eprintid: 3918
rev_number: 4
eprint_status: archive
userid: 1
dir: disk0/00/00/39/18
datestamp: 2022-07-26 08:40:10
lastmod: 2022-07-26 08:40:10
status_changed: 2022-07-26 08:40:10
type: thesis
metadata_visibility: show
sword_depositor: 1
creators_name: Farber, Alec
creators_id: S4098862
creators_email: a.farber@student.rug.nl
title: A Tale of Two Mayors
ispublished: unpub
full_text_status: public
abstract: Zoning has long been an important tool for shaping New York City. The Mayor, through the Department of Planning, exerts considerable influence over this process. Mayor Bill DeBlasio (2014-2021) promised to build more housing and accommodate more population growth than his predecessor, Michael Bloomberg (2001-2013), who largely used rezoning to preserve neighborhoods as they were. Understanding the degree to which DeBlasio succeeded in this helps future planners and politicians make their own decisions. This article compares the Bloomberg and DeBlasio Administrations by analyzing housing construction and population change in areas rezoned during their respective tenures. Results showed that areas rezoned by DeBlasio led to much more housing and population growth in relation to existing housing supply and population. However, DeBlasio blockgroups impact on the city is unclear, because many neighboring areas unzoned by either mayor saw similar patterns of growth.
date: 2022
pages: 22
thesis_type: bachelor
degree_programme: SGP
tutors_name: Daams, M.N.
tutors_organization: Fac. Ruimtelijke wetenschappen, Basiseenheid Economische Geografie
tutors_email: M.N.Daams@rug.nl
security: public
keywords_local: Zoning
keywords_local: New York City
keywords_local: High Density
keywords_local: Low Density
keywords_local: Bill DeBlasio
keywords_local: Michael Bloomberg
language_iso: en
date_issued: 2022-07-24
citation:   Farber, Alec  (2022) A Tale of Two Mayors.  Bachelor thesis.   
document_url: https://frw.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/3918/1/Final%20Bachelor%20Project%20.pdf