Midtown East rezoning will likely be passed in 2017: Garodnick

Council member Dan Garodnick expects the Midtown East rezoning to pass before the next mayoral election in 2017. The remark, made at Wednesday’s B’nai B’rith real estate luncheon at the Cornell Club, offers further hope that an issue whose many twists, turns and delays have galvanized the real estate industry could finally be resolved.In October, a steering committee including Garodnick and Manhattan borough president Gale Brewer proposed a sweeping rezoning plan for Midtown East between 39th Street and 57th Street.