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    BSA Conditionally Approves Proposed Redevelop of Landmarked Theatre into Mixed-Use Residential and Commercial Building

    Board of Standards & Appeals  •  Special Permit  •  Flushing, Queens
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    Howard Goldman testifies before the Board of Standards and Appeals. Image Credit: BSA.

    The proposed redevelopment plan has been approved by Landmarks and has been modified slightly to comply with federal regulations, due to the site’s close proximity to LaGuardia Airport. On October 27, 2015, the Board of Standards and Appeals approved with conditions a request by Flushing Square, LLC., for a special permit to re-develop the RKO Keith’s Theatre, located at 135-35 Northern Boulevard in the downtown Flushing neighborhood of Queens, into a 16-story mixed use commercial and residential building with community facilities. The RKO Keith’s Theatre is a vacant building containing an interior landmark. The proposed development would exceed the height limitations established for the site’s area, which is a “designated flight obstruction” area due to its close proximity to LaGuardia Airport. (more…)

    Tags : Goldman Harris, Howard Goldman, Ian Bader, Pei Cobb Freed & Partners Architects LLP, Queens Community Board 7
    Date: 05/10/2016
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    Say Hello to Mandatory Inclusionary Housing!

    Commentary  •  Howard Goldman
    Howard Goldman

    Howard Goldman

    Almost 55 percent of all renter households in New York City now pay more than 30 percent of their income towards housing costs, an increase of 11 percent since 2000. As a consequence, the City Planning Commission found that “many of the city’s neighborhoods are becoming less economically diverse, which poses a threat to the city’s economic competitiveness as well as to the opportunities available to lower-income New Yorkers.”

    Mandatory Inclusionary Housing is one of the city’s responses to the housing shortage.  Released as a study in 2015 and adopted as a zoning text amendment in 2016, Mandatory Inclusionary Housing requires that a percentage of the total number of dwelling units in a new building or conversion be set aside, or new or rehabilitated affordable units be provided off-site, whenever there is an associated zoning change or special permit that increases the underlying residential development potential. (more…)

    Tags : Howard Goldman, Mandatory Inclusionary Housing
    Date: 04/21/2016
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    Howard Goldman Reflects on His Legal Career and Land Use Issues in the City

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    Howard Goldman

    Howard Goldman’s 35-year career as a land use attorney has ranged from helping native Alaskan communities create coastline regulations to assisting developers navigate New York City’s complex land use process. Aspiring to work for the Natural Resources Defense Council or the Sierra Club, Goldman in 1972  received an ad hoc degree in environmental and pre-law studies from SUNY at Buffalo. Goldman stayed on to earn a law degree, and after graduation he joined Neighborhood Legal Services in Buffalo representing indigent clients in civil matters. While perusing the organization’s magazine, Goldman noticed a job posting under the “Alaska” section. Thinking it would present an opportunity to practice environmental law, he made a telephone call and soon after was on a plane to work for Neighborhood Legal Services in Juneau, Alaska.

    One year later, Goldman joined the Alaska Office of Coastal Management where he drafted regulations to help the state secure federal Coastal Zone Management Act funds. After the regulations were approved Goldman entered private practice, where he made his first foray into land use and zoning law assisting cities, towns, and indigenous communities,  including the North Slope Borough, to adopt land use controls to manage local coastline activities. (more…)

    Tags : Howard Goldman
    Date: 05/15/2011
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