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    Mayor and Elected Officials Reach Agreement on East Side Coastal Resiliency Project

    Mayor  •  Flood Protection  •  Lower Manhattan

    Rendering of proposed flood resiliency infrastructure./Image Credit: DDC, Parks, DOT, DEP, and Mayor’s Office of Resiliency/CPC

    The agreement was announced two days before the City Council’s approval of the project’s land use applications. On November 12, 2019, Mayor Bill de Blasio, Council Member Carlina Rivera, Council Member Margaret Chin, and Council Member Keith Powers reached an agreement on community investments and commitments relating to the East Side Coastal Resiliency Project, the City’s flood protection plan for Lower Manhattan. The agreement addresses the concerns raised by local elected officials and the community throughout the public review process for the project’s two land use applications. Following the announcement of the agreement, the City Council approved the project’s land use applications on November 14, 2019. For CityLand’s coverage on the land use applications, click here. (more…)

    Tags : East Side Coastal Resiliency, Flood Resiliency
    Date: 11/26/2019
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    Mayor de Blasio Releases Plans to Reform Procedures Used in Removing Restrictions on Formerly City-owned Property

    Mayor  •  Legislation  •  Citywide
    Mayor Bill de Blasio. Image credit: CityLand

    Mayor Bill de Blasio. Image credit: CityLand

    The proposed reformations increase transparency and community involvement, and impose new safeguards to protect against systemic abuse. On July 8, 2016, Mayor Bill de Blasio proposed a series of reformations to the procedures used in removing limitations on potential uses, or deed restrictions, from formerly City-owned property. The proposed reformations would require parcels to meet stricter criteria to be deemed eligible for their deeds to be modified, and they would increase the levels of transparency and community engagement in the deed-modification process.

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    Tags : Department of Citywide Administrative Services, Lower East Side, Mayor Bill de Blasio, Mayor's Office of Contract Services, NYC Public Advocate Letitia James, Rivington House
    Date: 07/20/2016
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