A revised rezoning proposal for 2560 Boston Road could bring more than 400 new apartments to the neighborhood, after an earlier version of the project was rejected by Community Board 11.<\/p>\n
Slate Property Group, the developer behind the plan, is now proposing 483 residential units, a larger supermarket and 108 parking spaces. <\/p>\n
The updated proposal has drawn mixed reactions from residents, who remain divided over whether the project will benefit the community.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s great \u2014 it\u2019s a long time coming,\u201d one resident said, while another expressed concerns about the development\u2019s impact on the neighborhood.<\/p>\n
The revised plan follows the City Council\u2019s passage last December of the City of Yes for Housing Opportunity initiative, which aims to expand housing across the city. <\/p>\n
Under the new zoning rules, Slate was able to add more than 100 units, including additional affordable housing.<\/p>\n
The original proposal was rejected in 2023 in part because residents felt the income requirements were too high, said Community Board 11 Chair Cynthia Rodriguez.<\/p>\n
The project initially included units for households earning 80% to 120% of the area median income. <\/p>\n
In the updated plan, Slate is shifting to a city program that allows for lower income levels, including units at roughly 60% of the area median income. <\/p>\n
For a family of three, the area median income is about $145,000.<\/p>\n
Rodriguez said the changes make the new proposal \u201cmuch more affordable to a larger portion of our district.\u201d<\/p>\n
Slate says final designs are still being developed and that there is no confirmed construction timeline. <\/p>\n
Community Board 11 expects to hold a public meeting with the developer in December as the project continues through the review process.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A revised rezoning proposal for 2560 Boston Road could bring more than 400 new apartments to the neighborhood,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":48007,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[13474,128,301,9,24,1057,63,435,129,131,130],"class_list":["post-48006","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-the-bronx","tag-allerton","tag-bronx","tag-city-council","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-new-york-city-council","tag-nyc","tag-rezoning","tag-the-bronx","tag-the-bronx-headlines","tag-the-bronx-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48006","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48006"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48006\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/48007"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48006"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48006"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48006"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}