UPDATED: PRESS ADVISORY
Date: June 24, 2015
Contact: Emmaia
Gelman (917) 517-3627, emmaia.gelman@gmail.com
UWS WILL RALLY TO OPPOSE LUXURY CONSTRUCTION THAT WOULD
HOBBLE TWO PUBLIC SCHOOLS, SHRINK AFFORDABLE HOUSING
Parents demand answers on suspect DOB permit approval
just the day before the Landmarks Preservation Commission vote that would have
slowed development.
WHO:
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Parents of P.S.75 & West Side Collaborative Middle
School
Tenants of 711 West End Ave. and surrounding buildings
NYC Councilmember Helen Rosenthal
NYS Assemblymember Danny O’Donnell
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WHAT:
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RALLY to protest
DOB’s suspect approval of permits construction at 711 West End Ave., and call
for Mayor de Blasio to protect schools and communities against catastrophic
effects of NYC’s luxury construction boom.
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WHEN:
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Thursday, June 25th, 8:10am
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WHERE:
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Rally: NW corner of West 95th Street and West
End Ave.
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BACKGROUND:
In the wake of DOB’s last-minute gimme to luxury developers,
UWS community members call for the Mayor to engage DOB with city agencies
responsible for the right to education, safety, environmental quality, and
affordable housing.
Proposed experimental high-rise construction at 711 West End
Ave. would overwhelm PS 75 and West Side Collaborative middle school, and
exacerbate dangers at the deadly intersection where Mayor deBlasio launched
Vision Zero. The construction as proposed will make it impossible for students
to learn and create an exodus from the schools. Affordable housing is also
threatened. Rent-stabilized apartments have been vacated and warehoused, and
the disruption to surrounding buildings is expected to be shattering.
The Department of Buildings does not require developers to
account for their impact on the community.
The community is calling on the Mayor to direct DEP, DOE,
DOH, DOT, and HPD to engage with DOB to ensure safety, student rights, and
tenant rights are addressed in permit applications. Such coordination is not
unprecedented: Vision Zero requires most of the same agencies to collaborate on
street safety. The city should implement Community Protection Plans for all
such construction, parallel to the mandatory Tenant Protection Plan.
To date, the community’s requests for the Mayor’s help have
gone unanswered.
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