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    New York Botanical Garden Issues Request for Proposals for Major Mixed-Use Development

    Request for Proposals  •  Bedford Park/Norwood, Bronx
    Proposed development site bordered in red. Image credit: New York Botanical Garden

    Proposed development site bordered in red. Image credit: New York Botanical Garden

    The request seeks proposals that incorporate a hotel, residential units, and retail space.  On January 19, 2016, the New York Botanical Garden issued a request for proposals to construct a mixed-use development on an “acre-plus parcel” of land that sits at the south-east corner of Webster Avenue and Bedford Park Boulevard, which is directly adjacent to the Botanical Garden’s parking garage.  The development would be part of a larger district-wide transformation that has been underway since 2011.

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    Tags : Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr., Bronx Community Board 7, Council Member Ritchie Torres, New York Botanical Garden, NYCEDC, Request for Proposals, Webster Avenue
    Date:02/04/2016
    Category : Economic Development Corporation
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    Votes by Community Boards Running Strongly Against de Blasio Affordable Housing Proposals [UPDATED]

    Zoning for Quality and Affordability & Mandatory Inclusionary Housing  •  Citywide
    Community Board ZQA & MIH Vote Tracker. Image credit: CityLand

    Community Board ZQA & MIH Vote Tracker. Image credit: CityLand

    CityLand creates comprehensive chart tracking every vote taken by community boards citywide on the ZQA and MIH text amendments. On September 21, 2015, the City Planning Commission referred for public review the Zoning for Quality and Affordability (ZQA) and Mandatory Inclusionary Housing (MIH) citywide text amendments. Since the public review process has begun, community boards across the city have met to discuss and vote on each of the two proposals. All 59 New York City Community Boards have until November 30th to vote on two citywide text amendments.

    CityLand has created a comprehensive citywide chart that is tracking every community board action taken on ZQA and MIH. CityLand will continue to update this chart as we receive more detailed information. To date, we have attempted to contact every Board in the City at least twice. We ask readers to please contact us at nycitylaw@nyls.edu with new information to keep the chart up to date. To view and download the chart click on the adjacent picture or click here. (Last Update:  December 10th at 11:45 A.M.) (read more…)

    Tags : Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr., Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams, Chairman Carl Weisbrod, Mandatory Inclusionary Housing, Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer, Mayor Bill de Blasio, Staten Island Borough President James Oddo, Zoning for Quality and Affordability
    Date:12/10/2015
    Category : Community Boards
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    Construction of 171 Low-Income Senior Residential Units Approved for Mott Haven Site

    Land Use Application  •  Mott Haven, Bronx
    Borinquen Court's Main Entrance. Image credit: West Side Federation for Senior and Supportive Housing, Inc.

    Borinquen Court’s Main Entrance. Image credit: West Side Federation for Senior and Supportive Housing, Inc.

    West Side Federation will build new units adjacent to an existing, low-income residential building and add additional community and commercial space.  On August 13, 2015, the City Council approved West Side Federation for Senior and Supportive Housing’s Uniform Land Use Review Procedure application to build a development around the pre-existing Borinquen Court building, which is a low-income residential building geared towards senior citizens and physically-disabled individuals.  The development would be located in Council District 8—represented by Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito—on property bounded by Third Avenue, Alexander Avenue, 138th Street, and 139th Street in the Mott Haven neighborhood of the Bronx.  The additions would yield a three-winged structure with Borinquen Court at the center, a 122-unit building attached to its west end, and a 56-unit building attached to its east end.

