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    City Council Passes Legislation Enhancing HPD’s Ability to Recoup Relocation Expenses

    HPD Vacate Orders  •  Citywide

    Image Credit: William Alatriste

    Intro 30-A gives HPD liens a stronger position. On August 14, 2019, City Council passed Intro 30-A providing that the City’s Department of Housing Preservation and Development’s (“HPD”) orders to vacate the premises, and the subsequent costs to relocate the displaced tenant would now be considered high status tax liens on the property. The law is intended to discourage the negligence of building owners and give HPD an ability to recover relocation expenses of those tenants that were forced to vacate. These liens will have a first position over all other liens and encumbrances on the building and lot except for other tax liens and assessments.

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    Tags : City Council, Council Member Margaret Chin, HPD, REBNY, Tax Liens
    Date:08/28/2019
    Category : City Council
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    Council Votes to Alter Landmarks Law by Establishing Timelines for Designation

    Landmarks Law  •  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

    Peter Koo and David Greenfield-sponsored bill was supported by Real Estate industry and vehemently opposed by preservationists. On June 8, 2016, the full City Council voted to approve a bill amending the City’s Landmark Law following a Land Use Committee meeting on June 7.

    The legislation, Introduction 775, mandates that Landmarks vote on an item for designation as an individual, interior, or scenic landmark within one year of holding a public hearing. If the Commission does not hold a vote within the 12-month time span, the item will be removed from the Commission’s calendar. The Commission may extend the time frame by another 12 months with the owner’s concurrence if there is sufficient need. For historic districts, the Commission must take action within 24 months of the district’s initial calendaring. For all items that have been calendared prior to the law’s passage, the Commission must take action within 18 months of the law’s effective date, with a provision for a further 12-month extension with the owner’s consent. (read more…)

    Tags : Council Member Ben Kallos, Council Member Daniel R. Garodnick, Council Member David G. Greenfield, Council Member Inez Barron, Council Member Rosie Mendez, Councilmember Peter Koo, Historic Districts Council, Landmarks Preservation Commission, Meenakshi Srinivasan, Michael Slattery, Municipal Art Society, REBNY
    Date:06/15/2016
    Category : City Council
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    Extension to Mount Morris Park Historic District Designated

    Designation  •  Harlem, Manhattan
    A map of the approved extension. Image credit: LPC

    A map of the approved extension. Image credit: LPC

    Commission decided to retain boundaries as originally presented, after considering questions raised at July hearing. On September 22 2015, the Landmarks Preservation Commission voted to designate the Mount Morris Park Historic District Extension, composed of the 276 properties on six blocks. The new district adjoins and shares a development history with the existing Mount Morris Park Historic District, designated in 1971.

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    Tags : Congressman Charles Rangel, Landmarks Preservation Commission, Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer, Meenakshi Srinivasan, Mt. Morris Park Historic District Extension, REBNY
    Date:09/25/2015
    Category : Landmarks Preservation Commission
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    Demolition of Two Non-Historic Structures, New Canopy, Proposed for Seaport Pier

    Certificate of Appropriateness  •  South Street Seaport, Manhattan
    Architect's rendering of the Pier 17 proposal. Image credit: SHoP Architects

    Architect’s rendering of the Pier 17 proposal. Image credit: SHoP Architects

    The demolitions would make new Pier building a free-standing structure, with four visible facades, and a new canopy that would allow for all-weather use of roof space. On August 4, 2015, representatives of the Howard Hughes Corporation appeared at the Landmarks Preservation Commission to propose revisions to their planned redevelopment of Piers 16 and 17 in the South Street Seaport Historic District. Landmarks in 2012 approved an application by SHoP Architects, after multiple hearings, to replace the 1985 mall that previously stood on the site. The pier, at 89 South Street, lies in Manhattan’s South Street Seaport Historic District.

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    Tags : City Club of New York, Downtown Alliance, Howard Hughes Corporation, Manhattan Chamber of Commerce, New York Landmark Conservancy, Pier 16, Pier 17, REBNY, Save Our Seaport, SHoP Architects, South Street Seaport Historic District
    Date:08/12/2015
    Category : Landmarks Preservation Commission
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    Wide Community Support Voiced for Extension to Mount Morris Park HD

    Designation Hearing  •  Harlem, Manhattan
    The proposed extension of the Mount Morris Park Historic District, outlined in red. Image credit: NYC LPC

    The proposed extension of the Mount Morris Park Historic District, outlined in red. Image credit: NYC LPC

    276-property proposed extension shares developments history, scale and architecture with existing historic district.  On July 21, 2015, the Landmarks Preservation Commission held a hearing on a possible extension to the 1971-designated Mount Morris Park Historic District . The extension is composed of 276 properties and lies east of Lenox Avenue, between 117th and 124th Streets. The extension shares its development history with the existing historic district as one of the first residential areas in Harlem, with most buildings constructed following the extension of rapid transit to the area around 1880.

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    Tags : Congressman Charles Rangel, Council Member Inez Dickens, Emmaus House, Landmarks Preservation Commission, Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer, Manhattan Community Board 10, Mount Morris Park Community Improvement Association, Mount Morris Park Historic District, REBNY
    Date:07/29/2015
    Category : Landmarks Preservation Commission
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    UPDATED: Manhattan Chamber of Commerce Panel on East Midtown Rezoning

    The Center for New York City Law and the Center for Real Estate Studies cordially invite you to:

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    Tags : Center for NYC Law, Council Member Daniel Garodnick, Dr. Michael Horodniceanu, Jeff Dvorett, Jeffrey Holmes, Manhattan Chamber of Commerce, MTA, REBNY, Woods Bagot
    Date:07/03/2015
    Category : The Center for New York City Law, The Center for Real Estate Studies
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