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LPC addresses Backlog February 23
After years of being deferred, the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission has been in the process of reviewing 95 of its "Backlog" items that have languished on the LPC calendar for more than five years. Although they initially wanted to just remove these...
BACK OFF!
As we've shared allegations of "Kick Backs" in the form of raises, for favorable votes toward passing the mayor's Carriage Horse compromise, there is word early this morning that the vote scheduled for Friday is out of the stable- at least for this Friday. This is yet...
Coincidence$ >>UPDATED<<
UPDATE! The TIMES is reporting that the hearing is off. Mayor de Blasio's rushed, behind-the-scenes Horse Carriage deal heads to a vote at City Council this Friday, February 5th, at 12 noon Also on the agenda? Increasing City Council Member pay by 32%!...
4thU Artivists: Save the date for WOMEN of NEW YORK
Please save the date! Join 4thU Artivists for the world premier of Women in New York! -- This year 4thU is transforming its "brand" to 4thU Artivists. The name embodies “Activism through the Arts,” continuing the mission but expanding to become a year-round...
Preservation Groups Blast Approval of Citywide Rezoning Plans With No Substantive Changes
PRESS RELEASE February 3, 2016 PRESERVATION GROUPS BLAST APPROVAL OF CITYWIDE REZONING PLANS WITH NO SUBSTANTIVE CHANGES, VOW TO BRING FIGHT TO CITY COUNCIL Contact:Andrew Berman, Exec. Dir., Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation212-475-9585 x38 or...
Continuing Education: “Zoning 101” on Thursday February 25
Join LW! for a full day workshop: "Zoning 101" Ideal for Real Estate Professionals -- Approved for 7.5 hours Real Estate Continuing Education Credit -- This seminar is designed for brokers who are looking to gain an understanding of New York City Zoning regulations,...
The BIG Deal! [updated]
Challenging de Blasio's Height-Raising Rezoning Plans Zoning for Quality and Affordability (ZQA) & Mandatory Inclusionary Housing (MIH): THE BIG DEAL The Mayor's proposed Zoning for Quality and Affordability (ZQA) and Mandatory Inclusionary Housing (MIH), which...
Stable move even has humans saying “NEIGH”
Despite all of the press on the proposed Carriage Horse "compromise", few in the media have delved into the concerns of those affected by the proposal who are neither in the Horse Carriage nor Pedicab industries. DNAinfo has published an article, Historic Central...
Stable Instability
Late Sunday night, news broke that Mayor de Blasio had hammered out an agreement with the Horse Carriage operators that would keep many of them in NYC. As the details have begun to unfold, so has the outrage. Under the proposal, the number of horses will reduce from...
Paying for it
Late last year, Upper West Sider Max Frankel posted a curious thought piece in the New York Times Op-Ed "Make Them Pay for Park Views". His argument was that developers are making vast sums as they "enrich themselves by exploiting weak zoning rules to pour hideous...
