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Community Board 1 agendas for March
Even with an extra day in February, I feel like we just did this. So here are the March agendas for CB1. My comments in caps. Note that this is a preliminary list. Check back with CB1 for updates here.
3/3 Transportation & Street Activity Permits Committee – 6p
Location: Community Board 1 – Conference Room, 1 Centre Street, Room 2202A-North
1) Water Street Streetscape Project – Presentation by Wil Fisher, Assistant Vice President, Government & Community Relations, Economic Development Corporation
2) Save Canal Street Initiative – Presentation by Adrian Mak, Transportation Alternatives & Resolution
3) Tribeca-WTC Bicycle Enhancements – Discussion & resolution THIS IS BIG NEWS FOR DOWNTOWN BIKERS
4) NYC Department of Transportation Lower Manhattan Study Kick-Off Meeting – Report
5) Curbside Permit application at 6th Avenue between Church Street and White Street – Presentation by Alison Klein Sherman, VP of Finance of Klein Transportation Inc. and possible resolution
6) Congestion Pricing Working Group Report on Tolling – Charles Komanoff, Contributor to Regional Planning Association’s Congestion Pricing in NYC: Getting it Right Report CURIOUS TO HEAR IF THE GOV’S PREDICTION IS RIGHT: FEDS ARE NOT GOING TO LET THIS HAPPEN ANY TIME SOON?
3/4 Battery Park City Committee – 6p
Location: Metropolitan College, 40 Rector Street (Entrance on West Street)
1) BPC Homeowners Coalition, Bob Zack President- Discussion and possible Resolution
2) Next Steps and Follow up to the 2010 Amendment to BPCA’s Settlement Agreement with the City – Discussion and resolution
3) Allied Universal Report – Patrick Murphy, Director of Security, Allied Universal
4) BPCA Report – Nicholas Sbordone, Vice President of Communications & Public Affairs, Battery Park City Authority
3/9 Nominating Committee – 5:30p
Location: Community Board 1 – Conference Room, 1 Centre Street, Room 2202A-North
1) Discussion of Candidates for Chairperson, Vice-Chairperson, Secretary, Assistant Secretary and Treasurer
3/9 Land Use, Zoning & Economic Development Committee – 6p
Location: Community Board 1 – Conference Room, 1 Centre Street, Room 2202A-North
1) Borough Based Jails/Manhattan Detention Complex – Update by NYC Mayor’s Community Affairs Unit
3/10 Youth & Education Committee – 6p
Location: Community Board 1 – Conference Room, 1 Centre Street, Room 2202A-North
1) School community feedback forum for Trinity Street closures – Discussion
2) Special Education Legislation Forum – Report TAKING THIS ON IS AN EXCELLENT IDEA. TALK ABOUT A BROKEN SYSTEM…
3/11 Licensing & Permits Committee – 6p
Location: Community Board 1 – Conference Room, 1 Centre Street, Room 2202A-North
1) Rescheduling April Licensing & Permits Committee due to holiday – Discussion
2) Small Business Services/Economic Development Corporation concession agreement for the historic South Street Seaport District – Discussion & resolution
* Quality of Life Committee members invited for item #1
Additional information about specific State Liquor Authority license applications is available by request to the Community Board 1 Office approvals@cb.nyc.gov
TRIBECA AREA
1) 359 Broadway, application for liquor license for Blood Manor Productions LLC d/b/a TBD – Resolution THIS WILL BE A BIG SHOWDOWN, FOLKS
2) 361 Greenwich Street, application for new sidewalk cafe permit for IMNY GS, LLC d/b/a Il Mulino New York Tribeca – Resolution
3) 120 Hudson Street, application for new sidewalk cafe permit for Bubby’s Pie Co Inc d/b/a Bubby’s – Resolution IS THIS NEW? HAS BUBBY’S NEVER HAD OUTDOOR SEATING??
4) 130 West Broadway, application for new sidewalk cafe permit for HLD Tribeca LLC d/b/a Sushi of Gari Tribeca – Resolution
The following notices have been received for renewal, upgrade, corporate change, minor alteration or transfer of wine and beer or liquor licenses, renewal of sidewalk café permits and recurring street closure permits:
• 105 Chambers Street, application for corporate change of ownership for liquor license for Chambers/Church Pizza Inc d/b/a Dona Bella Pizza THIS MEANS I CAN STILL CALL IT DONA BELLA AND NOT LITTLE ITALY, WHICH IS JUST NOT WORKING FOR ME…
• 145 West Broadway, application for renewal of liquor license for The Odeon Inc. d/b/a TBD
• 114 Franklin Street, application for renewal of liquor license for Tutto Il Giorni NYC LLC d/b/a Tutto Il Giorno
• 460 Greenwich Street, application for renewal of liquor license for Tecton Cafe Inc. d/b/a Estancia 460
FINANCIAL DISTRICT AREA
1) 17 State Street, application for liquor license for The View at Battery Park NYC, Inc. d/b/a The View at Battery Park – Resolution CURIOUS ABOUT THIS. IS IT THE LITTLE BAR INSIDE THE PARK? OR AN ACTUAL RESTAURANT IN 17 STATE?
