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Newsstand application # 1368919, NWC Broadway and 45th Street

WHEREAS, The applicant seeks a permit to install and operate a newsstand on N/W/C Broadway and West 45th Street, and

WHEREAS, The proposed site is heavily congested with pedestrian traffic, and

WHEREAS, The proposed site falls within CB5 moratorium on new street furniture, and

WHEREAS, The proposed newsstand would negatively impact on pedestrian traffic by creating further congestion, thus creating an unsafe condition, and

WHEREAS, Community Board 5 recognizes that newsstand applicants are usually individuals and small business owners (often minorities or recent immigrants) and urges the Department of Small Business Services to assist applicants in the cumbersome application process, therefore be it

RESOLVED, That Community Board Five recommends denial of the application to install a newsstand on N/W/C Broadway and West 45th Street, and be it further

RESOLVED, That Community Board Five urges DOT to proceed with the pedestrian count at the location at rush hour (5 PM- 6 PM) on a weekday, and be it further

RESOLVED, That in recognizing that the cost of applying for a newsstand is very high for the applicant, including the cost of hiring professionals to assist with the application, Community Board Five requests that DCA refund the application fee for applications that are denied.

The above resolution passed by a vote of 33 in favor; 0 opposed; 1 abstaining.

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