November 2015

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Budget, Education & City Services

Tuesday, October 27th, 2015, at 6:00pm
Board Office
450 7th Avenue
Suite 2109

Jessica Borowick, Acting Chair
Eric Stern, Vice Chair

Agenda: 

• Discussion of homeless outreach services in CB5

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Public Safety & Quality of Life

Wednesday, October 28th, 2015, at 6:30pm
NYC Seminar & Conference Center, 71 West 23rd Street
5th Floor, Seminar Room C 

Nick Athanail, Chair
Craig Slutzkin, Vice Chair

Agenda: 

• 210 West 55 Street, Lobby 55 Lounge LLC & Broadway 55th Lounge LLC, DBA: The Bar. Application for an alteration to be made to include an additional bar to its license. 
• 210 West 55 Street, Broadway Regency Restaurant LLC/Rooftop Lounge LLC, DBA: AVA Lounge. Application for an alteration to be made to include an additional bar to its license. 
• 210 West 55 Street, Surrey Hotel Asso. LLC/Serafina Bway Ltd./Bway 55 Lounge/Lobby 55 Lounge, DBA: Dream Hotel. Application for an alteration to be made to include an additional bar to its license. 
• 9 West 26 Street, Toshi's Penthouse Inc., DBA: Toshi's Penthouse. Application for an alteration for the applicant's liquor license to include the exterior roof-top. 
• 444 Park Avenue, SBE Hotel Management, LLC, DBA: SLS Park Avenue. Application for a new liquor license. 

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Parks & Public Spaces

Monday, November 2nd, 2015, at 6:00pm
Bryant Park Corporation
111 West 40th Street
#2400 

Clayton Smith, Chair
Craig Slutzkin, Vice Chair

Agenda: 

• Flatiron BID to present their holiday plans for the pedestrian plazas
• A presentation by Madison Square Park Conservancy's Senior Curator Brooke Kamin Rapaport of Madison Square Art's 2016 installation. The piece, titled "Big Bling", is by the artist Martin Puryear and will be installed in May 2016.    
• Consideration of SAPO/CECM's proposed rule changes governing permitted use of pedestrian plaza network.
• Information from MSPC/Flatiron BID regarding upcoming public sessions requesting input about the permanent reconstruction of the Flatiron pedestrian plazas

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Landmarks

Tuesday, November 3rd, 2015, at 6:00pm
Xavier High School
30 West 16th Street
2nd Floor Library 

Layla Law-Gisiko, Chair
Renee Cafaro, Vice Chair

Agenda:

• 240 West 44^th Street, Helen Hayes Theatre (the Little Theatre), application for Replacement of the existing, non-contributing annex to the west of the theater with a new structure of a similar size without a setback at the third and fourth floors; Replace the existing marquee and alteration to the lobby and house paint colors.

• 404 5^th Avenue, application for façade renovation.

• 920 Broadway, application to propose enlargement of an existing bulkhead

• Bryant Park seasonal master plan for temporary installations

• 1568 Broadway, application for redevelopment of the Palace Theater.

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Land Use, Housing & Zoning

Wednesday, November 4th, 2015, at 6:00pm
Times Square Alliance
165 West 46th Street
#1003 

Eric Stern, Chair

Agenda: 

• Review of the Zoning for Quality & Affordability Text Amendment 
• Review of the Mandatory Inclusionary Housing Text Amendment

• 1710 Broadway LLC proposal to buy air rights from the Helen Hayes Theatre, 240 West 44th St, transferring them to 1710 Bway in connection with a proposed 61-story residential and retail (and/or possibly other conforming uses) building at that site.
• Review of Affordable Housing Plan at 14 East 28th Street submitted by Common Ground to New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development.

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Consents & Variances

Thursday, November 5th, 2015, at 6:00pm
SGI-USA NY Culture Center
7 East 15th Street 

Joe Kelley, Chair
Pete Webb, Vice Chair

Agenda

• 220 Park Avenue South, Haru Gramercy Park Corp. d/b/a Haru, application for renewal of unenclosed sidewalk cafe with 12 tables and 24 chairs.

• 1414 Avenue of the Americas, 1414 Holdings, LLC d/b/a 1 Hotel Central Park, application for an unenclosed sidewalk café with 4 tables and 8 chairs.

• SAPO Public Hearing discussion 

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Executive

Tuesday, November 10th, 2015, at 4:30pm
Board Office
450 7th Avenue
Suite 2109 

Vikki Barbero, Chair

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Full Board

Thursday, November 12th, 2015, at 6:00pm
Xavier High School
30 West 16th Street 

Vikki Barbero, Chair

Agenda: 

A. Public Safety & Quality of Life
• 210 West 55 Street, Broadway Regency Restaurant LLC/Rooftop Lounge LLC, DBA: AVA Lounge. Application for an alteration to be made to include an additional bar to its license.
• 9 West 26 Street, Toshi's Penthouse Inc., DBA: Toshi's Penthouse. Application for an alteration for the applicant's liquor license to include the exterior roof-top.

B. Land Use, Housing and Zoning
• 1710 Broadway LLC proposal to buy air rights from the Helen Hayes Theatre, 240 West 44th St, transferring them to 1710 Bway in connection with a proposed 61-story residential and retail (and/or possibly other conforming uses) building at that site.
• Review of Affordable Housing Plan at 14 East 28th Street submitted by Common Ground to New York City's Department of Housing Preservation and Development
• Review of the Zoning for Quality & Affordability Text Amendment.
• Review of the Mandatory Inclusionary Housing Text Amendment.

C. Landmarks
• 240 West 44th Street, Helen Hayes Theatre (the Little Theatre), application for Replacement of the existing, non-contributing annex to the west of the theater with a new structure of a similar size without a setback at the third and fourth floors; Replace the existing marquee and alteration to the lobby and house paint colors
• 404 5th Avenue, application for façade renovation.
• 920 Broadway, proposal is to enlarge an existing elevator bulkhead
• 1568 Broadway, application for proposed redevelopment of the Palace Theater

D. Consent and Variances
• 1414 Avenue of the Americas, 1414 Holdings, LLC d/b/a 1 Hotel Central Park, application for an unenclosed sidewalk café with 4 tables and 8 chairs.

E. Parks & Public Spaces
• A position statement in support of SAPO/CECM's proposed rule changes governing permitted use of pedestrian plaza network.

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