Join EVCC and Village Preservation for a conversation about the future of outdoor dining and the use of public space! While most residents understood the need for an outdoor dining program during the height of the pandemic emergency, there are many concerns about the program, its expansion, and what permanent implementation might mean. We’ll review […]
Category: Zoning
Please Comment On LPC Rules Changes, Update On Keep The Cap
Please comment on LPC Rules Changes! There is still time to comment on LPC rules changes. Public notice and the opportunity to comment are essential to good government. Sign on to GVSHP’s letter today! Neighbors, elected officials, Community Boards and preservationists turned out in force to voice concerns about the proposed set of changes to Landmarks Preservation Commission […]
Rally TODAY! 5:30pm 3rd Avenue & St Mark’s Place
Join GVSHP, LESPI, Cooper Square Committee, EVCC, Bowery Alliance of Neighbors and others to save our neighborhood from becoming a glassy Silicon Alley! A $150 million deal has been signed for a “boutique office building” to rise at 3rd Avenue and St. Mark’s Place.Multiple office buildings, hotels and high-rise condos are planned for this area, pushing out longtime residents and businesses. The East Village Community […]
Save The 3rd And 4th Avenue Corridors 6:30PM WED 9/13
Critical CB 3 Meeting: Rezoning the 3rd & 4th Avenue Corridors Save Third & Fourth Avenues in the East Village! Join GVSHP and neighbors at the Community Board 3 Land Use Committee Meeting Wednesday, September 13 6:30pm Rutgers Community Center 200 Madison Street (btwn Rutgers & Pike Streets) F Train to East Broadway; M 15 Bus (1/2 Ave) to Pike & […]
432 E. 14th St – Update: Developer Withdraws Revised Plan
432 E. 14th Victory Developer Withdraws Revised Plan! Today the developers of 432 E.14th Street, withdrew their revised application. After strong community opposition, the BSA rejected the initial application was for variance to build 50% (four floors) higher than our zoning allows. The revised application still requested an additional floor, but with your support Left: Former Peter Stuyvesant Post Office. […]
City Planning Reduces Height Increases Planned for Contextual Zones, Reforms Community Process
The Department of City Planning announced that it will present to 51 community boards before further action is taken on the Zoning for Quality and Affordability plan introduced in February. The change is a response community opposition from neighborhoods throughout the five boroughs expressed during the comment period for the Draft Environmental Impact Statement. In […]
NY State Court of Appeals Agrees to Hear Case Against NYU Expansion Plan
In the latest installment of the ongoing struggle against NYU’s huge expansion plan, the State’s highest court, the New York State Court of Appeals, has agreed to hear a case that was filed by petitioners in mid-November regarding public parkland. The lawsuit has passed through two lower courts, with differing results. Those following the dispute, […]
11/17: TOWN HALL to Save our Community Center
TOWN HALL Save Our Community Center November 17, 2014 6:30pm-8:30pm Casa Victoria, 308 East 8th Street (between Avenues B & C) Join Council Member Rosie Mendez and elected officials, neighbors, and community organizations in an important discussion about the status of former P.S. 64 at 605 East 9th Street. Organize to return the building to […]
City Raises Objections to “Dorm” Plan for PS64
The Department of Buildings has issued a Stop Work Order and moved to revoke a partial permit for the dorm conversion planned for former PS64/ CHARAS – El Bohio. In response to Councilmember Rosie Mendez’s letter dated September 3rd, the DOB raised objections to the approved conversion plan, which had earned agency support based on misinformation. The plan violates the zoning code and the “dorm […]
Accidental Skyline: A Map of Underbuilt Manhattan
The Municipal Art Society released a new tool for identifying parcels with air space that can be developed under existing zoning. Much of the East Village is already near or at its height limit as a result of the 2008 contextual rezoning advanced by the EVCC and the East Village/ Lower East Side community. Some […]
