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    City’s Failure to Preserve Deed Restrictions on the Rivington House Explored [City Council Passes Tougher Oversight]

    Government Operations and Oversight  •  Lower East Side, Manhattan
    The Rivington House. Image credit: edenpictures/Flickr

    The Rivington House. Image credit: edenpictures/Flickr

    UPDATE: On December 6, 2016, the New York City Council voted 42-0 to approve Introduction 1182-2016 which requires the Department for Citywide Administrative Services to conduct an extensive review of a request to remove a deed restriction on a property managed by DCAS, including a public hearing, to determine whether the request removal furthers the best interests of the City.

    The legislation is a response the controversial sale of the Rivington House to a luxury condo developer after DCAS removed deed restrictions that prevented such a development. “The City Council can assure that this will never happen again to any other community,” said the bill’s sponsor Manhattan Council Member Margaret Chin.

    The bill will now go to the Mayor for his signature. (read more…)

    Tags : Council Member Ben Kallos, Council Member David G. Greenfield, Council Member Margaret Chin, Council Member Rory Lancman, Council Member Vincent Gentile, Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito, Department of Citywide Administrative Services, Department of Investigation, East Village/Lower East Side, First Deputy Mayor Anthony Shorris, Mayor's Office of Contract Services, New York City Law Department, Rivington House, Zachary Carter
    Date:12/07/2016
    Category : City Council
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    Manhattan Borough President Brewer and Council Member Chin Push for Legislative Deed Restriction Reforms

    Deed Restrictions/ULURP  •  Citywide
    Manhattan Borough President Brewer, Public Advocate James, and Council Members Chin and Kallos speaking on the initiative outside of City Hall. Image credit: Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer

    Manhattan Borough President Brewer, Public Advocate James, and Council Members Chin and Kallos speaking on the initiative outside of City Hall. Image credit: Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer

    Initiatives proposed in the wake of the Rivington House sale would prompt public review process and transparency. On July 19, 2016, Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer and Council Member Margaret Chin wrote a letter to the City Planning Commission in favor of subjecting any changes made to deed restrictions throughout New York City to the Uniform Land Use Review Procedure. The letter is the latest development in a series of events sparked by the sale of the Rivington House, a nonprofit nursing home on Manhattan’s Lower East Side, to luxury condominium developers. For CityLand’s previous coverage on the City’s involvement in the Rivington House’s sale, click here.

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    Tags : City Council, City Planning Commission, Council Member Ben Kallos, Council Member Margaret Chin, Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito, Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer, NYC Public Advocate Letitia James, Rivington House, ULURP
    Date:07/27/2016
    Category : Legislation
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    Land Use Committee Hears Testimony on Proposed Capital Commitment Tracking System

    Affordable Housing  •  Citywide
    City Council Land Use Committee hearing held on June 7, 2016. Image credit: CityLand

    City Council Land Use Committee hearing held on June 7, 2016. Image credit: CityLand

    The proposed system would keep track of the financial and infrastructure-related promises made by the Mayor’s office to neighborhoods being rezoned.  On June 7, 2016, the City Council Committee on Land Use held a public hearing on a legislative proposal to implement a tracking system, which would monitor the status of promises made to the public by the Administration  during the Uniform Land Use Review Procedure process. The proposed bill, Intro 1132, is sponsored by New York City Public Advocate Letitia James and New York City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito.

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    Tags : Brad Lander, Council Member Donovan Richards, Council Member Rafael Espinal, Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito, Department of City Planning, East New York Rezoning Plan, Mayor Bill de Blasio, NYC Public Advocate Letitia James, transparency, ULURP
    Date:06/08/2016
    Category : City Council
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    Mayor Bill de Blasio Signs into Law Domestic Violence Housing Discrimination Ban and Green Construction bills

    Legislation  •  Citywide
    Mayor Bill de Blasio signing legislation into law with Council Member Jumaane Williams standing to his right. Image credit: The Office of Council Member Jumaane Williams

    Mayor Bill de Blasio signing legislation into law with Council Member Jumaane Williams standing to his right. Image credit: The Office of Council Member Jumaane Williams

    New York City Council Member and Deputy Leader Jumaane Williams sponsored both bills, which were signed alongside a green building construction bill sponsored by City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito.  On March 28, 2016, Mayor Bill de Blasio signed into law two major pieces of legislation, sponsored by New York City Council Member and Deputy Leader Jumaane Williams, respectively titled the Domestic Violence Housing Discrimination Ban and the Green Construction bills. City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito sponsored a bill aimed at increasing eco-friendly, City-owned buildings, which was signed on the same day at Council Member Williams’ bills.

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    Tags : City Council, City Council Committee on Housing and Buildings, Council Member Jumaane D. Williams, Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito, human rights law, Mayor Bill de Blasio
    Date:04/01/2016
    Category : City Council
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    Full Council Passes Mandatory Inclusionary Housing and Zoning for Quality and Affordability Proposals by an Overwhelmingly Majority Vote

    Affordable Housing  •  Citywide
    Image credit: NYCC/William Alatriste

    Image credit: NYCC/William Alatriste

    Despite disruption from Council public gallery, the modified plans were adopted without suspense.  On March 22, 2016, the City Council voted to approve Mayor Bill de Blasio’s Mandatory Inclusionary Housing and Zoning for Quality and Affordability proposals at its stated meeting. The full vote follows extensive modifications by the Council to the original plan. The approved text amendments are significantly different from the earlier versions voted on by the Community Board and City Planning. For CityLand’s past coverage and comprehensive explanation of modifications made to the proposals, click here.

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    Tags : affordable housing, Council Member David G. Greenfield, Council Member Donovan Richards, Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito, Mandatory Inclusionary Housing, Zoning for Quality and Affordability
    Date:03/23/2016
    Category : City Council
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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.

    (read more…)

    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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