February 2019

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Transportation & Environment

Monday, January 28th, 2019, at 6:00pm
Bryant Park Corporation
111 West 40th Street, #2400

David Harris Sandler, Chair
Sam Levy, Vice Chair

Agenda:

• Application by Morning Sun Bus Company, Inc for an intercity bus stop in front of 201 West 37th Street, on the north side of the street between 7th and 8th Avenues.  The proposed location is an existing bus stop for Vision Tours Corp.  The stop would be shared by the bus companies.  There would be 2 pick-ups at 7:30am and 5:30 pm, 7 days a week.  There would be 2 drop-offs at 2:00pm and 10:00pm, 7 days a week.
• Application by Eastern Coachways Inc. for an intercity bus stop in front of 175 Madison Avenue on the east side of the street between East 33rd and East 34th Streets.  The proposed location is an existing bus stop for the MTA's QM21 and BXM18.  There would be 1 pick-up per day at 11:00 AM and 1 drop-off per day at 5:30 PM, 7 days a week.
• Department of Design and Construction (DDC) and Department of Transportation (DOT) present preliminary design of the Pedestrian Improvements project at 40th - 42nd Streets  (b/w 5th & 6th Avenues) which will involve: relaying/resetting blue stone sidewalk; granite curbs; roadway resurfacing on W. 40th St; neckdown on W. 40th (N.E. Corner) and 1 catch basin and street light relocation.

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Budget, Education & City Services

Tuesday, January 29th, 2019, at 6:00pm
SGI-USA NY Culture Center
7 East 15th Street

Renee Kinsella, Chair
Julie Chou, Vice Chair

Agenda

• Presentation by the Department of Sanitation on the Commercial Waste Zone Implementation Plan for private carters.
• Mount Sinai presentation on updates to their plan for the Mount Sinai/Beth Israel Medical Center.

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Parks & Public Spaces

Monday, February 4th, 2019, at 6:00pm
Bryant Park Corporation
111 West 40th Street, #2400

Clayton Smith, Chair
Craig Slutzkin, Vice Chair

Agenda

• Presentation by Union Square Partnership of their annual roster of programming.
• Presentation by NYC Parks about a temporary public art installation by artist Joseph LaPiana coming to the Park Avenue Malls in early March 2019.
• Application for a newsstand at the northeast corner of Broadway and West 35th Street.

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Landmarks

Tuesday, February 5th, 2019, at 6:00pm
Xavier High School
30 West 16th Street, 2nd Floor Library

Layla Law-Gisiko, Chair
Renee Cafaro, Vice Chair

Agenda

• Department of Design and Construction (DDC) and Department of Transportation (DOT) present preliminary design of the Pedestrian Improvements project at 40th - 42nd Streets  (b/w 5th & 6th Avenues) which will involve: relaying/resetting blue stone sidewalk; granite curbs; roadway resurfacing on W. 40th St; neckdown on W. 40th (N.E. Corner) and 1 catch basin and street light relocation.
• New York Public Library application to create a new pedestrian entrance and terrace on 40th St; adjust grading of the paved plaza at the corner of Fifth Avenue and 40th St for accessibility; and widen the archway and enlarge the driveway at the existing, vehicular loading entrance on 40th St. 
• 252 Lexington Avenue, Central Synagogue, application to Landmarks  requesting a Report approving Continuing Maintenance Program pursuant to Section 81-64 of the Zoning Resolution.
• 5 West 16th Street, application for installation of a vent for HVAC.

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Land Use, Housing & Zoning

Wednesday, February 6th, 2019, at 6:00pm
SGI-USA NY Culture Center
7 East 15th Street

Layla Law-Gisiko, Acting Chair

Agenda

• The Department of City Planning (DCP) is proposing a zoning text amendment that would regulate excessive mechanical voids within residential buildings in high-density residential districts citywide.
• Request by CB7 to support their resolution requesting action by the Dept of City Planning or the City Council to address the issue of excessively tall buildings.

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Executive

Tuesday, February 12th, 2019, at 5:00pm
Board Office
450 7th Avenue, #2109

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Full Board

Thursday, February 14th, 2019, at 6:00pm
Xavier High School
30 West 16th Street
2nd Floor Library

Transportation/Environment

• Application by Eastern Coachways, Inc. for an intercity bus stop in front of 175 Madison Avenue on the east side of the street between East 33rd and East 34th Streets.
• Application by Morning Sun Bus Company, Inc. for an intercity bus stop in front of 201 West 37th Street, on the north side of the street between 7th and 8th Avenues.
• Report on e-bikes/e-scooters.

Public Safety Quality of Life

• Report

Parks and Public Spaces

• Newsstand application at the northeast corner of Broadway and West 35th Street
• Applications from Union Square Partnership for their 2019 Roster of Programming

Budget, Education and City Services

• Report

Landmarks

• Report on Charter Revision.
• New York Public Library application to create a new pedestrian entrance and terrace on 40th St; adjust grading of the paved plaza at the corner of Fifth Avenue and 40th St for accessibility; and widen the archway and enlarge the driveway at the existing, vehicular loading entrance on 40th St.
• 252 Lexington Avenue, Central Synagogue, application to Landmarks  requesting a Report approving Continuing Maintenance Program pursuant to Section 81-64 of the Zoning Resolution.

Land Use, Housing and Zoning

• Application by Department of City Planning to modify residential tower floor area provisions in ZR 23-16.
• A call for Zoning Resolution amendments addressing the rise of supertall buildings and a moratorium on supertalls until the City properly addresses their negative impacts

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