Sentences with phrase «borough community boards»

Three of five borough community boards have come out against the plan.

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Under the proposed law, local constituencies, such as community boards, council members and borough presidents would have a say in how the plazas are used, but the transportation agency would have ultimate rule - making authority, Garodnick said.

Failure to act would mean the city legally reverts to the old Board of Education and community school boards, which presided over the deterioration of public education in the five boroughs.

These sites will go through the standard Uniform Land Use Review Procedure (ULURP), which includes public hearings by the local community boards, input from borough presidents, and votes by the Council and City Planning Commission.

Except for appointing community board members, borough presidents have mostly advisory powers and can easily be ignored.

While concerns about MIH can be easily translated in these meetings, the Council's issues with Zoning for Quality and Affordability (ZQA) are far more varied and reflect the opinions raised by community boards and borough presidents last year, when these plans were largely rejected in non-binding votes throughout the city.

The man who wants to open a new spa in the College Point Corporate Park got the backing of state Sen. Tony Avella (D - Bayside) last week, and the lawmaker questioned why the proposal was ever denied by both Community Board 7 and the borough president in the first place.

Because the Continuum project is seeking a zoning change, it will need approval through the Uniform Land Use Review Procedure, or ULURP, which includes input from the local community board and borough president as well as up - down votes from the City Planning Commission, City Council and mayor.

On Monday, the Manhattan Borough Board — made up of the borough president, community board chairpersons and city councilmembers — approved resolutions rejecting two key zoning proposals unless they are revised, the third borough to dBoard — made up of the borough president, community board chairpersons and city councilmembers — approved resolutions rejecting two key zoning proposals unless they are revised, the third borough to dboard chairpersons and city councilmembers — approved resolutions rejecting two key zoning proposals unless they are revised, the third borough to do so.

Yet community boards, Council members and borough presidents have agreed that allocation in the plan it is simply not enough to stave off gentrification.

But community boards across the Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens and Manhattan have voted to reject much or all of the plan — as have the borough boards consisting of the community board chairs, local Council members and the borough presidents.

But the local community board, the local councilman, Costa Constantinides, and the Queens borough president all opposed the project.

The borough president's role in the rezoning process, like the community board's, is only advisory.

Community and borough boards across the city have rejected all or most of the administration's plan, as have most of the borough presidents.

Officials have taken steps to reform the process around deed modifications, including running new proposals by the borough presidents, City Council members and community boards of the affected buildings.

It has information about our borough's Community Boards, which play an important advisory role in land use, budget and service delivery matters.

QUEENS, NY — Borough President Melinda Katz is accepting applications from qualified and community - minded individuals who would like to serve on one of the borough's 14 Community Boards, which play an important advisory role in considering land use and zoningcommunity - minded individuals who would like to serve on one of the borough's 14 Community Boards, which play an important advisory role in considering land use and zoningCommunity Boards, which play an important advisory role in considering land use and zoning matters.

Queens Borough President Melinda Katz today announced she has extended the deadline for Queens residents to apply to join one of the borough's 14 community boards, the neighborhood - level advisory bodies that provide a vital link between City government and the people it serves.

Last month our borough president came to the January Community Board 1 Executive Committee — a first.

Queens Borough President Melinda Katz is accepting applications from qualified and community - minded individuals who want to serve on one of the borough's 14 Community Boards, which play an important advisory role in considering land use and zoningcommunity - minded individuals who want to serve on one of the borough's 14 Community Boards, which play an important advisory role in considering land use and zoningCommunity Boards, which play an important advisory role in considering land use and zoning matters.

The Borough President's budget office prepared these priorities after reviewing information supplied by the borough's 14 Community Boards and by local organizations seeking City funding.

While the votes by the borough boards, made up of community board chairs and City Councilmembers, are merely advisory, they could strongly influence the City Council's official vote on the proposals, expected to take place in 2016.

Governor Cuomo has also placed State Department of labor resources at many of the community board offices in The Bronx in order to maximize access to these services to the borough's workforce.

Menin, who lost out in her 2013 bid to become Manhattan borough president, previously served as chairwoman of Community Board 1 in lower Manhattan, and helped lead efforts to revitalize downtown after the 9/11 attacks.

