Community Block Parties

Local Community Boards are an integral part of the approval process to close down a City street for a block party. As the cold, gray dreariness of winter in New York City subsides and the summer weather brings the City streets back to life, block party season is right around the corner. Throughout the streets of New York City, thousands of street related-events are held annually. In the interests of ensuring safety and maintaining … <Read More>



Three Affordable Housing Projects Approved by Land Use Committee with Measured Disapproval

The City Council’s Land Use Committee approved three projects in Brooklyn with varying forms and degrees of affordable housing. On April 20, 2017, the Land Use Committee voted to approve three new projects with some dissent registered. During the meeting, Council Member Jumaane Williams remarked that as a body the City Council was presenting two faces. One face to the public in discussing homelessness and affordable housing, and another face when voting on projects “that … <Read More>


CLE: New York City Procurement Law

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New York City Procurement Law:

Managing Contracts with New York City

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Presented by:
The New York City Law Department and the Center for New York City Law at New York Law School

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When
Thursday, November 13, 2014, from 2:00 p.m to 5:45 p.m.

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Where
New York Law School
185 West Broadway (between Worth and Leonard Streets)


CLE: New York City Procurement Law: Doing Business with New York

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CLE: NEW YORK CITY PROCUREMENT LAW: DOING BUSINESS WITH NEW YORK

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The Center for New York City Law & the New York City Law Department

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Click here to register.

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When:
Wednesday, November 6, 2013, from 2:00 p.m. to 5:45 p.m.

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Where:
New York Law School
185 West Broadway (between Worth & Leonard Streets)

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Credit:
3.5 CLE credits
(3.5 Transitional and Nontransitional Credits: 3 in Professional Practice and .5 … <Read More>


Planning Approves Modified Chelsea Market Expansion Plan, Sends Back to Council for Full Vote [Update: Expansion Approved by Full Council]

See below for update.

Affordable housing contribution would be used by nearby Fulton Houses if floor area bonus utilized. On October 25, 2012, the City Council’s Land Use Committee approved Jamestown Properties’ modified expansion plan for Chelsea Market at 75 Ninth Avenue in Manhattan. The Market is a complex of 18 different buildings occupying the entire block bounded by West 14th and West 15th Streets and Ninth and Tenth Avenues. A section of the High … <Read More>