At the CityLaw breakfast on August 28, 2015, Carl Weisbrod provided an update on the de Blasio Administration’s housing plan, which Weisbrod described as now in its “toddler” stage. The de Blasio program is the most ambitious of its kind in the country, and the biggest in New York since the Koch Administration. Today, the City is managing the problems of success: continued growth and a shortage of housing. Conversely, in the Koch era, … <Read More>
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BSA Renews Construction Permit in Rezoned Area
Board recognized a vested right to continue construction. On June 16, 2015 the Board of Standards and Appeals voted to extend a construction permit to the applicant, 180 Orchard LLC, for a twenty-four story mixed commercial- and community-use building at 180 Orchard Street in the Lower East Side of Manhattan. The building will contain retail on the cellar and ground floors, community space on the mezzanine and second floors, and hotel use through the remaining … <Read More>
Breakfast Archive: Carl Weisbrod and Affordable Housing
On Friday, August 28, 2015 the Center for New York City Law at New York Law School resumes its monthly CityLaw Breakfast series with our first speaker, Carl Weisbrod, Chairman of the New York City Planning Commission. Chairman Weisbrod began our series last year as well, where he addressed the de Blasio Administration’s beginning efforts to increase affordable housing in New York City and announced East New York as the first neighborhood scheduled … <Read More>
BSA Permits Mixed-Use Building in Residential Zone
Board found the applicant had a vested right to complete construction of the building as designed. On June 2, 2015 the Board of Standards and Appeals voted to permit 250 Manhattan LLC to continue constructing a six-story mixed commercial and residential building at 250 Manhattan Avenue in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. The building will contain eight dwelling units and commercial space totaling 7,613 square feet of floor area.
BSA Approves Restaurant Expansion Into Residential Area in Astoria
Approval corrects an erroneously-granted permit in 2011. On May 19, 2015 the Board of Standards and Appeals voted to grant a special permit to the applicant, 22-32 31st Street LLC, for expanding an existing Use Group 6 restaurant at 22-32 31st Street in Astoria, Queens, into an adjacent residential zoning district.. The restaurant sits on a lot that is partially zoned as C2-4A with the remainder zoned as R5B. The permit is needed to allow … <Read More>
City Council Holds Oversight Hearing on Industrial Land Use
City officials questioned on policy to protect New York’s industrial sector. On May 6, 2015 the City Council Committee on Land Use held an oversight hearing on industrial land use policy in New York City with a focus on protecting and encouraging the City’s industrial sector from encroaching alternative uses. In his opening remarks, Councilmember and Land Use Chair David Greenfield emphasized as ineffective the City’s policy of designating Industrial Business Zones without changing the … <Read More>