As part of the ULURP, the proposal — which could add 6.5 million square feet of commercial space to the neighborhood — will be reviewed by community boards 5 and 6, the Manhattan borough president, the City Planning Commission and the City Council.

So far, both the Crown Heights community board and the Brooklyn borough president have rejected the plan as part of ULURP.

STATEN ISLAND — Staten Island's borough president wants every community board member to get a lesson on local politics.

The Mayor's Community Assistance Unit, in a listing of the borough's community boards, Community Assistance Unit, in a listing of the borough's community boards, community boards, names 68.

Mr. Diaz discussed a vision for his borough presidency, job creation, the water filtration plant in Van Cortlandt Park, housing, the selection of community board members, the BOEDC and economic development, the Kingsbridge Armory, and more.

Rosenthal put on a pair of thick, round black glasses and began reading aloud what was essentially a catalogue of the accomplishments of Julie Menin, the head of Community Board 1 in lower Manhattan and mother of three who recently announced plans to become a candidate for Manhattan borough president.

But the plan has drawn the ire of a number of community boards in the five boroughs.

In 1977, when he was 16 and still living in Washington Heights, Stringer made the front page of the New York Times in an article entitled, «Sutton Names Two Teen - agers to Community Planning Boards,» referring to then - borough president Percy Sutton.

Corey Johnson, chair of Chelsea and Hell's Kitchen's Community Board 4, said he's long been impressed by the borough president and liked what he heard.

Both the Bronx and Queens Borough Boards - made up of community board leaders, City Council members, and the borough president - have voted against them.

In the meantime, the borough president's main community board guy, Tom Lucania, will most likely take over for Tirado in his absence.

In 2009, the borough president and community board voted to approve plans for a $ 1 billion NYPD cadet training facility, which will sit on 35 acres of land and house 2,000 parking spaces when complete.

The borough president closed his speech by citing Community Board 1's fight to keep the terror trials out of lower Manhattan as a prime example of the power of community Community Board 1's fight to keep the terror trials out of lower Manhattan as a prime example of the power of community community advocacy.

He has also served on the community board and is a longtime fixture in borough Democratic politics.

Forest Hills resident Karen Koslowitz made the move from her former position as deputy borough president to director of community boards last month to prepare for her bid for her former City Council seat.

The plans were met with fierce criticism from civic groups, community boards and borough presidents who felt they either undid specific neighborhood protections or did not include deep enough affordability to help the New Yorkers who need it most.

The city Conflicts of Interest Board ruled in March that Koslowitz would face no issues running for the 29th District Council seat if she switched her position from deputy borough president to director of community boards.

As the week gets going we're watching as discussions continue around the mayor's rezoning policies, which have been seeing some significant pushback from community and borough boards.

An extensive borough - and community - based review of the proposals is underway, with varying results thus far as local community boards vote in non-determinative polls.

The borough president appoints community board members, issues advisory opinions on land - use projects and has a sizable staff.

The Parks Department did not have a timeline or funding for the project yet, but said at a Community Board 1 meeting in February that it would happen after de Blasio's plan to build a $ 50 million indoor pool in the borough.

Community board members are selected by the borough president, and half of them are nominated by local City Council members.

The office of Borough President Gale A. Brewer is now accepting applications for membership on Community Boards and encourages all eligible New Yorkers living, working, or studying in the borough of Manhattan to consider applying to serve on their local Community Board.

Julie Menin, chairwoman of lower Manhattan's Community Board 1 — who also hasn't officially declared but has announced her intention to run for the borough presidency — has raised nearly $ 480,000, according to New York City Campaign Finance Board filings.

Adams also praised Goldstein, saying he has «a great wealth of institutional knowledge» the borough president hopes to call upon when he forms a Community Board Task Force this year to explore reforms to community boards across theCommunity Board Task Force this year to explore reforms to community boards across thecommunity boards across the borough.

The idea was approved by Bronx Community Board 3 in February 2006 and by the Bronx Borough Board in October 2010, making it a borough - wide initiative.