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    Council Subcommittee Approves Phased Construction Plan for East Side Coastal Resiliency Project

    Flood Resiliency  •  Lower Manhattan

    Rendering of proposed flood resiliency infrastructure./Image Credit: DDC, Parks, DOT, DEP, and Mayor’s Office of Resiliency/CPC

    Despite the project’s phased construction schedule, concerns with the project still exist among elected officials and community members. On November 4, 2019, the City Council Subcommittee on Landmarks, Public Siting, and Dispositions approved two land use applications for the East Side Coastal Resiliency Project, the City’s flood protection plan for Lower Manhattan. The Project will include a system of floodgates and walls along the project area, sewage improvements, and will elevate East River Park eight feet above the flood plain to protect the Park and have it serve as a flood barrier for nearby neighborhoods. The first application is for access onto private property adjacent to the proposed flood protection infrastructure for the City to conduct inspections, maintenance, and repair of the infrastructure. The second application is for a zoning text amendment to allow higher wall heights for the proposed floodwalls and gates at Stuyvesant Cove Park.

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    Tags : City Council, Council Member Carlina Rivera, Council Member Keith Power, Council Member Margaret Chin, Department of Design and Construction, Department of Parks and Recreation, East River Park, East Side Coastal Resiliency, Lower Manhattan, Manhattan Community Board 3, Manhattan Community Board 6, Mayor Bill de Blasio, Mayor's Office of Resiliency
    Date:10/22/2019
    Category : City Council
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    City Develops Plan to Protect Lower Manhattan’s Shoreline from Climate Change Impacts

    Climate Change Resiliency  •  Lower Manhattan

    Image Credit: Michael Appleton/Mayoral Photography Office

    The project will include the expansion of the Lower Manhattan shoreline and four capital projects devoted to the resiliency of Lower Manhattan neighborhoods. On March 14, 2019, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced the Lower Manhattan Coastal Resiliency (LMCR) Project. The project is one of the City’s responses to the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy. Hurricane Sandy was a turning point for the City to tackle infrastructure resiliency. Hurricane Sandy resulted in $19 billion of devastation for the City and particularly impacted Lower Manhattan. The storm resulted in power outages and flooding in homes, businesses, and tunnels. Since Hurricane Sandy, the City has worked to assess Lower Manhattan’s climate change impacts and risks and analyze coastal protection options for the area’s 3.3-mile shoreline. (read more…)

    Tags : climate change, Lower Manhattan, Mayor Bill de Blasio, Resiliency
    Date:04/15/2019
    Category : Office of the Mayor
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    BSA Grants Variance for Transfer of Development Rights to Facilitate a New Charlton Street Development

    Variance  •  Lower Manhattan

    104 Charlton Street, Lower Manhattan. Image Credit: GoogleMaps

    The transferring property was granted a variance 15 years ago, but the development of the adjacent property had not been under the applicant’s control. On December 6, 2016, the Board of Standards and Appeals unanimously voted to grant 104 Charlton Street Condominium’s request to transfer unused development rights from the applicant’s property, located at 104 Charlton Street, to an adjacent property located at 108 Charlton Street in Manhattan’s Special Hudson Square District. Because the site from which the unused development rights would be transferred had previously received a variance, the development rights cannot be transferred without Board approval. (read more…)

    Tags : Charlton Street, Lower Manhattan, Special Hudson Square District
    Date:04/27/2017
    Category : Board of Standards & Appeals
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    Schneiderman Announces Indictment of NYC Landlord in $5 Million Mortgage Fraud Scheme

    NYC Landlords  •  Lower Manhattan

    New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman speaking at New York Law School. Image credit: CityLaw

    A New York City landlord was indicted for mortgage fraud scheme in Lower Manhattan, stemming from tenant harassment investigation. On April 6, 2017, New York State Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman announced the indictment of Dean Galasso, a New York City landlord. Galasso was indicted on six felony charges in relation to an alleged scheme to fraudulently obtain a multi-million-dollar mortgage to finance the acquisition of a rental building. Galasso faces one count of Grand Larceny, two counts of Forgery, two counts of Criminal Possession of a Forged Instrument, and one count of Falsifying Business Records. If convicted, Galasso could face up to 25 years in prison. (read more…)

    Tags : Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, Lower Manhattan, Mayor Bill de Blasio, Tenant Harassment Prevention Task Force
    Date:04/14/2017
    Category : NY Attorney General
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