Advocacy, City Council, City of Yes, Community Board 7, Dept. of City Planning, Zoning
By Megan Fitzpatrick After 15 hours (yes, you heard that right) of public comments, Commissioners’ pushback, and lively debate, the City Planning Commission’s City of Yes for Housing Opportunity (COYHO) public hearing came to a...
Advocacy, City Council, City of Yes, Community Board 7, Dept. of City Planning, Zoning
By Megan Fitzpatrick The City Planning Commission (CPC) is still deliberating on their upcoming vote on the massive almost 1,400 pages of zoning text titled City of Yes for Housing Opportunity (COYHO). The City’s residents, however, are not sold on the zoning...
#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”...
#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...
200 Amsterdam, Board of Standards and Appeals, City Council
Members of the City Council from across all five boroughs have signed a letter urging the Board of Standards and Appeals to forbid the gerrymandering of New York City zoning lots. This push was sparked by growing concern around the issue of 200 Amsterdam, a supertall...
CENTRAL dARK, City Council, Intro. 775, preservation, Preservation Under Fire
Landmark Changes in the Dark — Daily News: Opinion, Voice of the People (June 13, 2016) Prof. Jeffrey Kroessler, John Jay College of Criminal Justice LANDMARK WEST! Board Member — On June 8, the City Council passed by a large majority Intro 775-A, a bill...