April 2017

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Special Meeting of Land Use, Housing and Zoning

Wednesday, March 22nd, 2017, at 6:15pm
SGI-USA NY Culture Center
7 East 15th Street, 5th Floor

• Presentation by the NYC Economic Development Corporation and Department of City Planning of their Proposed Zoning and Policy Changes in the Garment District and the Future of NYC Fashion Manufacturing.

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Transportation & Environment

Monday, March 27th, 2017, at 6:00pm
Bryant Park Corporation
111 West 40th Street
#2400

David Harris Sandler, Acting Chair
Jesse Laymon, Vice Chair

Agenda:

• Presentation by the Department of Transportation of their plan to implement a protected bicycle lane on 5 Avenue between 8 Street and 23 Street.
• Presentation by the Department of Transportation of their plan for Shared Streets on Broadway between West 24 Street and West 25 Street.
• Application by SBE Hotels for a designated Hotel Loading Zone on East 30 Street between Park Avenue and Madison Avenue and a Hotel Drop-Off Zone on Park Avenue between East 30 Street and East 31 Street.
• Proposal by operator Indus Ways for a bus stop on the east side of 8 Avenue between West 39 and West 40 Streets. The bus would be traveling to and from New Jersey. There would be 1 pick-up daily, seven days a week at 7:30AM and 1 drop-off daily, seven days a week at 5:30PM.

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Public Safety & Quality of Life

Wednesday, March 29th, 2017, at 6:00pm
NYC Seminar & Conference Center, 71 West 23rd Street
5th Floor

Nick Athanail, Chair
Craig Slutzkin, Vice Chair

Agenda:

• 790 8 Avenue, 790 Lounge LLC & 488 Hospitality Group LLC, dba: The Attic. Review and discussion of noise complaints from the community.

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Joint Parks & Public Spaces and Transportation & Environment

Monday, April 3rd, 2017, at 6:00pm
Bryant Park Corporation
111 West 40th Street
#2400

Clayton Smith, Chair
David Harris Sandler, Acting Chair

Agenda:

• Presentation by the Times Square Alliance of its plaza programming plans.
• Sikh Cultural Society, application for a post-parade event on Saturday, April 22 at Madison Avenue between East 23 and East 26 Streets.  
• Philippine Independence Day Council Inc, application for a post-parade event on Sunday, June 4 at Madison Avenue between East 25 and East 26 Streets and East 26 Street between Park Avenue South and Madison Avenue.
• Pakistan Day Festival, application for a post-parade event on Sunday, August 13 at Madison Avenue between East 23 and East 26 Streets.
• Federation of Indian Association, application for a post-parade event on Sunday, August 20 at Madison Avenue between East 24 and East 37 Streets.
• Muslim Foundation of America, Inc, application for a post-parade event on Sunday, September 24 at Madison Avenue between East 24 and East 38 Streets.
• Persian Parade NYC, application for a post-parade event on Sunday, April 30 at East 26 Street between Madison Avenue and Park Avenue.
• Big Apple Barbecue Block Party, application for an event from Thursday, June 8 to Sunday, June 11 at Madison Avenue between East 23 and 27 Streets, East 26 Street between 5 Avenue and Park Avenue South, East 24 Street between Madison Avenue and Park Avenue South, East 25 Street between Madison Avenue and Park Avenue South and East 27 Street between Madison and Lexington Avenues.

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Parks & Public Spaces

Monday, April 3rd, 2017, at 7:00pm
Bryant Park Corporation
111 West 40th Street
#2400 

Clayton Smith, Chair
Craig Slutzkin, Vice Chair

Agenda: 

• Application by 910 Seventh Ave Rest LLC for a new unenclosed sidewalk cafe at 910 7 Avenue, featuring 4 tables and 16 chairs.

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Landmarks

Tuesday, April 4th, 2017, at 6:00pm
Xavier High School
30 West 16th Street
2nd Floor Library

Layla Law-Gisiko, Chair
Renee Cafaro, Vice Chair

Agenda:

• Central Park Conservancy, project reviews for the Reconstruction of the East 67^th Street/ Billy Johnson Playground; Reconstruction of the East 108^th Street/ Bernard Playground and Renovation of The Belvedere Castle.
• 1 West 53^rd Street, St. Thomas Church, application for proposed announcement sign boxes on the 5^th Avenue and 53^rd Street façade.
• 915 Broadway, application for window replacement.
• The Waldorf Astoria Hotel, 301 Park Avenue, (a) application for exterior work including restoration, alterations to marquees, porte cochere, selected window enlargement, new loading bay on East 49^th Street and minimally visible rooftop addition and elevator bulkheads, and (b) application for alterations to designated interior spaces including restoration, new lighting, flooring, and carpeting and enlargement of Lexington Avenue interior lobby.

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Executive

Tuesday, April 11th, 2017, at 5:00pm
Board Office
450 7th Avenue
Suite 2109

Vikki Barbero, Chair

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Full Board

Thursday, April 13th, 2017, at 6:00pm
1 Penn Plaza
21st Floor (Use entrance on West 34th Street between 7th Avenue & 8th Avenue) 

Vikki Barbero, Chair

Agenda: 

PUBLIC SESSION - Members of the public are encouraged to speak to the Board

BUSINESS SESSION

• Adoption March 2017 Minutes
• District Manager's Report: Wally Rubin
• Chair's Report: Vikki Barbero

COMMITTEE REPORTS

Landmarks

• The Waldorf Astoria Hotel, 301 Park Avenue, application for extensive exterior and interior restoration and alteration of landmark areas.
• 1 West 53rd Street, St. Thomas Church, application for proposed announcement sign boxes on the 5th Avenue and 53rd Street façade.
• Central Park Conservancy, reconstruction project.

 Joint Parks & Public Spaces and Transportation/Environment 

• Big Apple Barbecue Block Party, to be held on Madison Avenue between East 23rd and 27th Streets, 26th Street between 5th Avenue and Park Avenue, and inside Madison Square Park on Saturday, June 10th and Sunday, June 11th, 2017.
• 2017 Applications for Post-Parade Events on Madison Avenue between 24th and 26th Streets, 26th Street between Madison Avenue and Park Avenue, and in Madison Square Park.  
• Persian Parade NYC application, a Post-Parade Event in Madison Square Park and on Madison Avenue between 24th and 26th Streets; Sunday, April 30th.

Parks & Public Spaces

• Application from Vornado Realty Trust/VNO 225 West 58th Street LLC for revocable consent from the Department of Transportation to construct, maintain and use a sidewalk snow melting system on the West 58th Street and Central Park South frontage of 220 Central Park South

 Transportation/Environment 

• Request by New York City Department of Transportation for the installation of a protected bicycle lane on the east side of Fifth Avenue, between 8th and 23rd Streets.
• Application by Indus Ways to locate a bus stop in front of 618 8th Avenue, between West 39th and West 40th Streets for 1 daily pickup at 7:30 am and 1 daily drop off at 5:30 pm..
• Application by SBE Hotels for a designated Hotel Loading Zone on East 30th Street, between Park and Madison Avenues and a Hotel Drop-Off Zone on Park Avenue between East 30th and 31st Streets.
• Application by the New York City Department of Transportation for a "Shared Street" plan on Broadway, between 24th and 25th Streets.

Old Business/New Business

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