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Consents & Variances

March 2010, Consents & Variances Committee

New Street Fairs/Block Party Applications

WHEREAS, Community Board Five has received the following applications:

• San Lorenzo Ruiz/Filipino Apostolate (St. Patrick Cathedral), on 51^st Street, between Madison and 5^th Aves, on Sunday, September 19
• The Pinwheel Group Inc., block party on 16^th Street, between 5^th & 6^th Avenues, on Sunday, October 3.

WHEREAS, these are all new applications, and

WHEREAS, the NYPD has instituted a moratorium last year on permit applications for first-time fairs, and

WHEREAS, Community Board Five supports the NYPD moratorium, therefore be it

RESOLVED, That Community Board Five recommends denial of the above-mentioned applications.

The above resolution passed by a vote of 37 in favor; 0 opposed; 1 abstaining.