Bronx Community Board 1 votes down Mott Haven waterfront development after local resistance

By Marina Samuel - Bronx Times

A proposal to rezone portions of the South Bronx waterfront was voted down by Community Board 1 after residents raised concerns that the project was not affordable for the neighborhood and would continue a pattern of development that they say has failed to benefit longtime residents.

The proposed project, first introduced to the board by affordable housing developers Phipps Houses and Douglaston Development in 2021, would bring 537 affordable apartments to two parcels at 110 E. 138th St. and 63 Exterior St., just west of the luxury Bankside towers along the Mott Haven waterfront.