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Mayoral Candidates Address Zoning Issues at BuildingsNY

NEW YORK CITY-The 21st Annual BuildingsNY Show at the Jacob K. Javits

By Betsy Kraat | Updated on June 20, 2001

NEW YORK CITY-The four declared Democratic mayoral candidates were onhand today in a forum moderated by CBS Channel 2′s chief investigative/politicalreporter Marcia Kramer. The candidates discussed Mitchell-Lama, leadabatement, zoning codes, rent regulations, amongother issues.

All the candidates agreed that the city’s zoning regulations are long duefor an overhaul. “Rose did not develop a constituency to support hisplan,” said City Controller Alan Hevesi. “The issue is not zoning, it’slong-range planning,” he said. “Public officials are reluctant to planfar into the future. It’s all about solving the two o’ clock problem atone forty-five.” Hevesi was referring to Planning Commissioner JosephRose’s largely unsuccessful Unified Bulk Program.

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