Empire rezoning request from commercial to mixed-use

City Hall meetings are mostly announcements and theater with regard to planning; nothing actually gets decided there.

First DCP does a study, then has meetings about what they would like to do. The public gets to state its opinions:

http://www.nyc.gov/html/dcp/html/luproc/calbeg.shtml

Then, the City Council holds a public few hearings about the proposal and votes:

http://legistar.council.nyc.gov/Calendar.aspx

Most DCP proposal pass the city council with large majorities.

Then, the Mayor signs it.

...then it becomes law.

Note: I may have left out some of the really boring parts.