Court increases award for East Side Access properties
MTA took private land to expand Sunnyside Rail Yard for East Side Access Project. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority acquired 38-38 43rd Street and 38-40 43rd Street in Sunnyside, Queens through...
View ArticleSupplemental environmental review of Atlantic Yards ordered
Court found ESDC’s environmental analysis insufficient due to change in Atlantic Yards project, but refused to halt project. In 2006, the Empire State Development Corporation approved the general...
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Sign Company and SoHo Building Owner Agree to Pay Record Fine for Illegal Signs
Owner of 598 Broadway and Colossal Media Group repeatedly installed advertising signs without Landmarks’ approval. On May 4, 2012, the New York City Law Department and the Landmarks Preservation...
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Williamsburg Mixed-Use Project Withstands Legal Challenge
City approved developer’s request to rezone 15 tax lots to facilitate the development of two, six-story buildings near site of Domino Sugar project. Bruce Terzano (through JBJ, LLC) sought City...
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Split Court Upholds Sunset Park Rezoning Plan [UPDATE: Court of Appeals Affirms]
This article was originally published on 10/15/2011 (see below for update). Dissent argued that City only belatedly added consideration of rezoning’s impact on low-income residents. In April 2009, the...
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Appellate Court Denies Challenge to St. Mary’s Hospital’s Five-Story Addition
Opponent’s attempt to stop construction declared moot. St. Mary’s Hospital for Children operates a 97-bed children’s hospital on an eight-acre campus at 29-01 216th Street in Bayside, Queens. The...
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Appellate Court Upholds BSA Approval of Rooftop Additions
Tenant objected to BSA’s interpretation of Multiple Dwelling Law that legalized sixth-floor additions to East Village tenements. In October 2006, Ben Shaoul, the owner of two adjacent five-story...
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Court of Appeals Affirms Order for Supplemental Environmental Review for...
Community Group sued the School Construction Authority seeking a long-term maintenance and monitoring protocol for the Mott Haven School site. The Mott Haven school campus site, consisting of four...
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Williamsburg Domino Sugar Project Survives Appellate Court Challenge
Community coalition failed to stop 11-acre mixed-use development at Domino Sugar Refinery site along Williamsburg waterfront. CPC Resources proposed to develop a 2,200-unit mixed-use project on the...
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Union Square Restaurant Put on Hold by Judge
Neighborhood coalition sued Parks over proposed plan to open restaurant in Union Square. Union Square is comprised of 3.6 acres of dedicated municipal parkland, stretching three blocks in length and...
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Appellate Court Affirms Special Permit for Hospital for Special Surgery
Resident opponents failed to block City Planning’s approval of Hospital for Special Surgery expansion. The Hospital for Special Surgery (HHS), located at 535 East 70th Street, proposed a major...
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NYU’s Plan Partially Enjoined
State Supreme Court declares project sites to be dedicated park land; enjoins construction. On July 25, 2012, New York City Council voted to approve the NYU Expansion project (See previous CityLand...
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Parking Facilities Ruled Exempt from Property Tax
Parking Lots associated with Greater Jamaica Development corporation challenged Finance’s withdrawal of tax exemption. Greater Jamaica Development Corporation and Jamaica First Parking, LLC, brought an...
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Union Square Restaurant Affirmed Unanimously by Court of Appeals
Court found the agreement was a valid license and did not violate the public trust doctrine, Coalition hopes new Mayor will terminate license. In March 2012, the City signed a licensing agreement with...
View ArticleSplit Court Upholds Sunset Park Rezoning Plan [UPDATE: Court of Appeals Affirms]
This article was originally published on 10/15/2011 (see below for update). Dissent argued that City only belatedly added consideration of rezoning’s impact on low-income residents. In April 2009, the...
View ArticleAppellate Court Denies Challenge to St. Mary’s Hospital’s Five-Story Addition
Opponent’s attempt to stop construction declared moot. St. Mary’s Hospital for Children operates a 97-bed children’s hospital on an eight-acre campus at 29-01 216th Street in Bayside, Queens. The...
View ArticleAppellate Court Upholds BSA Approval of Rooftop Additions
Tenant objected to BSA’s interpretation of Multiple Dwelling Law that legalized sixth-floor additions to East Village tenements. In October 2006, Ben Shaoul, the owner of two adjacent five-story...
View ArticleCourt of Appeals Affirms Order for Supplemental Environmental Review for...
Community Group sued the School Construction Authority seeking a long-term maintenance and monitoring protocol for the Mott Haven School site. The Mott Haven school campus site, consisting of four...
View ArticleWilliamsburg Domino Sugar Project Survives Appellate Court Challenge
Community coalition failed to stop 11-acre mixed-use development at Domino Sugar Refinery site along Williamsburg waterfront. CPC Resources proposed to develop a 2,200-unit mixed-use project on the...
View ArticleUnion Square Restaurant Put on Hold by Judge [Update: Appellate Division...
See below for update. Neighborhood coalition sued Parks over proposed plan to open restaurant in Union Square. Union Square is comprised of 3.6 acres of dedicated municipal parkland, stretching three...
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