Sentences with phrase «land use review process»

Stringer also has some power over land use, thanks to his advisory role in the Uniform Land Use Review Process, which deals with rezonings, among other things.

While rezoning for the site is still going through the public land use review process, the plan has been approved by Community Board 4, Bronx Borough President Reuben Diaz Jr,, and the City Planning Commission.

Further complicating the already fraught Universal Land Use Review Process was the revelation that the mayor's Department of Housing Preservation and Development had accidentally misread the zoning maps for the area, underestimating the amount of affordable housing Astoria Cove would require for a coveted 421 - a tax break.

In the latest step to rein in large - scale development on the Lower East Side's waterfront, two city officials are trying to force certain projects to go through the lengthy land use review process.

The Department of Investigation is to have full access to documents — so that is a concern,» Mark - Viverito said at a press conference calling for similar deals to become part of the more transparent land use review process.

Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer and City Council Member Margaret Chin want to make the city's land use review process apply to the incoming residential buildings, which would lead to feedback on them from Brewer's office and the local community board, according to Politico.

On Monday, Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. issued an affirmative recommendation, with conditions, for the proposed rezoning of Jerome Avenue, as part of his charter - mandated responsibilities in the Uniform Land Use Review Process (ULURP).

The building is currently owned by the city, and will be jointly owned by the Cooper Square Committee and ACF after its expected approval as part of the city's public land use review process, according to Herrick.

At 6 p.m., Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer and the Manhattan Borough Board will conduct a public hearing on the Greater East Midtown rezoning proposal now working its way through the land use review process, Guttman Community College, InfoCommon, 50 W. 40th St., Manhattan.

Brewer's disapproval, which only serves as a recommendation as the rezoning application makes its way through the land use review process, echoes concerns raised by Community Board 11, which rejected the proposal in June.

As part of the city's land use review process, the proposal awaits a final vote from the full City Council.

Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer and Council member Margaret Chin proposed a zoning text amendment that would require certain projects in Two Bridges to receive a special permit, which would force the developments to go through the Uniform Land Use Review Process (ULURP), the officials announced on Thursday.

The Board hears presentations from City officials and others and, as part of the land use review process, is sometimes called upon to vote on land use questions that impact more than one Community Board District.

Council member Margaret Chin and Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer are moving to force three towers planned for the Two Bridges waterfront to go through the city's land use review process.

Chin and Brewer are preparing an application to the Department of City Planning to force projects planned by JDS Development Group, L+M Development Partners and CIM Group and Starrett Development to go through the Uniform Land Use Review Process, Politico reported.

At a recent Community Education Council meeting, Jamie Smarr, executive director of the DOE's Educational Construction Fund, reassured parents that the sale of the schools would be subject to public review under the Uniform Land Use Review Process (ULURP), which requires a vote by the City Council.

«I am running for borough president because I believe we need to completely reform our land use review process,» Menin said in her opening statement, sparking the first spontaneous applause at the session.

Garodnick's proposal comes as the land use review process for the Midtown East rezoning, which began in January, inches its way toward the finish line.