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    Appellate Division Upholds Homeless Shelter Siting

    Court agreed DHS met their burden under the Fair Share Criteria.  In 2012 the Department of Homeless Services opened Freedom House, a 200-family homeless shelter at 316-330 West 95th Street in Manhattan’s Upper West Side on an emergency contract.  When the emergency contract expired, then-Comptroller John C. Liu declined to register the permanent contract.  A community group, Neighborhood In The Nineties, filed an Article 78 petition to enjoin the Comptroller from registering the contract.  Neighborhood argued their area, located in Manhattan Community Board 7, was over-saturated with support housing and to add more would violate the Fair Share Criteria.

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    Tags : Department of Homeless Services, fair share criteria, Freedom House, John C. Liu, Manhattan Community Board 7, Michael Bloomberg, Neighborhood In The Nineties
    Date:12/01/2015
    Category : Court Decisions
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    City Comptroller Audit Criticizes Public Design Commission

    City Comptroller Audit  •  Citywide

    Public Design Commission rejected Comptroller’s recommendation for more efficient design review process.  The New York City Public Design Commission (formerly known as the Art Commission) reviews permanent works of art, architecture, and landscape architecture proposed on or over City-owned property. The Commission is composed of 11 unpaid members, eight of whom are appointed by the mayor, and includes an architect, landscape architect, painter, and sculptor, as well as representatives of the Brooklyn Museum, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the New York Public Library.

    The City agency with jurisdiction over the property on which a proposed project is located must submit its design to the Commission. Prior to submitting a proposal to the Commission, applicants must ensure compliance with the regulations of (read more…)

    Tags : Audit Report, City Comptroller, John C. Liu, Public Design Commission
    Date:06/01/2012
    Category : Public Design Commission
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