Community Boards Consider City Planning text on VOIDS

#votersagainstsupertalls, 200 Amsterdam, ABC Watch, Advocacy, CENTRAL dARK, Dept. of City Planning

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,...

Manhattan Delegation of City Council speaks out

#votersagainstsupertalls, 200 Amsterdam, ABC Watch, Advocacy, CENTRAL dARK, City Council, Dept. of Buildings, Dept. of City Planning, Zoning

In a letter dated January 10, the entire Manhattan Delegation of the City Council call upon Marisa Lago, Director of the Department of City Planning and Rick Chandler, the out-going Commissioner of the Department of buildings to prepare “immediate action”...

City Council Statement on Mechanical Voids

#votersagainstsupertalls, 200 Amsterdam, ABC Watch, CENTRAL dARK, City Council

“The officials highlighted developer tactics such as excessive use of “void spaces” — unoccupied floors intended for mechanical equipment — in order to create extraordinarily tall buildings and circumvent the intent of the Zoning...

The Spirit on Tall Talk

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 Reporter Michael Garofalo reports on the DOB CHALLENGE against 36 West 66th Street in the September 20-26 issue of the West Side Spirit.  FULL ARTICLE HERE. Jointly filed by LANDMARK WEST! and neighbors of the 10 West 66th Street Corporation, the challenge...

City Planning Examines Voids

#votersagainstsupertalls, 200 Amsterdam, ABC Watch, CENTRAL dARK

New York City’s Department of City Planning, Manhattan division met with neighbors and LANDMARK WEST! this week to address mounting concerns over zoning abuses not only on the Upper West Side, but city-wide.  Oft-voiced concerns pertain to unnecessary void...

Elected Officials take one giant leap on eliminating gaps

#votersagainstsupertalls, 200 Amsterdam, ABC Watch, CENTRAL dARK

Several council members have signed onto a letter penned by City Council Speaker Corey Johnson and Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer.  Among them, Upper West Side Corey Johnson, Helen Rosenthal, Mark Levine and Bill Perkins, all in support of the need to...