The Design Trust for Public Space, in partnership with NYCHA will work with residents to reimagine the green space at Wald Houses. We will focus on connectivity between the development and streetscape to encourage social interaction and promote public health. The Design Trust plans to construct a prototype of the design, coordinating with NYCHA, in a second phase of work.
Acquire a classic East Village, mixed-use building, with unbelievably low taxes of $4029 annually. The building features six income producing studio apartments over a vacant retail store ready for immediate occupancy, a large garden, and substantial build-able air rights. The residential portion is fully occupied, providing income from day one, with all tenants on one-year 'free-market' leases.
The retail component is in the heart of the East Village and a short walk from densely populated Stuyvesant town. For a user it's exceptional — the store will be delivered vacant, allowing for immediate operation. 183 Avenue B has the potential to be almost doubled in size with 3400 SF of additional build-able air rights and no landmark restrictions, making it an ideal live/work opportunity. Gut renovated four years ago, this is a clean, solid investment asset, with room to grow.
[Singer] is seeking to get around the restrictive declaration and the tighter rules we helped fight for years ago and sneak in illegitimate uses. He has hired the same lobbyist involved in the scandalous lifting of the deed restriction for the nearby Rivington House.
Rather than get the City to lift the deed restriction as was done there, he is seeking to get the City to redefine the restrictions on dorms that apply to this and other sites, to make it easier to sneak in illegal “dorms for hire” and to do work on the building without required documentation and commitments in place. The City has issued a preliminary ruling in favor of the developer’s request, which has far-reaching implications not only for this property but others throughout the City.
Records from the Lobbying Bureau of the Office of the City Clerk show that from January 2015 to December 2016, 9th & 10th L.L.C. made three payments to James F. Capalino and Associates for a total of roughly $227,000. The first payment was for $30,000, with the “target” being the Department of Buildings, and the purpose being for “determination regarding real property.” The second was for $86,666, with the targets listed as D.O.B., along with “councilmembers and community boards,” with the intended purpose stated as “aiding the client in seeking various approvals for its property.” The third payment was for $120,000, with the target again D.O.B. and the purpose only listed as “non-procurement.”
As Trump clinched his nomination, his son-in-law started talks on a joint venture with a secretive Chinese company https://t.co/Bs3qrfOraQ
— The New York Times (@nytimes) January 7, 2017
[W]ith Mr. Kushner laying the groundwork for his own White House role, the meeting at the Waldorf shines a light on his family’s multibillion-dollar business, Kushner Companies, and on the ethical thicket he would have to navigate while advising his father-in-law on policy that could affect his bottom line.
Matthew T. Sanderson, a lawyer at Caplin & Drysdale and former general counsel to Senator Rand Paul’s presidential campaign, said deals like the one with Anbang “might not be illegal under the conflict-of-interest rules, but raise a strong appearance that a foreign entity is using Mr. Kushner’s business to try to influence U.S. policy.”
Snowy NYC as a magical wonderland: 1950s photo of the San Carlo Restaurant at 3rd Ave & 10th St by Saul Leiter @evgrieve pic.twitter.com/EgSWs6Sanw
— Ephemeral New York (@EphemeralNY) January 7, 2017
