CHANGING BROOKLYN: Down with upzoning: CB2 committee votes against city’s zoning changes

See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Harry MacCormackThe Brooklyn PaperThis fall premiere was a critical flop.Mayor DeBlasio’s plan to allow developers to construct taller buildings with fewer parking spaces in the hope that it will encourage them to create more attractive designs and more below-market units is full of plot holes and needs a rewrite, say members of a Downtown-area panel who voted against the proposal on Thursday.
“It is not ready for prime time,” said Irene J