| Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation

Don't rezone SoHo and NoHo to suit the plans of developers and universities

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Your Municipal Officials
Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer
Department of City Planning Chair Marisa Lago
Mayor Bill de Blasio

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Don't rezone SoHo and NoHo to suit the plans of developers and universities

Dear [Decision Maker],

I strongly urge you to not to support any rezoning of SoHo and NoHo that is designed to suit the agenda of developers and large universities, and instead to protect these special neighborhoods' character and their longtime artist residents.

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I strongly support the principles put forward by the Save SoHo-NoHo Coalition:

*     Preserve the existing rights and protections for residents, esp. artists/those in JLWQA (Joint Living-Work Quarters for Artists)
*     Maintain the existing allowable FAR (density of development as measured by floor area)
*     Uphold existing limits on the maximum allowable size of retail
*     Keep public review for developments or uses not currently allowed
*     Limit types of university uses to those allowable under existing zoning
*     Keep the creative character of SoHo and NoHo

I hope you will listen to longstanding neighborhood groups like the Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation, the SoHo Alliance, the NoHo Neighborhood Association, Lower Manhattan Loft Tenants, the Broadway Residents Coalition, and the Bowery Alliance of Neighbors, as well as longtime residents and the artists who helped build these neighborhoods, rather than real estate interests and large universities.  Changes which contradict these principles will do great damage to these neighborhoods and the people who live in them, and I would strongly oppose them.

Sincerely,
[Your Name]
[Your Address]

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