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From BeyondVoting

1. The 1975 Charter introduced the possibility of officially-recognized community-initiated local planning under Section 197-a, denoting a significant departure from the comprehensive citywide master planning previously required under the Charter. Section 197-a provided a way for communities to create plans and apply policy to land use decisions, as opposed to always being in the position of merely responding to public and private development proposals.

1. At the time of writing, the final year of Michael Bloomberg’s 2001-2005 term.