#votersagainstsupertalls, Advocacy, CENTRAL dARK, Zoning
Mark your Calendars: THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 13th: (1) New York State Primary Day Polls are open 6am-9pm. Please remember to vote! (2) Zoning Challenge Forum Doors open at 6:30pm. Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, West 65th Street...
200 Amsterdam, Advocacy, Board of Standards and Appeals, Preservation Under Fire, Upper West Side, UWS, Zoning
Two Wrongs Don’t Make an ‘As-of-Right’ The Fight Against 200 Amsterdam Continues at the BSA Today The community rallied once again today, continuing ongoing efforts to curtail the unchecked rise of a supertall tower at 200 Amsterdam. LANDMARK...
Media, New York, New York City, NYC, Pay to Play, Zoning
A DEVELOPING STORY What de Blasio’s Newly Released Emails Reveal About Affordable Housing in NYC Last week, Mayor de Blasio finally released thousands of pages worth of emails between him, his office, and his outside advisers–a cache of information hard...
#votersagainstsupertalls, 200 Amsterdam, Advocacy, Board of Standards and Appeals, Zoning
Read LANDMARK WEST!’s full testimony (linked) before the BSA from their March 27th Hearing. Their next hearing is scheduled for June 5, 2018. To see the proceedings from this day, watch the YouTube recording (linked). See you on June...
REBNY, State of New York, Zoning
UPDATE: As of June 15, 2018 Success! S. 6760 will not be acted on and the Assembly will not take up the issue! Many thanks to all who contacted their State Assembly Members and Senators to push back against efforts to remove the existing cap on height...
#votersagainstsupertalls, Upper East Side, urban planning, When the Process Works, Zoning
The East River Fifties Alliance (ERFA) has the extraordinary news that the City Planning Commission has adopted their rezoning efforts. The East River Fifties is the area from East 52nd Street through East 59th Street, east of First Avenue. Their goal was to update...
