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    Landmarks Votes to Designate Seven Broadway Buildings as Individual Landmarks

    Landmarks Preservation Commission  •  Landmark Designation  •  Union Square, Manhattan

    Five of the seven buildings designated as individual landmarks on June 11, 2019. Image Credit: Google Maps

    Commissioners commented on the importance of communicating the benefits of landmarking to the public. On June 11, 2019, the Landmarks Preservation Commission voted to designate seven buildings as individual landmarks on Broadway south of Union Square. The buildings are located at 817 Broadway, 826 Broadway, 830 Broadway, 832 Broadway, 836 Broadway, 840 Broadway, and 841 Broadway. The seven buildings were constructed between 1876 and 1902. The buildings housed garment manufacturers, book publishers, and even a movie studio and reflected a time when Manhattan was continuing to grow north. (more…)

    Tags : 817 Broadway, 826 Broadway, 830 Broadway, 832 Broadway, 836 Broadway, 840 Braodway, 841 Broadway, Landmark Designation, Landmarks Preservation Commission
    Date: 06/17/2019
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    City Planning Certifies City Applications to Build Borough-Based Jails

    City Planning Commission  •  Borough based jails  •  Citywide

    Map of proposed project site for the Bronx jail at 745 East 141st Street. Image Credit: NYC CPC

    The four jails are set to replace Rikers island by 2027. On March 25, 2019, the City Planning Commission certified the City’s application for four borough-based jails as a part of the City’s plan to shut down Rikers Island. The four jails – in Manhattan, the Bronx, Queens, and Brooklyn – will have a total of 5,748 beds and a capacity of 5,000 inmates. The additional 748 beds will be used to account for taking occupied cells out of service for repairs, separating inmates based on gender or sentenced versus non-sentenced or other space needs. (more…)

    Tags : borough based jails, City Planning Commission, Rikers Island
    Date: 04/24/2019
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    Mayor Announces Long Island City Chosen to House New Amazon Headquarters

    Mayor  •  Development  •  Long Island City, Queens

    From left to right: John Schoettler, Vice President for Global Real Estate at Amazon, Governor Andrew M. Cuomo, and Mayor Bill de Blasio at the November 13, 2018 Press Conference. Image Credit: Ed Reed/Mayoral Photography Office

    The project will bring tens of thousands of new jobs, billions in tax revenue, and investment in infrastructure, City says. On November 13, 2018, Mayor Bill de Blasio and Governor Andrew M. Cuomo announced that Amazon has selected Long Island City, Queens for one of its two new corporate headquarters. The City has been steadily increasing investment into Long Island City, with more than $2.4 billion of planned infrastructure investments and a recently announced $180 million investment for new schools, open space, and transportation. Long Island City is located across the East River from Midtown Manhattan and the Upper East Side, at the western tip of Queens. (more…)

    Tags : Amazon, Amazon new headquarters, Governor Andrew Cuomo, Long Island City, Mayor Bill de Blasio
    Date: 11/15/2018
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    Needed: Large Venues for Large Protest/Rallies in New York City

    CityLaw  •  Cover Article  •  Citywide

    Image credit: Jeff Hopkins.

    Peaceful protests, protected by the First Amendment, are fundamental to our constitutional system and to democracy. Peaceful protest marches and rallies have been instrumental in bringing about significant change in racial, gender, LGBTQ and economic equality; reproductive rights; climate policy; capital punishment; housing; criminal justice, and voting rights. Yet in recent years appropriate venues have been unavailable for large peaceful protests, raising the question of whether City practices inappropriately limit the exercise of First Amendment rights. The City needs to review its policies regarding the use of Central Park’s Great Lawn and Times Square for large First Amendment protest marches/rallies. If the City does not re-assess the appropriateness of the Great Lawn and Times Square the issue should be litigated. (more…)

    Tags : Central Park, Great Lawn, marches, protest, rallies
    Date: 09/24/2018
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    Community Board Recommends Zoning Protections For 14th Street Tech Hub Plan

    Community Boards  •  ULURP  •  Manhattan

    P.C. Richard & Son Building. Image credit: DCP.

    Proposed zoning protections expect to preserve the residential area between Union Square and Astor Place from rapid developments. On February 28, 2018, Manhattan Community Board 3 unanimously voted to include proposed zoning protections for the 3rd/4th Avenue corridors between East 8th and 14th Streets in Manhattan. The corridors are one of the areas between Union Square and Astor Place that will be impacted by Mayor Bill de Blasio’s Tech Hub Plan. The protections are one of the conditions for approval of the 14th Street Tech Hub. The plan calls for the development of a 21-story tech hub at 124 East 14th Street, currently the P.C. Richard & Son building. (more…)

    Tags : 14th Street, Carlina Rivera, Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer, mayor, P.C. Richards & Son, Rezoning, Tech Hub, ULURP, zoning
    Date: 03/13/2018
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