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    Community Boards Share Many Concerns Over Permanent Open Restaurant Program

    Open Restaurants  •  Citywide

    Roadway cafe in Brooklyn. Image Credit: NYC DOT.

    Community boards in support and against the application had concerns about quality of life issues and community board involvement in future reviews. Last year’s Open Restaurants program was established to allow restaurants to operate sidewalk or roadway cafes without the extensive approval process to provide safe outdoor dining options during the COVID-19 pandemic. As the program was enabled through an emergency executive order that temporarily suspended the sidewalk café application process, a permanent program would require changes to laws and agency rules. The first step is a proposed zoning text amendment to get rid of the geographical restrictions of where sidewalk and roadway cafes can be located. While zoning text amendments do not need to go through the full ULURP process, it is customary for the Department of City Planning to seek the feedback of community boards for these applications. (read more…)

    Tags : Community Boards, Department of City Planning, Department of Transportation, Open Restaurants, Open Restaurants Plan
    Date:10/22/2021
    Category : Community Boards
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    UPDATED: (11/10) – Community Boards Begin Vote on Permanent Open Restaurants Program Text Amendment

    Open Restaurants  •  Citywide

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    This tracker will continue to be updated as more community boards issue their decisions. Last year, the Open Restaurants program allowed restaurants to temporarily expand their operations to sidewalk and roadway cafes without the lengthy review process to provide safe outdoor dining options during the COVID-19 pandemic. The program is currently valid through 2022, but a zoning text amendment currently in the public review process aims to make the Open Restaurants program permanent. For CityLand’s prior coverage of the application, click here.  (read more…)

    Tags : Community Boards, Open Restaurants
    Date:09/20/2021
    Category : Community Boards
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    NYC Community Boards Adapt to Virtual Operations

    COVID-19  •  Citywide

    Youtube Upload of Brooklyn Community Board 10’s April Board Meeting Image Credit: Youtube, Brooklyn CB10

    Community Boards working to stay optimistic through adversity. In response to the COVID-19 outbreak, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo shut down non-essential business throughout the state. The order effectively hamstrung the physical operation of many governmental and administrative offices. Community Boards, the closest representative body of a City district, have generally completed their many responsibilities through public assembly. Responsibilities include land use and zoning review, and other general community concerns such as traffic or deteriorating housing.

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    Tags : Community Boards, COVID-19, Executive Order, Governor Andrew Cuomo, Open Meetings Law, Virtual Hearings, Youtube
    Date:05/04/2020
    Category : Community Boards
    (1) Comment

    Community Board Recommends Zoning Protections For 14th Street Tech Hub Plan

    ULURP  •  Manhattan

    P.C. Richard & Son Building. Image credit: DCP.

    Proposed zoning protections expect to preserve the residential area between Union Square and Astor Place from rapid developments. On February 28, 2018, Manhattan Community Board 3 unanimously voted to include proposed zoning protections for the 3rd/4th Avenue corridors between East 8th and 14th Streets in Manhattan. The corridors are one of the areas between Union Square and Astor Place that will be impacted by Mayor Bill de Blasio’s Tech Hub Plan. The protections are one of the conditions for approval of the 14th Street Tech Hub. The plan calls for the development of a 21-story tech hub at 124 East 14th Street, currently the P.C. Richard & Son building. (read more…)

    Tags : 14th Street, Carlina Rivera, Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer, mayor, P.C. Richards & Son, Rezoning, Tech Hub, ULURP, zoning
    Date:03/13/2018
    Category : Community Boards
    (1) Comment

    Votes by Community Boards Running Strongly Against de Blasio Affordable Housing Proposals [UPDATED]

    Zoning for Quality and Affordability & Mandatory Inclusionary Housing  •  Citywide
    Community Board ZQA & MIH Vote Tracker. Image credit: CityLand

    Community Board ZQA & MIH Vote Tracker. Image credit: CityLand

    CityLand creates comprehensive chart tracking every vote taken by community boards citywide on the ZQA and MIH text amendments. On September 21, 2015, the City Planning Commission referred for public review the Zoning for Quality and Affordability (ZQA) and Mandatory Inclusionary Housing (MIH) citywide text amendments. Since the public review process has begun, community boards across the city have met to discuss and vote on each of the two proposals. All 59 New York City Community Boards have until November 30th to vote on two citywide text amendments.

    CityLand has created a comprehensive citywide chart that is tracking every community board action taken on ZQA and MIH. CityLand will continue to update this chart as we receive more detailed information. To date, we have attempted to contact every Board in the City at least twice. We ask readers to please contact us at nycitylaw@nyls.edu with new information to keep the chart up to date. To view and download the chart click on the adjacent picture or click here. (Last Update:  December 10th at 11:45 A.M.) (read more…)

    Tags : Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr., Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams, Chairman Carl Weisbrod, Mandatory Inclusionary Housing, Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer, Mayor Bill de Blasio, Staten Island Borough President James Oddo, Zoning for Quality and Affordability
    Date:12/10/2015
    Category : Community Boards
    (1) Comment

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