Sold out: Small merchants charge Giuliani with abandoning them for superstores

In mid-February, the Giuliani administration unveiled broad changes to New York City's zoning rules designed to allow retailers to open stores of up to 200,000 square feet in some of the city's manufacturing districts. The new zoning plan, more than a year in the making, should be welcome...

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Published inCrain's New York business Vol. 11; no. 11; p. 13
Main Author Citrano, Virginia M
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New York Crain Communications, Incorporated 13.03.1995
Subjects
Business community
Consortia
Disposable income
Impacts
Incentives
Interviews
Manufacturing
Market entry
Middle Atlantic
Neighborhood blight
Planning
Retail stores
Retailing industry
Shopping
Small business
Zoning
Zoning ordinances
New York
United States > US
NY
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Summary:In mid-February, the Giuliani administration unveiled broad changes to New York City's zoning rules designed to allow retailers to open stores of up to 200,000 square feet in some of the city's manufacturing districts. The new zoning plan, more than a year in the making, should be welcome news to consumers here. In a poll by Crain's New York Business, 85% were in favor of zoning changes to bring superstores to the city. Those changes are troublesome to many of the city's small retailers, who fear that competition from the big stores could put them out of business. (excerpt)
ISSN:8756-789X