NYCHA Chairwoman Shola Olatoye answered questions on the Triboro Preservation Partners agreement. On February 10, 2015 the City Council Committee on Public Housing held an oversight hearing on Triborough Preservation Partners, a public-private agreement between the New York City Housing Authority, L+M Development Partners, and BFC Partners. The venture was designed to rehabilitate six of NYCHA’s Section 8 properties containing nine hundred units: Bronxchester Houses, Saratoga Square, Campos Plaza, Milbank-Frawley, East 4th … <Read More>
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Proposal for Former Sugar Refinery on Waterfront Divides Commission
Plan would replace existing, non-original, facade facing East River, with sculptural contemporary facade of glass and metal. The Landmarks Preservation Commission considered an application on February 3, 2015, for the renovation of an 1898 factory building at 10 Jay Street in the DUMBO Historic District. The building, originally built to process coffee, and later converted to a sugar refinery, was substantially altered in the 1940s, with approximately half the building demolished. The proposal … <Read More>
ALJ Finds Landlord Harassed Tenants
Testimony showed landlord Aimco routinely ignored maintenance requests and issued baseless eviction threats. The NYC Department of Housing Preservation Development charged Aimco with a dozen different forms of harassment against their tenants. Aimco is the owner of the Tempo, a Class A hotel at 238-244 West 73rd Street, with 150 rent-stabilized single-room occupancy (SRO) units and 75 SRO units rented at market-rate. Aimco’s representative, John Bezzant, denied the charges and petitioned for a certificate of … <Read More>
Waiver Granted to Build Housing Development on Unmapped Street
Seven of the proposed homes did not front on a legally-mapped street. On January 6, 2015 the Board of Standards and Appeals voted to grant the applicant, Block 7092 LLC, a waiver to allow construction of seven residential buildings on an unmapped street. The buildings are part of a development of twenty-four two-story, one- and two-family dwellings and one three-story, two-family home located at the intersection of Turner Street and Crabtree Avenue in Rossville, Staten … <Read More>
Former Council Member Fined $9,000
Erik Dilan illegally received financial benefits from developer who had business before the Council. On January 22, 2015, the Conflict of Interests Board levied a $9,000 fine on former City Council member Erik Dilan for violations of the City Conflict of Interests Law. Mr. Dilan, now the State Assemblyman for the 54th District, was at the time the Council member of the 37th District representing Cypress Hills, Bushwick, City Line, Oceanhill-Brownsville, and East New York. … <Read More>
Variances Amended To Permit Transfer of Development Rights
BSA found development value of subject lots could not be previously realized. On December 16, 2014 the Board of Standards and Appeals voted to grant the applicants, West 29th Street Owner’s Corp. and The Flower House Condominium, an amendment of previously existing variances on two lots. The amendment is required to merge the lots into one zoning lot and transfer their development rights to an as-of-right hotel in development on an adjacent site. The subject … <Read More>