City Planning Commission

"Amanda Burden is rich, rich, rich! You're destroying our community and making it white because you can't find a restaurant! You're a socialite and a horrible person!"

So shouted Harlem residents at Planning Commission Chairwoman Amanda Burden toward the end of Monday's contentious commission meeting about the Bloomberg administration's plan to rezone 125th Street to encourage denser development. The commission voted 11-2 to approve the rezoning. It now moves to the City Council for a final vote.  read more »

The city Planning Commission voted early this afternoon to approve the expansion of Columbia University into West Harlem. The vote was 10 to 1, with one abstention. The plan next moves to the City Council for approval or rejection.

We'll have more on the Planning Commission vote very soon.

Neighbors who protested the City Planning Commission’s timetable for reviewing Columbia University’s Manhattanville application have been heard—sort of. The West Harlem community board had feared that starting the review process—called ULURP, for Uniform Land Use Review Procedure—as expected today would limit its members' participation, since the deadline for board input would come in two months, or right in the middle of summer vacations.  read more »