The following notices have been received for renewal, upgrade, corporate change, minor alteration or transfer of wine and beer or liquor licenses, renewal of sidewalk café permits and recurring street closure permits:
• Opposite 17 State Street, application for renewal of liquor license for Battery Wave LLC, d/b/a Battery Gardens
• 140 Carder Road, Governor’s Island, application for renewal of liquor license for ABC&E, LLC d/b/a Taco Vista
• 88 Broad Street, application for renewal of sidewalk cafe permit for OBBM, LLC d/b/a Broadstone Tap House
• 47 Broadway, application for renewal of liquor license for 47 Realopp Corp. d/b/a TGI Friday’s
• 77 Fulton Street, Space A, application for alteration of liquor license to add seating and tabling for Pizzaiouli Napoletani 1 LLC d/b/a Keste’ Wall Street
• 517 Clayton Road, Liggett Terrace, Ste. A, Governor’s Island, application for renewal of liquor license for Threefold Holdings LLC d/b/a TBD
• 109 Washington Street, application for renewal of liquor license for 109 Washington Street LLC d/b/a Schilling
• Liggett Hall Crtyd Bldg 400, Governor’s Island, application for renewal of liquor license for Salmon East Seven Corp. d/b/a Little Eva’s
• 15 William Street, application for renewal of liquor license for Open Market 15 Inc. d/b/a TBD
• 515 Hay Road, Governor’s Island, application for renewal of liquor license for Salmon West LLC d/b/a Eva’s Icebox
• 11 Wall Street, application for renewal of liquor license for Compass LCS, LLC d/b/a TBD
• 1 Pace Plaza, application for renewal of liquor license for Compass LCS, LLC d/b/a TBD
BATTERY PARK CITY AREA
1) North Cove Marina, Slip S6, application for liquor license for Sail Charter NYC, LLC d/b/a Ventura – Resolution
2) 250 Vesey Street, application for alteration of liquor license for S Big Swing LLC d/b/a Seamore’s – Discussion
The following notices have been received for renewal, upgrade, corporate change, minor alteration or transfer of wine and beer or liquor licenses, renewal of sidewalk café permits and recurring street closure permits:
• North Cove Yacht Harbor, application for renewal of liquor license for Nautical Gourmet Inc. d/b/a Shearwater
• 78 South Street, Pier 15 Esplanade, application for renewal of liquor license for Hornblower New York LLC d/b/a Great Point
• 250 Vesey Street, application for renewal of liquor license for Tartinery Liberty LLC d/b/a TBD
• 102 North End Avenue, application for renewal of liquor license for Hip at Murray Street LLC d/b/a Harry’s Italian
SEAPORT / CIVIC CENTER AREA
1) 226 Front Street, application for liquor license for Vicrey LLC d/b/a Made Fresh Daily – Resolution
The following notices have been received for renewal, upgrade, corporate change, minor alteration or transfer of wine and beer or liquor licenses, renewal of sidewalk café permits and recurring street closure permits:
• 220 Front Street, application for renewal of liquor license for Starfish Cafe Inc. d/b/a Bin No. 220
• 24 Peck Slip, application for class change for Slammers Inc. d/b/a SUteiShi Japanese Restaurant from Restaurant wine liquor license to full operating license
• 225 Front Street, application for renewal of liquor license for Dona Gallo Inc d/b/a Barbalu
3/12 Landmarks & Preservation Committee – 6p
Location: Community Board 1 – Conference Room, 1 Centre Street, Room 2202A-North
1) Rescheduling April Landmarks & Preservation Committee due to holiday – Discussion
2) 60 Hudson Street, (Western Union Building), proposal for security upgrades – Resolution
3) 84 South Street, application for NYC Parks Department Concession – Resolution*
4) 49-51 Chambers Street, (former Emigrant Industrial Savings Bank building and located in the African Burial Ground), proposal for alterations and installations of the designated banking hall interior and exterior – Resolution
* Waterfront, Parks & Cultural Committee members are invited for item #3
3/16 Environmental Protection Committee – 6p
Location: Community Board 1 – Conference Room, 1 Centre Street, Room 2202A-North
1) Lower Manhattan Resilience and Sustainability – Discussions with THESE MEETINGS ARE INCREDIBLY INFORMATIVE, AND INCREDIBLY DEFEATING
● Matthijs Bouw, Dutch Architect, Urbanist and Founder of One Architecture
