Adams Vetoes Proposal To Fine Non-Artist SoHo & NoHo Residents $15,000 For Their Lofts [View all]
Mayor Eric Adams vetoed a controversial provision Friday in the newly-enacted rezoning of SoHo and NoHo that would have sharply hiked fines on non-artists buying lofts that are reserved for artist residency and workspace.
The veto of the increased fines on the non-artist residents of the Joint Live/Work Quarters for Artists (JLWQA) zone does not affect the enactment of the rest of the zoning bill, which was passed by the City Council last month.
“We’ve been hearing concerns about that specific legislation, and are going to make sure that we can productively work together to improve it over the coming months,” Adams said in a statement Friday announcing his intent to issue the veto, his first as mayor.
Though rarely enforced, the city policy to require non-artist residents to pay fees when buying a JLWQA unit came out of a push to help artists stay in the increasingly gentrified SoHo and NoHo neighborhoods.
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