Scooters, Hoverboards, and Bicycles; What’s Legal?

New Yorkers enjoy many new forms of transportation such as electric scooters, electric bicycles, hoverboards, skateboards, in-line skates, electric wheelchairs, and more. The laws governing these forms of transportation are confusing and mostly unenforced, if they are even enforceable. State laws and regulations on vehicle and roadway usage typically trump conflicting local laws, except in New York City, where the New York City Council has been given much authority to promulgate laws and regulations on … <Read More>




CLE Event: History in the Making – The NYC Landmarks Law at 50

THE LANDMARKS PRESERVATION COMMISSION, THE HARVARD UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF DESIGN, THE NEW YORK LANDMARKS PRESERVATION FOUNDATION, and THE AIANY HISTORIC BUILDINGS COMMITTEE

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History In The Making:  The New York City Landmarks Law at 50

WHEN
Monday, October 26, 2015 from 8:45 a.m. to 5:15 p.m.

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WHERE
Bar Association of New York City
42 West 44th Street, New York (between 5th and 6th Avenues)

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Residential Redevelopment of Theater Proposed for Bartel-Pritchard Circle Site

Proposal would demolish one-story commercial building to construct five-story-plus-penthouse apartment building, and build a contemporary addition onto 1920s theater. On April 18, 2015, Landmarks considered a proposal to demolish a one-story 1920s commercial building, construct a new apartment building, and alter and build an addition to a 1920s theater at 187-191 Prospect Park West in the Park Slope Historic District Extension. The theater building, at the corner of 14th Street, faces Prospect Park, … <Read More>


IPSIG Agreements: A Vehicle to Rehabilitate Vendors

IPSIG_final_(small)Under ordinary circumstances the City may not enter into a contract with a vendor when the City finds that the vendor is not responsible because of tax, criminal, financial, ethical or performance reasons. It may not always be in the City’s interests, however, to refuse to deal with the vendor. One option available to the City that allows the City to continue to do business with such a vendor is an Independent Private Sector Inspector … <Read More>