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    Mayor and DOT Reveal Plans to Extend Life and Change BQE

    Mayor  •  BQE Preservation Plan  •  Brooklyn/Queens

    Image Credit: NYC DOT

    The plan focuses on immediate monitoring and repairs to allow for more time to plan for the future. On August 4, 2021, Mayor Bill de Blasio and Department of Transportation (DOT) Commissioner Hank Gutman announced a plan to extend the life of the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway (BQE) cantilever for at least 20 years with additional plans for the long-term. The plan is in four parts: preserving the structure; maintenance; expansion in monitoring; and developing a long-term vision. (more…)

    Date: 08/17/2021
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    Mayor Announces Plan to Restore 70 Mulberry Street in Chinatown After 2020 Fire

    Mayor  •  Restoration  •  Chinatown, Manhattan

    70 Mulberry Street, prior to the January 2020 fire. Image Credit: Google Maps

    The fire displaced five non-profits and shut down a community hub. On October 5, 2021, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced a plan to reconstruct 70 Mulberry Street in Chinatown. The City-owned building, which is a historic cultural and community hub for Chinatown, suffered severe damage from a fire in January 2020. (more…)

    Date: 10/06/2021
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    The Brooklyn-Queens Expressway: Time is Running Out

    CityLaw  •  Repairs and Reconstruction  •  Brooklyn-Queens Expressway

    Image Credit: NYC DOT

    One year ago, in January 2020, the Expert Panel assigned by Mayor Bill de Blasio to study the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway issued its Final Report. Mayor de Blasio in 2019 appointed the seventeen-person Expert Panel* of which I was a member, following the angry rejection of New York City DOT’s plan for reconstructing the section of the BQE adjacent to Brooklyn Heights, Dumbo and Downtown Brooklyn. City DOT presented its plan publicly September 2019. The plan caused immediate outrage. (more…)

    Tags : Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, reconstruction, repairs, Transportation
    Date: 03/29/2021
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    City Council Denies Proposed Development Next to Merchant House Museum

    City Council  •  Rezoning  •  NoHo Historic District Extension, Manhattan

    Rendering of 27 East 4th Street, Image Credit: CPC/SRAA+E Architecture and Engineering

    Supporters of preserving the Merchant House Museum rejoice in victory, but the battle may not be over as future demolition and construction is possible. On September 26, 2018, the City Council voted to disapprove the application for a rezoning at 27 East 4th Street in Manhattan. The Application would have allowed for an 8-story, 28-room hotel or office building with a restaurant and lobby below the second floor, with approximately 17,141 square feet of total floor area. The development site is located within the NoHo Historic District Extension, and is adjacent to the Merchant House Museum, an 1832 rowhouse that is an individual, interior, and national historic landmark. The Merchant House was the City’s first designated landmark and one of the first 20 landmarks designated in the state. It is only one of 120 interior landmarks in the City and one of only 6 residences. (more…)

    Tags : 27 East 4th Street, City Council, City Council Subcommittee on Zoning and Franchises, Merchant House Museum, NoHo Historic District Extension, special permits, Spot zoning, Zoning text change
    Date: 10/11/2018
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