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    GUEST COMMENTARY: City Turns Back on Rational Zoning

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    Rendering of the proposed new building at 250 Water Street, which will replace a parking lot. Image Credit: NYC LPC

    Zoning is under attack in New York City. Not here or there, in this location or that, but the concept itself. This has been the long game of the city’s real estate interests, and after a decade of raids those interests have launched a full assault on several fronts. The historic city should expect no quarter.

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    Tags : guest commentary, Rezoning, Spot zoning
    Date: 08/10/2021
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    GUEST COMMENTARY: Hudson Yards – Setting the Record Straight (or Don’t Doubt its Success)

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    Sandy Hornick. Image Credit: Sandy Hornick/Hornick Consulting, Inc.

    I was motivated to respond to an article by Robert Kuttner on The American Prospect website that in general argued that a tax-subsidized project was facing impending collapse which could provide an opportunity for affordable housing. I have no problem with the author disliking Hudson Yards and he wouldn’t be the first or only one to do so. I believe, however, that the American Prospect piece contains misinformation on the Hudson Yards project. This article is an attempt to put Hudson Yards into context and explain how this public/private venture is currently working.

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    Tags : guest commentary, Hudson Yards
    Date: 08/02/2021
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    Commentary: Remote Hearings are Over – What Happens Now?

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    Meetings like this City Planning Commission public hearing that were moved to safely accommodate a larger crowd are an example of how public bodies can adapt to safely hold in-person hearings post pandemic. Image Credit: CityLand

    On June 23, 2021 Governor Andrew Cuomo announced that the state’s COVID-19 emergency orders, which are set to expire today will not be renewed. One of the provisions within the emergency order adjusted the requirements of the Open Meetings Law to allow public hearings to be held remotely via telephone or video conference or other similar service. As of Friday, June 25th, the Open Meetings Law will again require all meetings to be held in-person.

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    Tags : Commentary, Open Meetings Law, remote meetings
    Date: 06/24/2021
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    COMMENTARY: Joan Davidson and the J.M. Kaplan Foundation

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    Ross Sandler, Center for New York City Law Director

    If all the charitable foundations everywhere in the United States were lined up according to impact, the J.M. Kaplan Fund would be in the top ten. The J.M. Kaplan Fund was established in 1945 by Jacob M. Kaplan and was led for thirty years by J.M.’s daughter, Joan K. Davidson. Joan was a fixture in New York City’s political, charitable, and civic world, and she used her ideas and enthusiasms to make New York City a better place. The story is told in a new book by Roberta Brandes Gratz, It’s A Helluva Town: Joan K. Davidson, the J.M. Kaplan Fund, and the fight for a Better New York (Bold Type Books 2020).

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    Date: 06/07/2021
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    Commentary: City Club of New York Opposes LPC Approval of New South Street Seaport Tower

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    Rendering of the proposed new building at 250 Water Street, which will replace a parking lot. Landmarks approved the certificate of appropriateness for the project on May 4th. Image Credit: NYC LPC

    On Tuesday, May 4, the Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) approved by a 6-2 vote an application for a new residential tower at 250 Water Street in the South Street Seaport Historic District. This was the third time the Howard Hughes Corporation had presented the project, and this time, after the architects at Skidmore, Owings and Merrill made a few tweaks to the design, the LPC determined that the building was appropriate.

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    Tags : certificate of appropriateness, Commentary, guest commentary, Landmarks Preservation Commission
    Date: 05/13/2021
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    COMMENTARY: The BQE’s Cantilevered Bridge Demands Urgent Action

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    On June 1, 1988, while I was commissioner of the New York City Department of Transportation the underside of the elevated FDR Drive fell to the roadway below and killed a Brooklyn dentist who was driving into Manhattan to pick up his wife. The next day on Friday, June 2, 1989, the New York Times reported his death:

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    Tags : Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, Commentary, Ross Sandler
    Date: 04/02/2021
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