Courts Say No to Gerrymandered 200 Amsterdam!

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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...

LW! Gives Testimony re VOIDS Proposed Amendment

#votersagainstsupertalls, Advocacy, CENTRAL dARK, Dept. of City Planning

On March 13th, the Department of City Planning (DCP) held a hearing on a proposed VOIDS Zoning Text Amendment. Read LANDMARK WEST’s testimony...

DCP hears testimony on Mechanical Voids

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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

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

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...

Let’s Talk Loopholes!

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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...

How the DCP Zoning Text Amendment Stacks UP

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

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...