April 2022

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EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

Tuesday, April 12th, 2022, at 5:00pm
via ZOOM

All CB5 meetings and Hearings are being held via Zoom. You must register to attend and can then participate and comment. Meetings are also recorded on YouTube and you can view or livestream meetings on our YouTube Channel. Live feeds of zoom meetings are available for broadcasting upon request.

Please register for meeting HERE.

AGENDA:

• Review Full Board Meeting Agenda
• Review Open Meeting Law legislation included in NYS Budget
• Selection of Nominating Committee for Board elections
• New Business

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PUBLIC HEARING and FULL BOARD MEETING

Thursday, April 14th, 2022, at 6:00pm
via ZOOM

All CB5 meetings and Hearings are being held via Zoom. You must register to attend and can then participate and comment. Meetings are also recorded on YouTube and you can view or livestream meetings on our YouTube Channel. Live feeds of zoom meetings are available for broadcasting upon request.

Register for both Hearing and Meeting HERE.                                                                                                                                                      

Public Hearing 
Nick Athanail, 1st Vice-Chair 

The public is encouraged to attend and comment on a Hearing Agenda topic, 2 min per speaker. 

Agenda: 

• 21 & 23 West 26th Street in the Madison Square North Historic District, a Landmarks Preservation Commission application for a proposed horizontal extension of an existing penthouse and a new elevator in the rear yard, both invisible from a public thoroughfare.
• 245 West 52nd Street, August Wilson Theatre, a Landmarks Preservation Commission application for a proposed new exterior sign.
• 2022 Post Parade Event Permits

1. Sikh Cultural Society: Saturday, April 23 (Madison Avenue between East 24th and 26th Streets and East 26th  Street between Madison and Park Avenue South)

2. Persian Parade Foundation, Sunday April 24 (East 26th st Madison Ave and Park Ave)                                                   
3. Philippine Independence Day Council Inc.: Sunday, June 5 (Madison Avenue between East 25th and 26th Streets and East 26th Street between Madison and Park Avenue South)                         
4. Federation of Indian Association: Sunday, August 21 (Madison Avenue between East 24th and 26th Streets and East 26th Street between Madison and Park Avenue South)         
5. Pakistan Day Festival: Sunday, August 28 (Madison Avenue between East 24th and 26th Streets and East 26th Street between Madison and Park Avenue South)     
6. Muslim Foundation of America, Inc.: Sunday, September 25 (Madison Avenue between East 24th and 26th Streets)

• Union Square Partnership Streetscape and Lighting Master Plan
• Ratification of letter to SLA in response to comment deadline for the 500’ hearing re: 200 Enterprises, Inc., for a new, on-premises liquor license for a 24-hour ground floor restaurant to be located at 200 W 54th St., New York, New York, 10019
• 11 West 17th st, an application for a new liquor license for a restaurant and bar with operating hours of 4pm-1am Sunday-Wednesday, 4pm -2am, Thursday-Saturday

Full Board Meeting
Vikki Barbero, Chair 

Agenda:

• Elected's Reports
• Business Session
  • Adoption of March 10, 2022 Minutes 
  • Chair's Report - Vikki Barbero                                                                                                                                                             Nominating Committee Selection
  • Adoption of March 2022 Minutes
• Committee Reports                                                                                                                                                                                    

        Budget, Education and City Services Committee

  • Report on Midtown Community Court presentation
  • Presentation by CB5 Planning Fellow Robert Seebeck on district mapping project

      Landmarks Committee

  • 21 & 23 West 26th Street, application for awning restoration, replacement in kind of signage and brick restoration at No. 21; replacement of transom windows and addition of a rooftop extension.
  • 245 West 52nd Street, August Wilson Theater, application for a proposed new exterior sign. 

      Joint Park & Public Spaces and Transportation & Environment Committee

  • 2022 Post Parade Event Permits. 
  • Report on Union Square Partnership Master Plan 

      Public Safety and Quality of Life Committee

  • 11 West 17th St, Bar 17 Inc, dba Lost Spirits NYC, an application for a new on-premises liquor license.
  • 200 Enterprises, Inc., located at 200 W 54th street, Ratification of letter from PSQL to SLA in response to comment deadline for the 500’ hearing for a new, on-premises liquor license for a 24-hour ground floor restaurant.
• Public Session
  • Members of the public are encouraged to speak during the Public Hearing at 6pm, However, anyone not able to participate during the Public Hearing may speak to the Board during Public Session on a topic relevant to the CB5 community. Speaking time is 2 min. per speaker.

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Transportation & Environment

Monday, April 25th, 2022, at 6:00pm
Video Conference

All CB5 meetings are being held via Zoom. You must register to attend and can then participate and comment at the meeting. Meetings are also recorded on YouTube and you can view or livestream meetings on our YouTube Channel. Live feeds of zoom meetings are available for broadcasting upon request

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EJ Kalafarski, Chair
Sam Levy, Vice Chair

Agenda:

• Review CB5/CB4  Intercity Bus Report. 

• Broadway Vision and other Street Design Updates from the Department of Transportation. 

• New Business.

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Landmarks

Tuesday, April 26th, 2022, at 6:00pm
Video Conference

All CB5 meetings are being held via Zoom. You must register to attend and can then participate and comment at the meeting. Meetings are also recorded on YouTube and you can view or livestream meetings on our YouTube Channel. Live feeds of zoom meetings are available for broadcasting upon request

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Layla Law-Gisiko, Chair                                                                                                                                                                                Maki Thomas Livesay, Vice-Chair

Agenda 

• 251-253 5th Avenue, application for restoration at 251 5th Avenue and a new building at 253 5th Avenue within the Madison Square North Historic District.
• 141 5th Avenue, application for alteration to the penthouse north within the Ladies Mile Historic District.
• 31 West 27th st, an application to erect two marquees within the Madison Square North Historic District.
• 1141 Broadway, an application for a rooftop retractable awning installation within the Madison Square North Historic District.
• New Business

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Land Use, Housing & Zoning

Wednesday, April 27th, 2022, at 6:00pm
Video Conference

All CB5 meetings are being held via Zoom. You must register to attend and can then participate and comment at the meeting. Meetings are also recorded on YouTube and you can view or livestream meetings on our YouTube Channel. Live feeds of zoom meetings are available for broadcasting upon request

Register for this meeting HERE

Layla Law-Gisiko, Chair                                                                                                                                                                              Aaron Ford, Vice-Chair 

Agenda 

• 280 Park Avenue, application on behalf of Fasano Restaurant New York LLC for certification by the Chair of the City Planning Commission pursuant to Section 37-73(c) of the Zoning Resolution to allow two open air cafes within an existing plaza.
• InCitu, presentation on a new Urban Planning App. 
• Open Restaurants Task Force review of proposed recommendations to the Department of Transportation Open Restaurants Program.
• New Business.

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