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    Landmarks Denies Plan to Reinstate Pre-Designation Building Permit for Rooftop Addition

    Certificate of Appropriateness  •  Chelsea, Manhattan

    Previous and modified proposals for 339 West 29th Street. Image credit: LPC

    Despite reductions in addition’s scale and visibility, and promises to install a diorama commemorating escape of abolitionists from Draft Riots mob, Commissioners determined that any rooftop interventions were inappropriate. At its meeting on May 23, 2017, the Landmarks Preservation Commission disposed of an application for facade alterations and rear and roof additions to 339 West 29th Street in the Lamartine Place Historic District. In the 19th century, the building was home to prominent abolitionists Abigail and James Sloan Gibbons, and is the only documented stop on the Underground Railroad in New York City. During the Draft Riots that engulfed the City in 1863, a mob attacked and set fire to the building, and the occupants escaped via rooftops to a nearby relative’s home. (read more…)

    Tags : Assembly Member Richard Gottfried, C3D Architecture, Chair Meenakshi Srinivasan, Commissioner Michael Goldblum, Lamartine Place Historic District, Landmarks Preservation Commission, Marvin Mitzner
    Date:06/08/2017
    Category : Landmarks Preservation Commission
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    Appellate Court Upholds AirBNB Law [UPDATE: Court of Appeals Denies Leave to Appeal]

    Multiple Dwelling Law  •  Upper West Side, Manhattan

    Court found that DOB letter of objection exception to the Multiple Dwelling law was no longer valid. On March 17, 2016, New York Appellate Court reversed a Lower Court’s Decision and thus denying Grand Imperial LLC’s Petition for a Letter of No Objection to rent its property for shorter than the legally required time period. Grand Imperial LLC owns a Single-Room Occupancy building, located at 307 West 79th Street on Manhattan’s Upper West Side, with predominantly affordable housing units. (read more…)

    Tags : Airbnb, Assembly Member Linda B. Rosenthal, Assembly Member Richard Gottfried, Council Member Helen Rosenthal, department of buildings, Grand Imperial LLC, Senator Liz Krueger
    Date:11/18/2016
    Category : Court Decisions
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    Wide Opposition to New Facade and Addition to Building Important in the History of the Abolitionist Movement

    Certificate of Appropriateness  •  Chelsea, Manhattan
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    339 West 29th Street. Image Credit: NY Public Library

    With previous development plan stopped mid-operation by DOB permit revocation and landmark designation, applicant sought approval for the creation of a rear addition, a two-story roof addition, and a new brick-faced facade. On September 20, 2016, the Landmarks Preservation Commission held a public hearing on a proposal for alterations and additions to 339 West 29th Street, in the Lamartine Place Historic District. The building was constructed in 1847, and underwent alterations in the 20th century. The LLC that owns the property is reported to be controlled by Tony Manoumas. (read more…)

    Tags : 339 West 29th Street, Assembly Member Richard Gottfried, Board of Standards and Appeals, C3D Architecture, Chair Meenakshi Srinivasan, Commissioner Michael Goldblum, Lamartine Place Historic District, Manhattan Community Board 4, Mark Silberman, Marvin Mitzner, NAACP
    Date:10/17/2016
    Category : Landmarks Preservation Commission
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    Commissioners Allow Demolition of Two Low-Rise Structures to Make Way for New Development

    Certificate of Appropriateness  •  Ladies’ Mile, Manhattan
    Image Credit: Morris Adjmi & LI/Saltzman Architects.

    Proposed Development. Image Credit: Morris Adjmi & LI/Saltzman Architects.

    The two sites, which together constitute one through-block lot, will host new ten- and 13-story buildings designed by Morris Adjmi Architects. On June 22, 2016, the Landmarks Preservation Commission considered and approved an application to demolish two structures in the Ladies’ Mile Historic District, at 21West 17th Street, and 16 West 18th Street, and replace them with a 13-story and a ten-story building, respectively. The two lots face each other at the rear, and together make for one through-block parcel. The existing buildings on both lots have histories dating to the 19th century, but retain little or no historic fabric. The planned new buildings were designed by architect Morris Adjmi, who has successfully shepherded other projects in the neighborhood through Landmarks approval process. The properties are officially owned by 17-18 Management Company LLC, but the Real Deal reports they are owned and being developed by C.A. White. (read more…)

    Tags : Andre Dolkart, Assembly Member Richard Gottfried, Drive to Protect Ladies' Mile District, Greenberg Traurig, Ladies' Mile Historic District, Li/Saltzman Architects, Morris Adjmi Architects, Municipal Art Society
    Date:07/05/2016
    Category : Landmarks Preservation Commission
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    Legislation Proposed in NY State Assembly Would Put an End to Online Advertising of Illegal Short-Term Apartment Rentals

    Airbnb  •  Statewide
    Chart displays the percentage of Airbnb's listings offering entire homes in New York City before and after Airbnb took down more than 1,000 of them. Image credit: Tom Slee & Murray Cox

    Chart displays the percentage of Airbnb’s listings offering entire homes in New York City before and after Airbnb took down more than 1,000 of them. Image credit: Tom Slee & Murray Cox

    Elected officials and affordable housing activists unite at State capitol in support of the legislation.  On February 24, 2016, 300 members and supporters of the Share Better coalition rallied at the State capitol in support of Assembly Bill A08704, which would ban most online listings advertising rental apartments for less than thirty days per renter. Bill A08704 was proposed to the State Assembly approximately one month after a report was released to the public that tends to show Airbnb released its site data to the public only after purging its site of more than 1,000 illegal temporary rental listings. The rally was held on the same day Airbnb issued a letter to the State legislature to reassure Assembly Members and Senators of the company’s commitment to working with the City in creating fair rules for operating the home-sharing network.

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    Tags : Airbnb, Assembly Member Francisco Moya, Assembly Member Linda B. Rosenthal, Assembly Member Richard Gottfried, Assembly Member Ron Kim, Assemblymember Deborah Glick, Council Member Helen Rosenthal, Council Member Jumaame Williams, Council Member Mark Levine, Goddard Law Project, Housing Conservation Coordinators, MFY Legal Services, New York State Assembly, New York State Senate, Real Estate Board of New York, Senator Adriano Espailat, Senator Leroy Comrie, Senator Liz Krueger, Senator Tim Kennedy, Share Better Coalition, State Senator Andrew Lanza, State Senator Brad Hoylman
    Date:03/01/2016
    Category : State Legislation
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