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    Council Holds Hearing on DOT COVID-19 Response

    Legislation & Oversight  •  Staten Island

    Council Member Steven Matteo Image Credit: City Council

    Council looks to revamp the private street mapping process in hopes of addressing private streets in disrepair. On September 8, 2020, the City Council Committee on Transportation held a public hearing on the Department of Transportation’s response to COVID-19, the Open Streets Program, and two introductory bills. The bills would effectively establish permit requirements for the mapping of private streets and additionally provide for their maintenance. The bills are sponsored by Council Members Steven Matteo, Joseph C. Borrelli and Robert Holden at the request of Staten Island Borough President James Oddo.

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    Tags : Commissioner Polly Trottenberg, Council Member Steven Matteo, COVID-19, DOT, Joseph Borelli, private streets, Staten Island Borough President James Oddo
    Date:09/21/2020
    Category : City Council
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    Subcommittee Delays Action on Three Landmark Designations

    Landmark Designations  •  Citywide

    Loew’s 175th Street Theater in Manhattan’s Washington Heights. Image Credit: LPC.

    Six designations sent to full Council where they were ratified; three items held over for further deliberation. On February 27, 2017, City Council’s Subcommittee on Landmarks, Public Siting, and Maritime Uses heard testimony and voted on the items designated at the Landmarks Preservation Commission’s last meeting devoted to the backlog initiative. The designated properties were introduced to the Subcommittee by Landmarks’ Lisa Kersavage and Lauren George. The Subcommittee approved designations for six of the items, but laid over three items for further consideration in instances where the property owners objected to designation. The three items not advanced to the Land Use Committee and full Council were the Lakeman-Cortelyou House, the Loew’s 175th Street Theater, and the Protestant Reformed Dutch Church of Flushing.

    Prior to hearing public testimony, Council Member Steven Matteo discussed the designation of the Lakeman-Cortleyou House in New Dorp, Staten Island. The House dates to the 17th century, with the oldest part of the building constructed of fieldstone, and possesses a gambrel roof. Commissioners at Landmarks were advised that designation would likely be overturned at the Council level, but nonetheless awarded the property landmarks status due to its antiquity and rarity. (read more…)

    Tags : Bergdorf Goodman Building, City Council Subcommittee on Landmarks, Council Member Peter Koo, Council Member Steven Matteo, Council Member Ydanis Rodriguez, Historic Districts Council, Lakeman House, Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer, Municipal Art Society, Protestant Reformed Dutch Church of Flushing
    Date:03/09/2017
    Category : City Council
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    Thirty of 95 backlogged items prioritized for 2016 designation votes

    Special Meeting  •  Citywide

    The Thomas-Lamb designed Loew’s 175th Street Theater in Washington Heights was prioritized for designation. Image credit: LPC

    Some items will be removed from calendar due to political reality that designations will not be ratified by Council; others are found to be adequately protected so as to not require prioritization; others to lack significance that would merit immediate designation. On February 23, 2016, Landmarks made determinations on the disposition of 95 items added to Landmarks’ calendar before 2010, but never subjected to a vote on designation. In 2015 the commission had announced an initiative to clear the calendar of the backlogged items. Landmarks held a series of public hearings to give the public an opportunity to testify on the items, some of which had languished on Landmarks’ calendar for decades. At the meeting on February 23, 2016 commissioners voted to keep 30 items on the calendar for a vote on designation during 2016. The remaining 65 items will be decalendared. Landmarks’ determinations on all 95 items are listed in the associated chart.

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    Tags : Adi Shamir-Baron, City Council, Commissioner Diana Chapin, Commissioner Michael Goldblum, Council Member Steven Matteo, John Gustafsson, Joseph Borelli, Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer, Mark Silberman, Meenakshi Srinivasan, Michael Devonshire, Public Design Commission, Sarah Carroll
    Date:02/29/2016
    Category : Landmarks Preservation Commission
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    New Meals on Wheels Facility Sent Back for Rethinking of Exterior Design

    Binding Report  •  Castleton, Staten Island
    Architect's rendering of the proposed Meals on Wheels facility. Image credit: Rampulla Associates

    Architect’s rendering of the proposed Meals on Wheels facility. Image credit: Rampulla Associates

    Commissioners found design choices made new facility in Seaview Hospital complex look like a suburban office park. On June 7, 2015, the Landmarks Preservation Commission considered a proposal for a new Meals on Wheels facility in a vacant site at 460 Brielle Avenue in the Seaview Hospital section of the New York City Farm Colony-Seaview Hospital Historic District. The proposed new two-story building would be used as a Meals on Wheels facility serving the whole of Staten Island, with space for a kitchen, food storage, offices, and loading areas for trucks and volunteers. The plan will also require City Planning’s approval as the site lies within a Special Natural Area District.

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    Tags : 460 Brielle Avenue, Council Member Steven Matteo, Farm Colony - Seaview Hospital Historic District, Landmarks Preservation Commission, Meals on Wheels, Rampulla Associates Architects, Staten Island Borough President James Oddo, Staten Island Community Board 2
    Date:07/14/2015
    Category : Landmarks Preservation Commission
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    Redevelopment of Former Indigent Farm Community Proposed

    Binding Report, Advisory Report  •  Castleton, Staten Island
    farm colony

    The Farm Colony-Seaview Hospital Historic District, where a proposed development plan would demolish five buildings for senior housing and other uses. Image credit: LPC

    Plan for former Farm Colony would entail the demolition five out of eleven historic structures in the district, create senior housing. On September 30, 2014, the Landmarks Preservation Commission considered an application for the redevelopment of the New York City Farm Colony-Seaview Hospital Historic District, located in Staten Island in the Castleton area. The 45-acre property, which housed indigent and disabled New Yorkers in exchange for labor, operated roughly from 1898 to 1975, and was developed from 1874 to the 1930s. In addition to being a landmarked historic district, the Farm Colony is also zoned in a special natural area district, which mandates the preservation of any unique natural features. The colony’s buildings have been little maintained since its abandonment. The City has been actively working to revitalize the area since the 1990s, with the most recent request for expressions of interest issued in 2012. Staten Island-based NFC Associates were selected as the developers. (read more…)

    Tags : Council Member Steven Matteo, Historic District Council, Landmarks Preservation Commission, Preservation League of Staten Island, Staten Island Borough President James Oddo
    Date:10/15/2014
    Category : Landmarks Preservation Commission
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