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    Letter To The Editor: Shortcomings of the One Vanderbilt Proposal

    John West   •  East Midtown, Manhattan
    John West

    John West

    (Re:  Council Subcommittee Hears Testimony on One Vanderbilt, Apr. 20, 2015)

    Dear CityLand:

    At the public hearing before the Subcommittee on Zoning and Franchises of the Land Use Committee of the City Council last Monday, 13 April, the applicants and supporters of the proposed Vanderbilt Corridor and One Vanderbilt outnumbered those with reservations about the proposals.  They spoke for most of the four hours – the opposition, at two minutes apiece, used 15 or 20 minutes – and in spite of the insightful questions by the councilpersons, particularly Dan Garodnick, one might have gotten the impression that all was fine.

    As a counterbalance let me offer the four-minute version of the testimony I gave at the hearing.  I am a member of Community Board Six and the MultiBoard Task Force.  I am also a member of the City Club.  I believe that what I offered is consistent with their main concerns.

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    Tags : City Club of New York, John West, Letter to the Editor, Manhattan Community Board 6, One Vanderbilt, Zoning and Franchises Subcommittee
    Date:04/24/2015
    Category : Letter to the Editor
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