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    5Pointz Artists Awarded $6.75 Million for Destroyed Artwork

      •  Long Island City, Queens

    5Pointz

    After destruction of legendary 5Pointz artwork, artists receive substantial monetary award. On February 12, 2018, graffiti artists of the legendary 5Pointz site were awarded $6.75 million in damages for the wrongful and willful destruction of 45 works of art that once were displayed on the five-story buildings. The award comes after nearly five years of litigation between the graffiti artists and the owners of the 5Pointz buildings in Long Island City, Queens. To read CityLand’s prior coverage, click here. (read more…)

    Tags : 5Pointz, Cohen v. G&M Realty
    Date:03/02/2018
    Category : Court Decisions
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    Challenge to Permits Issued by Landmarks Fails on Appeal

      •  Meatpacking District, Manhattan

    Gansevoort Market Development Rendering. Image credit: BKSK.

    Preservationists renewed challenge to LPC permit for redevelopment of 5-building blockface in Gansevoort Market Historic District. In June of 2016, the Landmarks Preservation Commission voted to award Certificates of Appropriateness to developer 60-74 Gansevoort Street to redevelop five buildings in the Gansevoort Market Historic District. The work planned encompasses an entire blockfront composed of three tax lots between Greenwich and Washington Streets. The project entails the construction of new 82-foot-tall building replacing a former bus depot, a four story building replacing a former market structures, the construction of an addition to an existing building,  the restoration of a historic Moderne market building, as well as the preservation of historic facades. (read more…)

    Tags : 60-74 gansevoort street, Gansevoort Market Historic District, Meatpacking District, permits
    Date:03/01/2018
    Category : Court Decisions
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    Staten Island Borough President wins street name dispute

    Street names  •  Shore Acres, Staten Island

    Staten Island Borough President James Oddo

    Staten Island Borough President James Oddo imposed negative street names for new streets laid out in a development. In 2014, Mount Builders, a land developer, purchased land in Staten Island on which it planned to build 200 new houses on three newly created streets. The property that Mount Builders acquired was known as Mount Manresa, which was the location of the first Jesuit retreat house in the United States as well as park land graced with many 400-year-old rare oak trees. The condominium development project sparked opposition from many in the Staten Island community including James Oddo, the Borough President. (read more…)

    Tags : Mount Manresa, Staten Island Borough President James Oddo
    Date:02/16/2018
    Category : Court Decisions
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    $5,000 fine imposed on e-bike seller

    Electric Bikes  •  Lower East Side

    287 Broome Street in Manhattan. Image Credit: CityLaw.

    Shop in lower Manhattan offered electric bikes for sale. Arrow Ebikes, Inc, located on 287 Broome Street in Manhattan, specializes in selling and servicing electric bikes (e-bikes). On November 23, 2015, a Department of Consumer Affairs officer observed Arrow Ebikes displaying ten e-bikes for sale. E-bikes are considered motorized scooters because they are a wheeled device with handlebars and are powered by an electric motor. (See City Law Volume 22, Number 1). The officer issued a summons charging Arrow Ebikes with violating New York City Administration Code Section 20-762, which provides that no person shall sell or attempt to sell a motorized scooter to another person. The summons charged ten counts, one for each motorized scooter. (read more…)

    Date:01/19/2018
    Category : Court Decisions, Department of Consumer Affairs
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    No documents sinks Triton Structural Concrete extra work claim

    Extra work  •  Staten Island

    Image Credit: Triton.

    Contractor redesigned and re-fabricated roof of rink as part of a time and materials contract. On September 19, 2013, the Department of Design and Construction awarded a $5.1 million contract to Triton Structural Concrete, Inc. to construct the Ocean Breeze Indoor Horse Riding Arena in Staten Island. The rink was to serve as the headquarters for Helping Others Overcome Personal Handicaps, a therapeutic riding program. Because of 2012’s Superstorm Sandy, the DDC required an enclosed canopy for the rink.  Triton submitted a design for the canopy which was criticized by DDC for not showing how the soffit under the canopy would extend as a continuous structure.  Following additional discussions Triton designed and fabricated the canopy.  When the materials arrived on site, DDC objected to the fabricated materials and required Triton to redesign and reconstruct the canopy.  Triton sought an additional $88,674 for the extra work. (read more…)

    Date:01/17/2018
    Category : Court Decisions, Department of Design and Construction
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