By COLE SINANIAN

news@queensledger.com

At a town hall in Downtown Brooklyn on October 16, city planners faced sharp criticism from activists and North Brooklyn business leaders as they presented a first draft of the “NYC Industrial Plan” — a report first published in September that recommends rezoning some of the city’s historically industrial areas to allow for different kinds of economic uses and housing construction.

Although it could inform future land-use policy decisions, the plan is a draft report and does not guarantee any future rezonings, city planners stressed at the town hall, with a final version set to be released on December 31. Still, the plan drew swift condemnation from groups like Evergreen, a manufacturing business alliance in North Brooklyn, and Uprose, an environme

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