Community Board 7 calls on DOB to stop work until safety issues are satisfied

Many thanks to Community Board 7 and the Youth, Education, & Libraries Committee for researching, drafting, and passing this resolution! ----------- RESOLUTION Date: February 2, 2016 Committee of Origin: Youth, Education & Libraries Re: Protections for PS 75 from Effects of Adjacent Construction Full Board Vote: 42 In Favor  0 Against  0 Abstentions  0 Present Committee: 8-0-0-0. This Resolution is based on the following facts: A development group is moving forward with a plan to construct a new 10-story...

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Radio silence as Mayor de Blasio ignores PS75 & community

Just an update: no response at all from the Mayor's office in response to letters from PS 75 parents, community members, and Community Board...

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Tenant Protection Plan "fails drastically": Independent engineer's report on 711 WEA development

The tenants at 711 W.E.A. have published a report from an independent engineer who reviewed Kalikow's permit application. The report is here (page 2 of the linked document.) It finds that the Tenant Protection Plan "fails drastically to account for both the size and complexity of the project, and ultimately falls short on every code requirement" the developer is required to addre...

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Developers used 4-week lapse in building code to win permits that would now be illegal

Tenants of 711 West End Ave. have issued a press release explaining how the developers managed to secure construction permits that are widely believed to be unsafe, and would now be illegal. Current NYC building codes for tenant protection don't allow developers to claim they're constructing a "new, unoccupied building" on an occupied site unless they vacate and demolish the existing building. But Kalikow (the developers at 711 W.E.A.) have done just that. They submitted their applications during a short window of time when NYC building codes...

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CB7 calls on City Hall for intervention in construction, coordination of agencies

July 1, 2015 Hon. Tony Shorris                                           Hon. Richard R. Buery, Jr. First Deputy Mayor, City of New York          Hon. Alicia Glen City Hall                                                         ...

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Video: Protest of shady DOB permit approvals - June 25, 2015

NYC Councilmember Helen Rosenthal P.S. 75 Parents & PTA NYC Councilmember Helen Rosenth...

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NYT: Researcher tracks harmful impacts of noise, especially on students & schools

'[In the 1970s] someone suggested that she examine an elementary school near elevated tracks of the No. 1 line in Inwood, at Manhattan’s northern tip. Some students there were lagging in their studies. What Ms. Bronzaft found, in a widely publicized 1975 study, was that children in classrooms facing the tracks performed far worse than those on the other side of the building, the quieter side.  “Not only were the trains disruptive, the teacher had to stop teaching,” Ms. Bronzaft recalled. “Teachers stopped about 11 percent of the time.”  “Bottom...

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