I did hear about this for LA City and County landlords.

I started my career working for Marriott in New York and Toronto, specializing in dynamic pricing and maximizing revenue.

Quote from @Devin James: In one of our development projects, the City staff asked us to remove 40 units from our concept plan.This wasn’t requested by the City Commission at a formal hearing, it was the opinion of the staff.Our original concept already proposed fewer units than the current zoning would have allowed.Here’s what erasing 40 units means:- 40 fewer homes for buyers- Over $1M in lost profit for our team- Fewer tax dollars and impact fees that could’ve benefited the City’s infrastructure & servicesWe gotta get betterEveryone wants more affordable housing, but not everyone wants to do what it takes to achieve it we never listen to the recommending bodies. we move for city approvals and work closely. the other thing we do is keep going back to the same groups over and over and over and over every month on the same agenda and make very small reductions like 2% or 4% and that reduces and beats them down eventually they accept what you want. it's just before beating a dead horse. we keep tabling until they give us something we all agree on then we go to vote. in our city in columbus we have to get recommendations but that's our strategy. we used to come out as aggressive as possible. we typically study developments in the area and keep it very similar in terms of density. we have a track record of very controversial projects and litigation and not taking no as an answer. after a year of that haha I can tell you it's not worth it. now we are more relationship based and buying the right kinds of plots of land. if the numbers don't work on the front end don't do the development. 

Quote from @Min Zhang: Cincinnati is one of my favorite cities to live in Ohio.

You will always be able to find a place once you have a city.  

Our city holds a lot of gems if you know where to find them.

With the city contemplating expanding the ADU ability to city wide, is there any benefit to doing a rezoning now (assuming successful) before the citywide expansion takes place?

Understanding that you're in New York and the laws are leaned to be tenant friendly, I would still say this is the best way to go about it as a new investor.

Neither that course, nor City Park are really all that great, using that space for a true park is, in my view, a great move for the city. 

This was the city's error and you shouldn't be penalized.