● Josh Nachowitz, Senior Vice President, Economic Development, Downtown Alliance
2) Army Corps of Engineers NY & NJ Harbor & Tributaries Study Funding – Resolution
3) North Battery Park City Resiliency Public Meeting – Report and possible resolution
3/17 Waterfront, Parks & Cultural Committee – 6p
Location: Community Board 1 – Conference Room, 1 Centre Street, Room 2202A-North
1) Proposal to relocate the Charging Bull statue from Bowling Green to Broad Street north of Exchange Place (Public Design Commission review) – Presentation by the City of New York & resolution NOT HUGELY INVESTED IN THIS, BUT STILL SAD TO SEE THE BULL MOVE, EVEN IF ITS CURRENT LOCATION WAS NOT ITS ORIGINAL SPOT
2) Greenstreets in Community District 1 – Discussion
3) Hudson River Park Trust, New Task Force to Resolved Pier 40/76 Issues – Update by Paul Goldstein & Andrew Zelter, Community Board 1/Pier 40 Working Group members
4) Seaport Advisory Board – Update by Paul Goldstein, Community Board 1
3/18 Executive Committee – 6p
Location: Community Board 1 – Conference Room, 1 Centre Street, Room 2202A-North
1) 5 WTC – Update by Holly Leicht, Lower Manhattan Development Corporation WORTH SEEING WHERE THIS IS GOING…
2) Preparation for Leadership Training in March 2020 – Report
3) Organic Resolutions Versus Pre-drafted resolutions – Discussion
4) Committee reports
3/19 Quality of Life & Service Delivery Committee – 6p
Location: Community Board 1 – Conference Room, 1 Centre Street, Room 2202A-North
1) How New York City is Preparing for Potential COVID19 (Coronavirus) – Discussion with Pauline Ferrante, Office of External Affairs, Department of Health & Mental Hygiene UGH, BUT NECESSARY
2) Pace Master Plan Phase 2 & Summer Construction Project – Update
3) Affordable Housing – Discussion with Jill Goodkind, Community Board 1 Public Member
4) Planning for Alzheimer’s and Dementia forum – Discussion
3/23 Personnel Committee – 6p
Location: Community Board 1 – Conference Room, 1 Centre Street, Room 2202A-North
1) Goals and needs – Discussion
2) Assessment of staffing needs – Discussion
3) Technology options – Discussion with Noel Hidalgo, BetaNYC (Invited)
*Executive Committee Members are invite for item #3
3/24 CB1 Monthly Meeting – 6p
Location: Manhattan Youth, 120 Warren Street
All documents relating to the above agenda items are on file at the Community Board 1 office and are available for viewing by the public upon written request to man01@cb.nyc.gov
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Re: tomorrow nights CB1 meeting item 2, “Save” Canal Street. The initiative is called Fix Canal Street, and you can read more and sign a petition here- https://campaigns.transalt.org/petition/fix-canal-street.
And sadly, the numbers of injuries and deaths has grown since this was started. Please come to the meeting and show your support!
Thank you for the efforts on this issue. Canal Street is a disaster area. I’ve lost count of the times I’ve nearly been run over crossing Canal.
Then there’s the incessant horn-honking, which multiplies everyone’s stress levels and aggression. I hope part of the efforts at “calming” will be enforcement of the “no honking” laws of NYC….and that should be citywide.
Robert & Marcus: glad to see you engaged on fixing Canal St. You’ll be interested to know that congestion pricing is projected to yield a 1/4 drop in vehicle volumes crossing into Manhattan via the three East River bridges from Brooklyn. (The decrease will grow further, to an estimated 1/3, as congestion revenues expedite modernizing the subway’s signaling system to, replacing additional car trips.) As you know, there are still political and administrative hurdles to starting up congestion pricing. Your support will help.
Bubby’s had sidewalk seating around 2009-2011
See http://www.eatsomesweets.com/tribeca/bubby-s
I think I have an answer to your question about The View in Battery Park. A few weeks ago the Battery Gardens restaurant inside the Battery closed. Last year the city conducted an RFP for the space and presumably this is the vendor who won the bid to operate it. The Battery Gardens space (next to the Staten Island Ferry Terminal and the under construction Battery PlaySpace) is currently under renovation and is expected to open in the Spring.
