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    Plans for Broadway Junction’s Transformation and Revitalization are Revealed

    Transit Hub Development  •  Broadway Junction, Brooklyn

    Image Credit: NYCEDC and WXY Architecture & Urban Design

    The Vision Document represents the first effort by the City and the Brooklyn community to solely focus on Broadway Junction. On August 15, 2019, Council Member Rafael L. Espinal, Brooklyn Borough President Eric L. Adams, and the New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC) commissioned a Vision Document, Broadway Junction: Vision for the Future that serves as a guide to supporting the transformation of Broadway Junction in Brooklyn. The Vision Document is the first step towards transforming and reinvigorating the area’s transit hub and economic center.

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    Tags : Broadway Junction, Brooklyn, Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams, Council Member Rafael Espinal Jr, New York City Economic Development Corporation, NYCEDC
    Date:08/26/2019
    Category : New York City Economic Development Corporation
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    Downtown Far Rockaway Development Plan Clears City Planning

    ULURP  •  Downtown Far Rockaway, Queens


    Rendering of Queens Far Rockaway Branch Public Library by Snøhetta. Image credit: NYC EDC

    The City Planning Commission approved the 22-block development plan for the Far Rockaway neighborhood in Queens. On July 10, 2017, the City Planning Commission approved an application by the New York City Economic Development Corporation for the Downtown Far Rockaway Development Plan. The Development Plan includes the designation of the Downtown Far Rockaway Urban Renewal Area, the disposition of city-owned property, and zoning text and map amendments. The community planning process was led by Council Member Donovan Richards. Currently, $110 million of public investments are transforming Downtown Far Rockaway with streetscape reconstruction, sewer upgrades, park improvements, storefront improvement, and library upgrades. (read more…)

    Tags : Council Member Donovan Richards, Far Rockaway, New York City Economic Development Corporation
    Date:07/20/2017
    Category : City Planning Commission
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    Planning Commission Approves Sale of 8.5 Acres for New Commercial Commons

    Disposition  •  Staten Island Industrial Park

    Rendering of proposed building to be built on Teleport Drive, Staten Island. Image Credit: Nicotra Group LLC.

    Approval will facilitate the construction of an industrial park with a bank, restaurant, and commercial and medical offices. On February 22, 2017, the City Planning Commission approved an application from the Department of Citywide Administrative Services to dispose of city-owned property in the Staten Island Industrial Park. The 8.5-acre lot in question is a largely wooded and undeveloped area. The site does contain two small wetlands totaling 1.5 acres, and is adjacent to the Staten Island Boys Football field and two three-story buildings already owned by the developer. (read more…)

    Tags : City Planning Commission, New York City Economic Development Corporation, Staten Island Community Board 2, Staten Island Industrial Park
    Date:03/08/2017
    Category : City Planning Commission
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    City Council Holds Oversight Hearing on Industrial Land Use

    Oversight  •  Citywide
    Councilmember David Greenfield, chair of the Committee on Land Use . Image credit: William Alatriste/New York City Council

    Councilmember David Greenfield, chair of the Committee on Land Use. Image credit: William Alatriste/New York City Council

    City officials questioned on policy to protect New York’s industrial sector.  On May 6, 2015 the City Council Committee on Land Use held an oversight hearing on industrial land use policy in New York City with a focus on protecting and encouraging the City’s industrial sector from encroaching alternative uses.  In his opening remarks, Councilmember and Land Use Chair David Greenfield emphasized as ineffective the City’s policy of designating Industrial Business Zones without changing the underlying zoning to protect industry from competing commercial uses and pointed out the importance of protecting the City’s industrial sector, comprising 10 percent of the local private sector workforce, frequently made of small businesses employing forty people or less, and paying significantly higher wages than the service sector.

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    Tags : Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams, Carl Weisbrod, Council Member Antonio Reynoso, Council Member Brad Lander, Council Member Carlos Menchaca, Council Member David G. Greenfield, Council Member Rafael Espinal, Department of City Planning, Department of Small Business Services, East New York, Industrial Business Zone, Kyle Kimball, Land Use Committee, Maria Torres-Springer, New York City Economic Development Corporation
    Date:05/13/2015
    Category : City Council
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    CityLaw Profile – NYCHA General Counsel David Farber on Meeting NYCHA’s Challenges

    David Farber
    David Farber, New York City Housing Authority General Counsel and Executive Vice-President for Legal Affairs. Image credit: NYCHA

    David Farber, New York City Housing Authority General Counsel and Executive Vice-President for Legal Affairs. Image credit: NYCHA

    David Farber was appointed New York City Housing Authority Executive Vice-President for Legal Affairs and General Counsel in August 2014.  When speaking with David, his clear love for New York City is readily apparent and supplemented by a driving desire to leave the city better than he found it.  Turning 50 this year, David has spent the majority of his professional career in service to his city with great satisfaction.

    Born in Manhattan and raised in Yorktown, Westchester County, David’s parents imparted both a love of New York and a tradition of civic responsibility to David.  After retirement, David’s father worked as a math teacher in a Bronx high school for five years, while his mother was a social worker.  David spent a childhood in music, playing the violin through his twenties but setting it aside in later years, and made trips to the Bronx when he could to see the Yankees play.  “As soon as I could drive, my best friend and I would drive down to Yankee games, but worry about where we were going to park the car.”

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    Tags : David Farber, Department of Small Business Services, Hudson Yards Development Corporation, New York City Economic Development Corporation, New York City Law Department, NYCHA
    Date:03/19/2015
    Category : CityLand Profiles
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    Court Dismisses Action Against Willets Point Developers

    City Council, City Planning Commission  •  Willets Point, Queens
    Long View Rendering of 126th Street and Citi Field. Image Credit: NYC EDC.

    Long View Rendering of 126th Street and Citi Field. Image Credit: NYC EDC.

    Public trust doctrine did not apply to Willets Point West development project.  On August 15, 2014, the New York Supreme Court in Manhattan denied petitions for declarative and injunctive relief against the Willets Point Development Project in Queens.  The petitions were brought by a coalition led by New York State Senator Tony Avella, The City Club of New York, and New York City Park Advocates.  The petitioners argued that constructing a shopping mall and hotel was an improper use of the Willets Point West parkland, and that it should remain open for public events including circus performances and concerts.

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    Tags : City Club of New York, City Planning Commission, New York City Economic Development Corporation, New York City Park Advocates, Queens Community Board 7, Related Companies, State Senator Tony Avella, Sterling Equities, Willets Point Development Project
    Date:09/02/2014
    Category : Court Decisions
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