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    Strong Community Support Voiced for Twin Commercial Buildings which Housed Studio of de Kooning, and other Post-WWII Artists

    Designation Hearing  •  Greenwich Village, Manhattan

    Twin adjoining buildings at 827 and 831 Broadway, Image LPC.

    Attorney for owner threatened to seek demolition through a hardship application should landmarks designate the property and not permit a visible addition. At its meeting on October 17, 2017, the Landmarks Preservation Commission held a hearing on the possible individual landmarks designation of two twin adjoining buildings at 827 and 831 Broadway. Completed in 1867, the buildings were designed by architect Griffith Thomas for tobacco-company heir Pierre Lorillard in an Italian palazzi-inspired design. Built in marble with cast-iron piers and columns, the buildings represent a transitional period in Griffith’s career, before he fully embraced the use of cast iron. (read more…)

    Tags : Chair Meenakshi Srinivasan, Council Member Rosie Mendez, Greenberg Traurig, Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation, Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer, Municipal Art Society, New York Landmark Conservancy, Senator Liz Krueger, State Senator Brad Hoylman
    Date:10/26/2017
    Category : Landmarks Preservation Commission
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    Schneiderman Announces New Legislation to Criminalize Tenant Harassment

    Tenant Harassment  •  Statewide

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

    Attorney General Schneiderman announces new legislation to crack down on rent regulated tenant harassment. On May 24, 2017, New York State Attorney General Eric. T. Schneiderman introduced the Tenant Protection Act of 2017. The new legislation is aimed at providing a criminal crack down landlords who harass their tenants. The legislation will be sponsored by Senator Liz Krueger and Assembly Member Joseph Lentol, and is another step in the Attorney General’s work regarding this topic. (read more…)

    Tags : Assembly Member Joseph Lentol, Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, Senator Liz Krueger, Tenant Harassment
    Date:05/29/2017
    Category : NY Attorney General
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    Appellate Court Upholds AirBNB Law [UPDATE: Court of Appeals Denies Leave to Appeal]

    Multiple Dwelling Law  •  Upper West Side, Manhattan

    Court found that DOB letter of objection exception to the Multiple Dwelling law was no longer valid. On March 17, 2016, New York Appellate Court reversed a Lower Court’s Decision and thus denying Grand Imperial LLC’s Petition for a Letter of No Objection to rent its property for shorter than the legally required time period. Grand Imperial LLC owns a Single-Room Occupancy building, located at 307 West 79th Street on Manhattan’s Upper West Side, with predominantly affordable housing units. (read more…)

    Tags : Airbnb, Assembly Member Linda B. Rosenthal, Assembly Member Richard Gottfried, Council Member Helen Rosenthal, department of buildings, Grand Imperial LLC, Senator Liz Krueger
    Date:11/18/2016
    Category : Court Decisions
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    Legislation Proposed in NY State Assembly Would Put an End to Online Advertising of Illegal Short-Term Apartment Rentals

    Airbnb  •  Statewide
    Chart displays the percentage of Airbnb's listings offering entire homes in New York City before and after Airbnb took down more than 1,000 of them. Image credit: Tom Slee & Murray Cox

    Chart displays the percentage of Airbnb’s listings offering entire homes in New York City before and after Airbnb took down more than 1,000 of them. Image credit: Tom Slee & Murray Cox

    Elected officials and affordable housing activists unite at State capitol in support of the legislation.  On February 24, 2016, 300 members and supporters of the Share Better coalition rallied at the State capitol in support of Assembly Bill A08704, which would ban most online listings advertising rental apartments for less than thirty days per renter. Bill A08704 was proposed to the State Assembly approximately one month after a report was released to the public that tends to show Airbnb released its site data to the public only after purging its site of more than 1,000 illegal temporary rental listings. The rally was held on the same day Airbnb issued a letter to the State legislature to reassure Assembly Members and Senators of the company’s commitment to working with the City in creating fair rules for operating the home-sharing network.

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    Tags : Airbnb, Assembly Member Francisco Moya, Assembly Member Linda B. Rosenthal, Assembly Member Richard Gottfried, Assembly Member Ron Kim, Assemblymember Deborah Glick, Council Member Helen Rosenthal, Council Member Jumaame Williams, Council Member Mark Levine, Goddard Law Project, Housing Conservation Coordinators, MFY Legal Services, New York State Assembly, New York State Senate, Real Estate Board of New York, Senator Adriano Espailat, Senator Leroy Comrie, Senator Liz Krueger, Senator Tim Kennedy, Share Better Coalition, State Senator Andrew Lanza, State Senator Brad Hoylman
    Date:03/01/2016
    Category : State Legislation
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    Neighborhood Coalition Proposal is Most Comprehensive Zoning Plan Ever Submitted by a Community Group

    ULURP Application  •  Upper East Side, Manhattan
    Council member Ben Kallos with Herndon Werth, a rent-stabilized tenant who refused to sell his home to developers. Image credit: The Office of Council member Ben Kallos

    Council member Ben Kallos with Herndon Werth, a rent-stabilized tenant who refused to sell his home to developers. Image credit: The Office of Council member Ben Kallos

    The proposal would protect neighborhood aesthetics with height caps on new developments and provide additional benefits to affected communities.  On January 21, 2016, the Department of City Planning received a zoning proposal from the East River Fifties Alliance, a neighborhood coalition led by City Council members Ben Kallos and Daniel Garodnick, which is the most comprehensive residential re-zoning proposal to ever be submitted by a community group. The proposal seeks to safeguard the Upper East Side neighborhood of Manhattan from the construction of skyscrapers.  Council members Kallos and Garodnick, Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer, and New York State Senator Liz Krueger are also co-applicants on the proposal, which can be found here.

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    Tags : Council Member Ben Kallos, Council Member Daniel Garodnick, Department of City Planning, East River Fifties Alliance, Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer, Manhattan Community Board 6, Senator Liz Krueger, Upper East Side
    Date:01/27/2016
    Category : City Planning Commission
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    Community Engagement Begins for 86th Street Area BID Formation

    BID Creation  •  Upper East Side, Manhattan
    Councilmember Ben Kallos. Image credit: William Alatriste/NYC Council

    Councilmember Ben Kallos. Image credit: William Alatriste/NYC Council

    The proposed Business Improvement District would be the 73rd BID established in New York City.  On November 6, 2015, City Council member Ben Kallos issued a press release regarding the launch of a push to create a Business Improvement District on East 86th Street in Manhattan.  The press release notes that a “District Needs Survey” was mailed out to community businesses, residents, and property owners last week.

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    Tags : Assembly Member Dan Quart, Assembly Member Rebecca Seawright, Carnegie Hill Neighbors, City Council, City Planning Commission, Council Member Ben Kallos, Department of Small Business Services, East 86th Street BID, Manhattan Chamber of Commerce, Senator Liz Krueger
    Date:11/09/2015
    Category : Business Improvement Districts
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