In 2016, Mayor de Blasio announced that a 73-block stretch of Jerome Avenue in the Bronx was up for a rezoning. What is a rezoning and who decides which neighborhoods go through the process?
In the spring of 2017, CUP collaborated with Teaching Artist Gabe Gordon and public high school students from the Bronx School for Law, Government, and Justice (LGJ) to dig a little deeper into rezoning. To investigate, students got out of the classroom and onto Jerome Avenue to speak with people invested in the future of the Bronx, from community members to government officials. Students created Zoning It In… as a guide to neighborhood rezonings, the impact they have on the city, and how communities can have a voice in the process.
Students debuted their project at the Bronx Documentary Center, where they presented their booklet, demonstrated their interview skills, and shared their creative process.
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