Council gives go ahead for world’s largest Ferris wheel and outlet complex. On October 30, 2013, City Council unanimously voted 45-0 to approve the construction of the largest Ferris Wheel in the western hemisphere, which along with other developments, is intended to transform Staten Island’s St. George Waterfront. The New York Wheel (the Wheel), designed and manufactured by Starneth, will be built just north of the Richmond County Bank Ballpark, and will provide … <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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Wednesday, October 9, 2013
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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>
Local Preservationist Group Builds Support for Neighborhood Designation
Grassroots campaign takes to the streets to build community support to preserve rowhouses from out-of-character development. On Saturday, June 1, 2013, the Sunset Park Landmarks Committee (SPLC) sponsored its third walking tour of Sunset Park, Brooklyn. The tour, which begins on 43rd Street and 4th Avenue and concludes on 8th Avenue and 60th Street, is one of the committee’s ways to gain support for the creation of a historic district in Sunset Park by the … <Read More>
CityLand Online Marks its One Year Anniversary!
One year ago the Center for New York City Law launched CityLand as a free web-based publication. On that first day, May 3, 2012, twelve persons viewed the site. Twelve months later during April 2013 more than 3,600 individuals read CityLand. And when they opened the website they found timely reports, multiple photographs, hyperlinks to decisions, maps, and related websites, video feed from events, and access to ten years of back issues. CityLand is … <Read More>