Newsstand application # 1378329, NWC West 42nd Street and 7th Avenue

January 2011, Consents & Variances Committee

Newsstand application # 1378329, NWC West 42nd Street and 7th Avenue

WHEREAS, The applicant seeks a permit to install and operate a newsstand on NWC 42^nd Street and 7^th Avenue; and

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

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

WHEREAS, The proposed newsstand would negatively impact pedestrian traffic by creating further congestion; and

WHEREAS, Further impediment to pedestrian flow might cause people to walk out into the street, thus creating an unsafe condition; therefore be it

RESOLVED, That Community Board Five recommends denial of the application to install a newsstand on NWC 42^nd Street and 7^th Avenue.

The above resolution passed by a vote of 32 in favor; 0 opposed; 1 abstaining.