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    Manhattan Borough President Brewer and Council Member Chin Push for Legislative Deed Restriction Reforms

    Deed Restrictions/ULURP  •  Citywide
    Manhattan Borough President Brewer, Public Advocate James, and Council Members Chin and Kallos speaking on the initiative outside of City Hall. Image credit: Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer

    Manhattan Borough President Brewer, Public Advocate James, and Council Members Chin and Kallos speaking on the initiative outside of City Hall. Image credit: Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer

    Initiatives proposed in the wake of the Rivington House sale would prompt public review process and transparency. On July 19, 2016, Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer and Council Member Margaret Chin wrote a letter to the City Planning Commission in favor of subjecting any changes made to deed restrictions throughout New York City to the Uniform Land Use Review Procedure. The letter is the latest development in a series of events sparked by the sale of the Rivington House, a nonprofit nursing home on Manhattan’s Lower East Side, to luxury condominium developers. For CityLand’s previous coverage on the City’s involvement in the Rivington House’s sale, click here.

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    Tags : City Council, City Planning Commission, Council Member Ben Kallos, Council Member Margaret Chin, Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito, Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer, NYC Public Advocate Letitia James, Rivington House, ULURP
    Date:07/27/2016
    Category : Legislation
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    State Legislature Extends Rent Regulation, 421-a

    Rent Regulation  •  Citywide
    The New York State Capitol building in Albany. Image credit: Matt H. Wade

    The New York State Capitol building in Albany. Image credit: Matt H. Wade

    Deal is retroactive to the programs’ expiration on June 15.  On June 25, 2015 the New York State Legislature passed a bill extending rent-regulation protections for New York City.  The laws had expired on June 15, and the Legislature temporarily extended its session to allow time for working on a longer-term solution.  On March 11, the New York City Council passed an extension of the City’s rent-stabilization laws, as well as a package of resolutions calling for reform of rent-increase policies of regulated apartments, a total repeal of vacancy decontrol, and more.

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    Tags : 421-a, Governor Andrew Cuomo, New York City Council, New York State Assembly, New York State Senate, rent regulation
    Date:06/26/2015
    Category : Legislation
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    Deal Near in Albany on Extension of Rent Regulation

    Rent Regulation  •  Citywide
    The New York State Capitol building in Albany. Image credit: Matt H. Wade

    The New York State Capitol building in Albany. Image credit: Matt H. Wade

    Framework of extension deal includes rent regulation, 421-a.  On June 23, 2015 Governor Andrew Cuomo, joined by Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie and Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan, announced the framework of a deal on extending rent-regulation protections for New York City.  The laws expired on June 15, and the Legislature temporarily extended its session until June 23 to allow time for working on a longer-term solution.

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    Tags : 421, Airbnb, New York State Assembly, New York State Senate, NYC Rent Guidelines Board, rent regulation
    Date:06/24/2015
    Category : Legislation
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    Intro to give Council power to force landmark hearings

    City Council  •  Landmarks

    Hearing held on proposal to compel designation hearings. On November 14, 2005, the Council’s Subcommittee on Landmarks, Public Siting and Maritime Uses held a public hearing on a proposed Local Law which would allow the Council to order the Landmarks Preservation Commission to hold a public hearing on a proposed landmark designation. The proposal, sponsored by Council Member Bill Perkins, would add two new provisions to the landmarks law. Under the first, the Council, by a majority vote, could force Landmarks to hold a public hearing on a proposed landmark designation within 60 days of its vote. The second amendment would direct Landmarks to calendar a public hearing within 60 days of receiving notice that the state’s Historic Preservation Office identified a property as eligible for the state register.

    Council claimed that the changes were in response to increased community complaints that Landmarks’ existing designation process was not “sufficiently transparent,” a claim related to failed attempts to force hearings on Two Columbus Circle and St. Thomas the Apostle Church in Harlem. Opening the hearing, Perkins stated that he hoped the legislation would shed some light on how Landmarks operates. (read more…)

    Tags : Columbus Circle, Intro. No. 705-2005, St. Thomas the Apostle Church, The Municipal Art Society
    Date:12/15/2005
    Category : Legislation
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