Jul 24, 2017 | City Hall, Dept. of City Planning, Grand Central, Zoning
In “De Blasio’s Huge Midtown Giveaway”, an op-ed in today’s NY Daily News, LW! Board member, Jeffrey Kroessler, and John West protest proposed zoning rules stripping daylight and landmark protections from a 78-block area around Grand Central...
Nov 28, 2016 | Advocacy, Dept. of City Planning, Watch List, Zoning
AVOID DELAYS! Contact Governor Cuomo Today! Last week, the MTA announced their plan to raise fares in 2017 to $3 a swipe. They’d like to raise height limits on their real estate, too! A provision hidden in this year’s New York State budget allows the...
Mar 15, 2016 | Advocacy, Affordable Housing, City Council, City Hall, Dept. of City Planning, Landmarks at Risk, MIH-Mandatory Inclusionary Housing, Preservation Under Fire, Zoning, ZQA-Zoning for Quality and Affordability
MAYOR DE BLASIO’S HEIGHT INCREASES WON’T IMPROVE QUALITY OR AFFORDABILITY* Yet, there is talk of a “deal” on sweeping citywide zoning changes Zoning for Quality and Affordability (ZQA) and Mandatory Inclusionary Housing (MIH) and reports that...
Feb 10, 2016 | Advocacy, City Council, City Hall, Dept. of City Planning, MIH-Mandatory Inclusionary Housing, Zoning, ZQA-Zoning for Quality and Affordability
Beginning at 9:30 this morning, the City Council Committee on Zoning and Franchises began a hearing on the Department of City Planning and Department of Housing Preservation and Development’s proposal for ZQA, or more formally, Zoning for Quality and...
Dec 16, 2015 | Dept. of City Planning, MIH-Mandatory Inclusionary Housing, Zoning, ZQA-Zoning for Quality and Affordability
First the Good News: December weather is finally upon us! Now the Bad News: If you were like us, you were stuck freezing outside the City Planning Commission! 48-degree weather (felt like 44-degrees at the foot of Broadway!) greeted a long line of preservation and...
Sep 24, 2012 | City Council, Dept. of City Planning, Landmarks Preservation Commission, WEA, West End Avenue, West End Preservation Society
Informing your elected officials of the issues that matter to you–to your neighborhood–is critical. Whether you send an email, mail a letter or pick up the phone and speak to a member of staff, your neighborhood needs you to take action! Consider this...
