Project Archives:

Adorama Special Permit

Application Materials

Description of Proposal
Environmental Assessment Statement
Applicant Letter - April 26th, 2016
Applicant Letter - June 10th, 2016

Positions

Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer Recommendation
Community Board Five Resolution Letter
Municipal Art Society Testimony
Sam Meller, Esq. Letter
SEIU 32BJ Member Testimony
State Senator Brad Hoylman Report to CB5
State Senator Liz Krueger Letter
Urban Justice Center Letter

Department of City Planning Staff Memos and Rebuttal

Department of City Planning Memo - June 20, 2016
Department of City Planning Memo - July 22, 2016
CB5 LUHZ Committee Chair Rebuttal - August 9, 2016

Media

WBAI, CB5 Land Use, Housing & Zoning Committee Chair Eric Stern Speaks On Adorama Project
New York Daily News, Gale Brewer: Affordable housing with no exceptions
6sqft, Sixth Avenue Adorama Site May Be the First Battle Over Mayor's New Housing Program
New York Times, Why, in One Case, the de Blasio Administration Opposes Affordable Housing 
Crain's New York, Should this proposed Manhattan project comply with a new affordable-housing law?
Curbed, Adjmi's Ladies' Mile Condo Should Have Affordable Housing, Critics Say
DNAInfo, Ladies' Mile Development Should Fall Under Affordable Housing Rule: Critics
Politico, City faces test over whether to apply new affordable housing policy to specific development 
The Real Deal, City officials argue over Ladies' Mile rezoning