Dorri Jacobs
February 9, 2012
Coalition of People of
Dis-Abilities of NYS
At its membership meeting March 15, 2007, the PWVTA
adopted a new membership status for Park West Village
residents who may not be tenants. Termed "Associate
Members", they can enjoy most of the status and privileges
of other PWVTA members except for specific votes pertaining
to tenant-members only, including the ability to serve on
the PWVTA Executive Board.
BIG NURSING HOME PROPOSAL WINS CRUCIAL
VOTE FROM CITY OVER LOCAL OBJECTIONS
Posted on March 27, 2012 at 12:18 pm by Avi
Jewish Home Lifecare, a
nursing home on West 106th Street, won a big vote on Monday that
will give it a much faster approval process on
a new 20-story facility it plans
to build on 97th Street (rendering above shows Jewish Home building
on the left).
Community Board 7 and local politicians had tried to slow down the
process and give locals more time to study the project’s impact and
object, but the city planning commission denied their requests.
Because of the vote, the nursing home won’t have to go through
ULURP, a review process that can drag on for months. Jewish Home is
now applying for its foundation permit, which it expects to be
issued in the coming weeks. Groundbreaking is expected in early
2014, and the project should be completed by 2017…
CONTINUED West Side Rag March 27
ADDITIONAL CURRENT COMMUNITY COMMENTARY
The details of yesterday’s
CPC review session have best been captured by our neighbor Marty
Rosenblatt (see below), and we thank him for his report.
We are not done with this
fight – as a community or individually. Please stay strong; we
will be in touch soon with next steps. Thank you to each one of
you for your continued support.
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In a message
dated 3/27/2012 5:57:55 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, M
Rosenblatt writes:
City Planning
Commission Votes To Approve JHL Project
Good Morning
To All!
Yesterday was
a sad day for the democratic process.
The City
Planning Commission, voted unanimously (of the quorum
present), with one abstention, to approve JHL's
application to build their facility on 97th Street,
despite strong community opposition.
Approximately
fifty people from our neighborhood showed up and filled
up all of the chairs in the small meeting room for the
one PM meeting. After the meeting room was filled, about
another twenty people sat in chairs in the room adjacent
to the meeting room and heard the meeting through a
speaker.
The JHL
matter was number 7 on the agenda ULURP N120043ZCM Page
221 Jewish Home Lifecare:CPC cerification. (M7)
After a presentation by a
staff person of CPC, the presenter indicated because of
certain legal technicalities with how they needed to
evaluate criteria, the CPC lawyer would have to proceed
from that point in the presentation.
The CPC lawyer proceeded
to give a presentation on the law and the JHL
application that could have been written by JHL and/or
its lawyers. He had a resolution which read whereas,etc,
etc, they recommend the approval of JHL's application.
He then said that a special meeting would have to take
place, at that time. The package about this application
and the motion had already been distributed to the
voting CPC members present. However, one of the members,
Anna Levin, asked if there was a time consideration on
this vote. The CPC lawyer said that there wasn't.
Levin then
asked why did they have to vote on this resolution right
there and then, as they had not even gotten a chance to
look at the package they had just received, and that
this was unusual. The CPC lawyer did not answer her
question. No one else on the CPC Board asked a question.
Amanda Burden, the CPC Chair, then had the resolution
formally read into the record, and she then called for a
vote. They couldn't vote fast enough!
All those
present and voting, voted for the resolution, except
Anna Levin who abstained.
There was
alot of shouting from some of the group present,
including myself, about how the community had been
betrayed by this vote. It was obvious, that given the
lack of discussion, by any of the CPC members, except
for Levin, that the CPC had been reached by the JHL and
had worked out the approval of this application, and
this meeting, despite the turnout of the community
residents that opposed JHL's application didn't matter
to them. The CPC, led by Amanda Burden, had made up its
mind. The CPC lawyer's presentation was simply the legal
spin to give cover for their decision.
The Community
is evaluating what to do next.
Best, Marty |
Thank you,
The Working Group to Stop JHL at PWV
Maggi Peyton, President, Park West Village Tenants' Association
Albina De Meio, VP, Park West Village Tenants' Association
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contact us at
NoJHLatPWV@gmail.com
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GARY L. MALIN, the president of Citi Habitats, the city’s largest rental brokerage firm, has seen the real estate market at its giddiest heights and its deepest despair. There should be little that surprises him.
But when Mr. Malin’s company was preparing its latest analysis of the rental market, he was taken aback.
In March, the firm found, the average rent in Manhattan — now $3,418 a month — surpassed the all-time high... CONTINUED HERE
NYTimes.com
April 23, 2012
WASHINGTON — Tenants in nearly a million apartments subject to New York City’s rent regulations could breathe a sigh of relief on Monday. The United States Supreme Court, after indicating it might be interested in hearing a challenge to the regulations, decided to let them stand....CONTINUED HERE
Jim Epstein, center, made a documentary about the neighborhood, which was razed in the 1950s.
Speaking with Winifred Armstrong.
History Corner
The rich history of PWV and this neighborhood over two hundred years has been published in an
illustrated brochure entitled "Park West Village: History of a Diverse Community." Prepared by the Park West Neighborhood History Group, the pamphlet was printed with a grant from NYC Council member Melissa Mark Viverito and has been distributed to all PWV residents and to local public officials and libraries. Additional copies are available at the Bloomingdale Library or by calling 212-865-3078.
YOU CAN DOWNLOAD
THE BROCHURE HERE!
