Major Staten Island Project OK’d by City Planning Despite Significant Opposition; City Council Up Next

The proposed zoning actions were largely disapproved by the Community Board, the Borough President, and even Staten Island’s appointee to the City Planning Commission. The Department of City Planning, along with the Department of Housing Preservation and Development and the Department of Citywide Administrative Services filed an application requesting several ULURP actions to help implement the goals of the Bay Street Corridor Neighborhood Plan. The Neighborhood Plan is a comprehensive plan to … <Read More>


Public Health: Tobacco, Sugars, Trans Fats and Salt

In the twentieth century, primary causes of death and disability in America changed from communicable diseases to chronic diseases. This shift was in part due to the successes of public health as better sanitary conditions and immunizations reduced the burden of communicable diseases.  The shift, however, was also due to changes in lifestyle and longer life expectancies that caused the rates of chronic diseases to increase.


City Planning Certifies City Applications to Build Borough-Based Jails

The four jails are set to replace Rikers island by 2027. On March 25, 2019, the City Planning Commission certified the City’s application for four borough-based jails as a part of the City’s plan to shut down Rikers Island. The four jails – in Manhattan, the Bronx, Queens, and Brooklyn – will have a total of 5,748 beds and a capacity of 5,000 inmates. The additional 748 beds will be used to account for taking … <Read More>


De Blasio Administration Sues to Remove “Water-Based” Billboards from City Waterways

The City is seeking thousands of dollars per day in fines for the ongoing and repeated violations. On March 27, 2019, the Mayor’s Office announced a lawsuit against Ballyhoo Media, Inc., a water-based billboard company, for repeatedly violating local laws by displaying “Times Square-style” billboards on Manhattan and Brooklyn waterways. The billboards began popping up last Fall and are LED signs on barges, and the City alleges in the suit that the signs create a … <Read More>


REMINDER: April 11th – New York Campaign Finance Law: Promises and Reality – CLE

Presented by the New York City Campaign Finance Board and the Center for New York City Law at New York Law School

“New York Campaign Finance Law: Promises and Reality” 

 

When

Thursday, April 11, 2019 from 2:00 pm to 4:50 pm

Check-in: 1:30 pm

Where

New York Law School, Auditorium

185 West Broadway (between Worth and Leonard Streets)

Credits

3.0 Transitional and Nontransitional CLE Credits: 2.5 in Professional Practice and .5 in Ethics and … <Read More>


EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT: New York Campaign Finance Law: Promises and Reality – CLE

Presented by the New York City Campaign Finance Board and the Center for New York City Law at New York Law School

“New York Campaign Finance Law: Promises and Reality” 

 

When

Thursday, April 11, 2019 from 2:00 pm to 4:50 pm

Check-in: 1:30 pm

Where

New York Law School, Auditorium

185 West Broadway (between Worth and Leonard Streets)

Credits

3.0 Transitional and Nontransitional CLE Credits: 2.5 in Professional Practice and .5 in Ethics and … <Read More>