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    EAS not required for NYPD command center

    Article 78  •  Citywide

    The NYPD to house Joint Operations Command Center in building adjoining One Police Plaza. In 2000, the New York Police Department planned to demolish a two-story building at 109 Park Row in Manhattan and replace it with a nine-story building. After September 11, 2001, the NYPD decided instead to renovate the existing building and create a $13.8 million, 22,000 sq.ft. Joint Operations Command Center. The command center would operate as a state-of-the-art crisis response situation room that would enhance the NYPD’s ability to respond effectively to emergency situations. The building, previously used as a 911 call center, parking garage, and storage facility, was vacated in 2000 to make way for the original construction project.

    Chinatown residents, concerned about the project’s effect on traffic and parking, filed an Article 78 petition. They argued the project was subject to the City’s land use review process because it qualified as a site selection for a capital project. They also argued that the NYPD failed to prepare an environmental assessment statement as required by the State’s and City’s environmental review laws. (read more…)

    Tags : 109 Park Row, Article 78 petition, Chatham Towers Inc., Justice Michael D. Stallman, New York Police Department
    Date:09/15/2009
    Category : Court Decisions
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    Union Square challenge to restaurant dismissed

    Department of Parks & Recreation  •  Union Square, Manhattan
    Union Square Park renovation plan. Image:Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates

    Challenge to Union Square Park renovation dismissed. Image:Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates.

    Local group opposed Parks’ plan to relocate restaurant. Parks’ renovation of Union Square Park included a redesigned playground, a new comfort station, and a restored historic pavilion at the northern end of the park. The project also included moving a private seasonal restaurant, located south of the pavilion, into the pavilion. The Union Square Community Coalition filed an article 78 petition, raising several arguments. It claimed that the restaurant relocation, which diverted use of the pavilion from public use to non-public use, was a prohibited use of parkland that violated the public trust doctrine. The Coalition also claimed that Parks failed to prepare an environmental impact statement as required under the State environmental review law. Finally, the Coalition claimed that Parks had failed to obtain a zoning amendment and had failed to comply with the City’s land use review process. (read more…)

    Tags : Article 78 petition, environmental impact statement, Justice Jane S. Solomon, public trust doctrine, Union Square Community Coalition, Union Square Park renovation
    Date:05/15/2009
    Category : Court Decisions
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