Overbuilding Community Facilities

Should community facilities -- hospitals, universities, and churches -- be allowed to build "as-of-right" without community review?

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November 9, 2002, 11:00 AM PST

By Chris Steins @planetizen

"Many neighborhood groups have complained for years that New York City's zoning law lets community facilities like hospitals, universities and churches grow too big, and do so without their neighbors having a say. Community facilities can build much more than residential developers could on the same land, and they can do so "as-of-right" -- without community review. New York University is a case in point..."

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FULL STORY: Overbuilding By Community Facilities

Saturday, November 9, 2002 in The Gotham Gazette

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