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    Tags : Borinquen Court, Bronx, Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr., City Council, Committee on Land Use, Council District 8, Council Member David G. Greenfield, Council Member Donovan Richards, Council Member Ritchie Torres, Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito, Department of Housing Preservation and Development, Medicaid Redesign Team, Mott Haven, NYCHA, NYCHA Section 8, Redtop Architects LLP, senior housing, Subcommittee on Zoning and Franchises, ULURP, West Side Federation for Senior and Supportive Housing
    Date:09/10/2015
    Category : City Council
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    CPC Approves New Affordable Housing Building in The Bronx

    Affordable Housing  •  West Concourse, The Bronx
    Nicole Clare of the Settlement Housing Fund testifies before the City Planning Commission. Image credit: CPC

    Nicole Clare of the Settlement Housing Fund testifies before the City Planning Commission. Image credit: CPC

    The building will be targeted to low-income and homeless individuals or families.  On April 1, 2015 the City Planning Commission voted to approve an application by the Department of Housing Preservation and Development facilitating construction of a new affordable housing building in The Bronx.  The building will be located at 1561 Walton Avenue in West Concourse, and feature sixty units of rental housing for low-income and homeless individuals and families.

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    Tags : affordable housing, Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr., Bronx Community Board 4, City Planning Commission, Department of Housing Preservation and Development, Edelman Sultan Knox Wood Architects LLP, Settlement Housing Fund
    Date:04/27/2015
    Category : City Planning Commission
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    City Planning Approves New City Island Bridge

    City Map Amendment  •  City Island, the Bronx
    Rendering of the new causeway design of City Island Bridge. Image credit: DOT.

    Rendering of the new causeway design of City Island Bridge. Image credit: DOT.

    New causeway design for City Island Bridge applauded by community and local elected officials. On May 21, 2014, the City Planning Commission unanimously approved an application by the New York City Department of Transportation and Department of Parks and Recreation for a city map amendment to facilitate the construction of a new City Island Bridge in the Bronx. City Island Bridge, which connects City Island to Rodman’s Neck, was built in 1901 and was determined in 2002 to be in a state of serious deterioration.  The new bridge would be located in the same footprint as the existing bridge, but will now be approximately 68 feet wide, 17 feet wider than the existing bridge. The wider bridge would allow three standard-width traffic lanes and two 6-foot wide bicycle lanes with two 7-foot wide pedestrian walkways, one on each side of the bridge. (read more…)

    Tags : Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr., Bronx Community Board 10, Bronx Community Board 12, City Comptroller Scott Stringer, City Council Member James Vacca, City Island Bridge, City Planning Commission, Commissioner Polly Trottenberg, Department of Parks and Recreation, Department of Transportation
    Date:06/23/2014
    Category : City Planning Commission
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    Complete Video Included: CityLaw Breakfast Honoring NYC’s Borough Presidents in a Discussion Borough Priorities

    New York City Law Breakfast  •  New York Law School

    CityLaw Breakfast Header

    THE CENTER FOR NEW YORK CITY LAW BREAKFAST

    honoring

    NEW YORK CITY’S FIVE BOROUGH PRESIDENTS:

    Eric Adams – Brooklyn
    Gale Brewer – Manhattan
    Leroy Comrie (Deputy) – Queens
    Ruben Diaz Jr. – Bronx
    James Oddo – Staten Island

    in a panel discussion on 

    BOROUGH PRIORITIES

    Pictured from left to right: Eric Adams, Gale Brewer, Leroy Comrie, Ruben Diaz Jr., James Oddo

    Pictured from left to right: Eric Adams, Gale Brewer, Leroy Comrie, Ruben Diaz Jr., James Oddo

    On Friday February 7, 2014, the Center for New York City Law, Dean Anthony W. Crowell, and Professor Ross Sandler honored New York City’s five Borough Presidents in a panel discussion on borough priorities. Borough Presidents Eric Adams (Brooklyn), Gale Brewer (Manhattan), Ruben Diaz Jr. (Bronx), James Oddo (Staten Island), and Deputy Borough President Leroy Comrie (Queens) participated at the panel. The panel was moderated by Errol Louis of NY1.

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    Tags : Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr., Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams, CityLaw Breakfast, Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer, Queens Deputy Borough President Leroy Comrie, Staten Island Borough President James Oddo
    Date:02/07/2014
    Category : The Center for New York City Law
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