Taxi service in Manhattan has taken on a different look the past few years as the ubiquitous Crown Victoria cabs were gradually replaced by a variety of mostly smaller, sleeker and more efficient vehicles. There’s a new color too, green cabs are now popping up in the outer boroughs of the City. Taxi & Limousine Commissioner David Yassky has been at the helm of the changing taxi service landscape, and at times it has been … <Read More>
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The Dinkins’ Autobiography: Filling in a Missing Chapter
Join us at the September 27th CityLaw Breakfast, featuring the Hon. David N. Dinkins, former New York City Mayor. This event is sponsored by the Center for New York City Law at New York Law School. Click here to RSVP.
David N. Dinkins, New York City’s 106th mayor, now 86 years old, tells his story in his newly published autobiography, A Mayor’s Life: Governing New York’s Gorgeous Mosaic (Public Affairs 2013).
Dinkins … <Read More>
Breakfast Forum on Sustainable Real Estate Development
SEVENTH ANNUAL BREAKFAST FORUM ON SUSTAINABLE REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT:
THE IMPACT OF HURRICANE SANDY ON NYC REAL ESTATE
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KEYNOTE SPEAKERS:
Adam Leitman Bailey, Esq.
Founding Partner, Adam Leitman Bailey P.C.
David Cheikin
Vice President of Leasing, Brookfield Office Properties
Robert Schimmenti
Vice President of Engineering and Energy Services, Con Edison
Tokumbo Shobowale
Chief Business Operations Officer, City of New York, Office of the Mayor
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DATE:
Wednesday, October 9, 2013
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Continental Breakfast … <Read More>
Building a New Pennsylvania Station for the 21st Century
The decision to demolish Penn Station nearly 50 years ago haunts New York City today as we grapple with the need to expand our rail transit capacity in the 21st century. The current version of Penn Station, pinned beneath Madison Square Garden, is not merely an unsightly and unwelcoming entrance to our City, it is an overburdened facility that is incapable of being expanded with Madison Square Garden at its current location. That is why … <Read More>
Union Square Restaurant Put on Hold by Judge [Update: Appellate Division Rules in Favor of Planned Restaurant]
See below for update.
Neighborhood coalition sued Parks over proposed plan to open restaurant in Union Square. Union Square is comprised of 3.6 acres of dedicated municipal parkland, stretching three blocks in length and one block in width. Union Square Park’s pavilion has hosted a myriad of political events and recreational activities for over a century. In 2004, the City announced its plans to open a restaurant in the pavilion. In April 2008, the Union … <Read More>
June 27: Manhattan Borough President Candidate Forum
The Lower Manhattan Marketing Association will host a Manhattan Borough President candidate forum with Julie Menin, former Manhattan Community Board 1 chairperson, and Council Members Gale Brewer, Robert Jackson and Jessica Lappin.
The event will take place at 8:30am – 10:00am on Thursday, June 27th at New York Law School and will be co-sponsored by the Center for New York City Law.
Click here to RSVP for this free event. A light continental breakfast … <Read More>