Congestion Pricing is nothing more than a cash grab that will likely do little to alleviate any true traffic congestion. It’s being sold as a silver bullet to many who would love to see a reduction in traffic (Canal a prime example) but the reality that it will do little to change behaviors and wind up increasing costs in an already exorbitantly priced city. And if you really are interested in where the money is going, it’s not going to update the subways, signals, etc.. it’s going to try to help patch a hole in the MTA pension fund… because local and state level politicians are too cowardly to actually deal with the reality themselves. So this is how they “slide it by”… saying it’s something that it’s really not.
Yep.
Hiking cigarette taxes hasn’t diminished smoking.
Sugar-content taxes didn’t diminish sales of sugary soft drinks.
Congestion pricing didn’t diminish driving in London & Stockholm.
What else ya got?
You are certainly entitled to your own opinion, you’re not entitled to your own facts. Congestion pricing has indeed reduced traffic in central London.
Congestion pricing can work very well. See the example of London (and lessons learned about what didn’t work well):
“The charge reduced traffic by 15% and congestion – that is, the extra time a trip would take because of traffic – by 30%. This effect has continued to today. Traffic volumes in the charging zone are now nearly a quarter lower than a decade ago, allowing central London road space to be given over to cyclists and pedestrians.”
http://theconversation.com/london-congestion-charge-what-worked-what-didnt-what-next-92478
Theory aside, I think Jeff is right to be cynical about the practicality of implementation in NYC/NYS. Bad political compromises and poor administration doom many public projects here. Look at the cost per mile to build a subway here versus anywhere else in the world. Placard parking abuse is a joke. No oversight of government, neutered ethics laws, only 3 people make all the decisions in Albany, etc. etc. are all big problems in our fair city and state.
Agreed; it’s all about getting the details right. Too many exemptions, for example, would simply make congestion pricing ineffective, so such exemptions would have be to very carefully apportioned. That is obviously a “heated” issue.
Congestion pricing doesn’t end congestion. Tolls haven’t stopped extreme congestion at the tunnels and bridges. Ridiculously high parking rates haven’t stopped congestion. It doesn’t fix the congestion on the subways, NJ Transit & Metro-North trains, or the sidewalks in SoHo during summer. It’s too many businesses, tourists, and residents on too small an island. Disney World has an occupancy limit. What’s the occupancy limit for NYC?
If you want to get rid of congestion, get rid of free public on-street parking. Enforce fines against file parking during daylight hours to shift businesses to nighttime deliveries. Go to a residential permit system; maybe people will register their cars properly in NYC instead of at their country homes.
Parking permit idea sounds good.
More radical would be to get rid of a lot of street parking, which would also allow widening many of the city’s too-narrow sidewalks.
There is pressure to get rid of free street parking, but of course, like anything in this town, it’s in endless paralysis-by-analysis:
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/20/nyregion/nyc-street-parking.html
Why don’t we try some of these programs for a while, and see? Do matters improve in the city or not?
Like the test-run of the 14th Street busway/transitway.
Evidence from other cities is that congestion pricing, if properly implemented, can reduce congestion.
As for our tolls, maybe they are reducing congestion. Maybe the problem would be much worse without those tolls. I don’t know if such A/B studies have been done: When tolls were raised in NYC, did congestion reduce? (Of course, if tolls were raised at one entry point, and not at others, or reduced at others, that might just move the traffic around rather than reducing it).
But again, reducing congestion is not ending congestion. There will still be congestion. London still has congestion and continues to deal with it and will continue to deal with it and then continue to deal with it until everyone decides to work from home and Amazon and WF finally start delivering everything by drone. Oh shit, now there’s drone congestion! They’re blocking out the sunlight! What about the children??!!!!
True, congestion will probably never completely disappear in a densely populated (and as you said, no “occupancy limit”) island. But it can certainly be limited.
There should be general traffic “calming” approach. It’s also not just about the total # of vehicles, but the behavior. For example, if vehicles don’t “block the box”, and drivers don’t fall into states of ecstatic worship of their electronic deities, then traffic can flow better. (Also: If vehicles don’t run red lights, more non-motorized persons can live to see another day.)
Bonus: Less road rage and horn honking.
Extra bonus: Less emergency vehicles stuck in traffic.
I truly dread the idea of drone congestion and at that point think I will be buying a slingshot like David against Goliath or Dorothy against the Wizard or…