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    COMMENTARY – Last Subway: The Second Avenue Subway’s Phase 2 Begins

    Ross Sandler

    Ross Sandler, Director of the Center for New York City Law.

    Since January 1, 2017, when Governor Andrew Cuomo led the celebration to open the Second Avenue Subway, much has happened. A pandemic undermined subway ridership, Governor Cuomo resigned, and a new governor and mayor took office. And now the second phase of the Second Avenue Subway has begun. This will provide the next chapter of the wonderful book by Philip Mark Plotch’s on the Second Avenue Subway, Last Subway: the Long Wait for the Next Train in New York City (Cornell U. 2020). (read more…)

    Tags : CityLaw, Second Avenue Subway
    Date:06/24/2022
    Category : Commentary
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    City Planning Holds Hearing on Skyscraper East Harlem Development [UPDATE: Application Found to be Appropriate]

    ULURP  •  East Harlem, Manhattan

    Rendering of proposed development in East Harlem, Manhattan. Image Credit: Perkins Eastman Architects

    UPDATE: On June 21, 2017, the City Planning Commission the application from the New York City Education Construction Fund and AvalonBay Communities to redevelop a city block in East Harlem to be appropriate. The proposed development would shift the Marx Brothers Playground to the center of the block and facilitate the construction of two buildings at either end. The eastern building would rise eight stories and contain two public high school relocated from other sites. The western building would rise 63 stories and contain over one million square-feet of residential floor area and the Co-op Tech vocational school.

    In its report, the Planning Commission noted the need for new public schools citywide and acknowledged that finding adequate sites and securing funding are major obstacles to addressing that need. The Commission stated that the new high schools would “increase the capacity of the existing overcrowded and outdated schools, allowing more students access to their programs.”

    The Commission acknowledged public concern over height and uses of the proposed development. The applicant responded to these concerns by lower the proposed height of the skyscraper from 68 stories to 63 stories. The report noted that the School Construction Fund preferred buildings for new schools be five stories tall, and that the height of the tower would allow the eastern building to be at a height in line with that preference. The Commission also wrote that “there is ample light and air around the block . . . providing the site and neighboring properties with unobstructed light and air from the east.” (read more…)

    Tags : East Harlem, Goldman Harris LLC, Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer, Marx Brothers Playground, New York City Educational Construction Fund, Second Avenue Subway
    Date:07/05/2017
    Category : City Planning Commission
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    Second Ave. Subway condemnation moves along

    MTA  •  Upper East Side, Manhattan

    Challenge by hotel and commercial owner rejected by court. In the summer of 2006, the MTA initiated the condemnation needed for the first phase of the Second Avenue Subway, the construction from East 63rd to East 96th Street. After holding a hearing and issuing final findings, the MTA requested a court to finalize its condemnation plan by allowing it to file a final map and authorize vesting.

    Condemnees The Marmara Manhattan, an East 94th Street hotel, and MacArthur Properties, a landlord of several commercial businesses, challenged the MTA’s request, claiming the petition was invalid since MTA failed to include the City as a necessary party. MacArthur alleged that the City denied sidewalk cafe permits to its Second Avenue tenants due to the MTA’s condemnation plan. This made the City a necessary party and entitled MacArthur to due compensation. Marmara claimed MTA’s hearing was inadequate. (read more…)

    Tags : In re Metropolitan Transportation Authority, Second Avenue Subway
    Date:03/15/2007
    Category : Court Decisions
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