Outspoken local community members are fiercely opposing a rezoning of Bruckner Boulevard in the Throggs Neck section of the Bronx, despite the approval of the City Planning Commission and the support of Mayor Eric Adams.
City Councilmember Marjorie Velázquez has even received violent threats, the Bronx Times reported, despite her opposition to the rezoning proposal in it's current form.
City Limits reporter David Brand joined Errol Louis on "Inside City Hall" Friday to discuss the conflict over the rezoning, why it's so intense, and Mayor Eric Adams' recent decision to back out of an event supporting the proposal.
"Some of it is straight up NIMBYism distilled," Brand explained, referencing the label "not in my backyard" often applied to anti-development community activists. "Some of that is racist, classist opposition. And then there's kind of a more nuance opposition that says that 'well this is a potential Trojan horse. If you rezone this section of our low-density area, now you're going to come for my block.'"
Editor’s Note: A previous version of this story misstated which governmental body supported the process. The project has the support of the City Planning Commission, not the City Council.