Watch-Blog
Court Supports Community on 200 Amsterdam
In a happy occurrence, the Courts have chosen to uphold the law and directed the New York City Board of Standards and Appeals to essentially "fix it". Previously, the BSA has upheld the prepared findings it stated at the onset of their initial hearing on 200...
Courts Say No to Gerrymandered 200 Amsterdam!
READ THE FULL ARTICLE IN CRAIN’S NEW YORK BUSINESS: “Court Deals Blow to Controversial Upper West Side Tower” Excerpts below from March 14, 2019 article by Daniel Geiger [pdf-embedder...
LW! Gives Testimony re VOIDS Proposed Amendment
On March 13th, the Department of City Planning (DCP) held a hearing on a proposed VOIDS Zoning Text Amendment. Read LANDMARK WEST's testimony below:[pdf-embedder url="https://www.landmarkwest.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/DCP-VOIDS-Testimony_LW_12March2019.pdf"...
DCP hears testimony on Mechanical Voids
On Wednesday, March 13th the Department of City Planning held a long-awaited hearing on their Zoning Text Amendment to bring some predictability to the increasingly-abused mechanical void loophole exploited by developers to reach ever higher vantages. Initially...
Sean Khorsandi Explains Proposed Voids Text Amendment
Sean Khorsandi was a guest of Assembly Member Dick Gottfried on this week's episode of "Represent NYC" on the Manhattan Neighborhood Network. Click to view the episode - skip ahead to minute 16:05 for a great synopsis by Sean of the Dept. of City Planning's proposed...
Let’s Talk Loopholes!
LANDMARK WEST! has been raising the alarm against zoning law loopholes exploited by developers on the UWS and across the city to dramatically increase building heights. Local elected officials have added their voices: "BE IT RESOLVED that Community Board 7/Manhattan...
How the DCP Zoning Text Amendment Stacks UP
Department of City Planning (DCP) hearing on VOIDS Zoning Text Amendment WEDNESDAY, MARCH 13th, beginning at 10am 120 Broadway, Concourse Level LANDMARK WEST! continues our efforts to stop out-scaled development by closing developer loopholes. The Department of City...
Courts side with Developer
Although courts believe that the zoning lot for 200 Amsterdam Avenue has been erroneously assembled, they courts stopped short of revoking the permits but directed the City agencies--the DOB (which is twice on record saying they never should have issued the permits)...
Assembly Member Linda Rosenthal Lowers the Roof on Excess
New York State Assembly Member Linda Rosenthal has introduced state legislation A.5026 aimed at closing the mechanical void loophole. Expanding on an existing zoning text amendment proposed by the New York City Department of City Planning-which is working its way...
Community Boards Consider City Planning text on VOIDS
Mark your Calendars! Key Dates to Curb Inappropriate Development LANDMARK WEST! and our colleagues FRIENDS of the Upper East Side Historic Districts have been pushing back against the spread of Billionaire's Row into our residential districts. Now, reinforced by a...
