Luxury condo development is what was sold before the hotel craze and it’s another blind sited money maker for people who don’t give a flying —- about a neighborhood. Who are these thousands of travelers that will come here. These purples are using the same old cry poverty, just like the CUNY dorm situation. The developer will convert these hotels to living eventually. Down zone now Dutch kills! keep fighting this administration. We know that the word from on high is to not to stop building under any circumstance. That is unless a crane falls on you. By the way….a building that is in fact near the crane site, and is not damaged is using it as a scare tactic to get tenants to move out. He is already trying to sell the building.
OVERDEVELOPMENT =’s DEATH
LIC needs some purple people. I never understood what was wrong with the hotel development over there. Seems like it will turn into into a nexus of commerce, instead of junk.