EditorialGene Sinigalliano, who would be forced out of his rent-stabilized, $1,064-a-month loft if the state were to proceed with the rezoning plan, on April 10, 2023. (Gabriela Bhaskar/The New York Times)
EditorialA view of 1034-1042 Atlantic Ave, at left, which has been approved for a new residential building, in Brooklyn on Oct. 14, 2022. (Dave Sanders/The New York Times)
EditorialJoseph Reiver, right, director of the Elizabeth Street Garden, with volunteers collecting donations for its upkeep and informing visitors about the movement to preserve the garden from demolition, in New York, July 7, 2021. (Elizabeth D. Herman/The New York Times)
EditorialThe intersection of Spring Street and Broadway in the SoHo neighborhood of lower Manhattan on Jan. 7, 2021. (Hiroko Masuike/The New York Times)
EditorialA rezoning plan would add 8,000 housing units in Gowanus, a Brooklyn neighborhood that has grown increasingly affluent. (Chang W. Lee/The New York Times)
EditorialLyle Solla-Yates, a member of Charlottesville’s planning commission, with a map of proposed city rezoning, in Charlottesville, Va., July 23, 2021. (Eze Amos/The New York Times)
EditorialA crew works to remove pilings beneath the Union Street Bridge along the Gowanus Canal in New York, Nov. 18, 2020. (Kevin Hagen/The New York Times)
EditorialUnused tables and chairs outside the food hall at Industry City in the Sunset Park neighborhood of Brooklyn on April 10, 2020. (Benjamin Norman/The New York Times)