Law360, New York ( November 1, 2016, 11:45 AM EDT) -- In 2013, then-New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg's ambitious and in some ways groundbreaking East Midtown rezoning proposal went down to defeat at the City Council. A modified form of the proposal, now dubbed the Greater East Midtown Rezoning, to distinguish it from the original, has recently begun its journey through the city's land use and environmental public review procedure, but this time with the imprimatur of at least some of those who opposed the original rezoning proposal, most notably, the City Council member whose district encompasses East Midtown. Will this "Son of East Midtown" proposal pass muster and succeed where its progenitor failed? To answer that question, we need to compare the two proposals to understand how they are alike and, more importantly, how they are different....