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Deep Research: Supermajority laws around the states

March 7, 2025 By Salim Furth

Here are the results of my first use of OpenAI's Deep Research tool. I asked for information that I know well - and in which inaccurate research has been published. It did a great job and relied substantially on my own research. But it also went beyond my list - identifying protest petition statutes … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Law, Zoning Tagged With: Artificial Intelligence, downzoning, rezoning

Mumbai upzoning

May 17, 2024 By Salim Furth

Geetika Nagpal's job market paper, written with Sahil Gandhi, shows that a 2017 increase in allowed floor area ratio in Mumbai had a tremendous impact on affordability by accidentally improving the economics of smaller apartments. (Note that the authors are updating the paper, so some of the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: World, Zoning Tagged With: affordability, India, Mumbai, rezoning

“Change” Not Welcome in Harlem: Neighbors Cause Commotion as Harlem Rezoning Passes

May 1, 2008 By Adam Hengels

Limousine Liberals aren't the only ones who oppose change. In Harlem, neighbors fought to keep new people out of their neighborhood, and want to force gentrification upon other neighborhoods. In the process they created such a stir at Wednesday's Council session, they had to be cleared out. It's … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Zoning Tagged With: gentrification, Harlem, neighborhood, NIMBY, nyc, rezoning, zoning

Recent Links 4/24/08: PA Turnpike, NYC Rezoning, Tudor City NIMBYs, Houston Zoning

April 24, 2008 By Adam Hengels

Out of Control blog: Terms of Potential PA Turnpike Lease Announced Curbed NYC 4/22/08: Developer-Driven Rezoning Prepares to Enter Ring AMNY 4/24/08: Residents fight Tudor City development Curbed NYC 4/24/08: Neighborhood Love: Tudor City Residents Suing to Block Solow Houston … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Houston, NIMBY, nyc, pa turnpike, rezoning

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