Shaping the Future of NYC

Gennadiy Rozentsvayg
Reading Guide for ULURP (the Uniform Land Use review)
CHC 250: Section 04
Professor Philips

Reading Guide
1. What does Department of City Planning (DCP) certification of an application mean?

A Department of City Planning (DCP) certification of an application means that the standardized Land Use Review Application includes all forms, plans and documents that are important to address the issue the application is hoping to address. If the application has to undergo environmental review, a negative declaration, a conditional negative declaration, or a notification that that an Environmental Impact Statement was completed, must be issued before the application is certified.

2. Who are the major participants in the review process?

The major participants in the review process are the affected Community Board, Borough President as well as the city council. If necessary the Borough Board also reviews the application.

3.What is the time allotted for each phase of the process?

The Community Board is responsible for conducting the first phase of review. Upon receiving the certified application, the community Board has sixty days to hold a public hearing and create and submit a recommendation to CPC, the applicant and the Borough President. When appropriate, the Community Board also submits a recommendation to the Borough Board. If the community Board either fails to act in the time allotted to it or chooses not to act, the application goes to the Borough President, who has thirty days to submit a recommendation to the CPC. If the application involves land that is in more than one community district, the Borough Board can also submit its recommendation to CPC. If the Borough President fails to act, the application still proceeds to CPC. The CPC has 60 days to hold a public hearing and approve, modify or disprove the application upon receiving it from the Board President. The council must hold a public hearing and approve, modify or disapprove the CPC decision that in the first 50 days of its review process was CPC subjected the application for review or if the council “called-up” the application for review. The Council has fifty days to do so. When the Council proposes a modification, the CPC has 15 days to make a decision, during which the 50-day time period for the Council is put on hold.

4. What role does the mayor play in the review process?

The mayor can veto a Council action within 5 days in which the City Council approved or disapproved a land use application. His approval is not required though.

5. Which bodies must hold a public hearing during the review process?

The Community Board Review, the CPC and City Council must hold public hearing during the review process.

6. Who makes the final decision in the approval or disapproval of a land use application?

The CPC makes the final decision in the approval or disapproval of a land use application.

Tourists on the 7 line, haha.

A view from the Promenade in Brooklyn.

Another view from the Promenade.

A fabulous fondue restaurant in the West Village called The Bourgeois Pig.

East Village-ish!

Making friends with an Olmec statue (I think…) in the Museum of Natural History.

A random guy at the Halloween Parade.

The San Genaro festival, at night.

San Genaro.

Best pickles on the Lower East Side.  Possibly in Manhattan?

March 3: Historic Context and Infrastructure
a. The development of the city is tied closely to the growth of mass transit. Originally a series of disconnected railroads, New York City’s subway is the world’s most extensive underground system. Nestor Danyluk, Senior Planner with the Department of City Planning, will chart its historical growth along with the development of housing in the adjoining neighborhoods.

• Derrick, Peter. 2002. “Tunneling to the Future: The Story of the Great Subway Expansion That Saved New York” Rapid Transit to Save New York. New York: New York University Press [pp.90-122].

b. Planning policies and infrastructure investments in the mid and late Twentieth Century resulted in major changes in New York City’s built environment. Discuss the following readings:
• Caro, Robert A. 1974. The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York. Vintage Books. [pp. 837-884 – please use your own copy of the Power Broker].
• Jacobs, Jane. 1961. The Death and Life of Great American Cities. Vintage Books. [pp.3-25]

Reading Guides:

There is no reading guide for the “Tunneling to the Future.” You must, however, read it before class. The following readings require written responses:

The Power Broker by Robert A. Caro

Chapter 36 – The Meat Ax; pages 837-849

1. What physical obstacles lay in the path of the proposed Cross Bronx Expressway? (pp 840-841)
2. How did Robert Moses deal with the red tape of government approvals? (pp. 844-845)
3. How did Moses feel about the democratic process in achieving his goals? (p. 848)

Chapter 37- One Mile; pages 850-884

1. What elements of the East Tremont community were deemed to be important to the residents? (pp. 852-853)
2. What was Moses’ opinion of the homes in East Tremont? How did it differ from that of the residents (p. 854=855)
3. What proposed minor alteration to the plan would have saved the neighborhood? (pp. 863-864)
4. What woman fought hard to save the neighborhood and what were some of the forces that defeated her efforts? (p.869-877)
5. Why did Robert Moses object to changing the route? (p.878)
6. What was the short-term result of this massive relocation project? (p.884)

The Death and Life of Great American Cities by Jane Jacobs, Introduction (pp. 3-25)

Based on your readings by Jane Jacobs and about Robert Moses:

1. List three adjectives describing the personality of Jane Jacobs
2. List three adjectives describing the personality of Robert Moses
3. In a paragraph, describe how Jane Jacobs approaches planning.
4. In a paragraph, describe how Robert Moses approaches planning.

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The view down 5th ave. from the steps of the Met.

Fifth Ave.

I don’t really understand why all of these are coming in side-ways, because they’re upright before I upload them.

The solitude that E. B. White talks about. There were many people around, but no one disturbed each other's conversations. Everyone was left to their own amusements.

The view looking uptown on 1st avenue.

The idea of many neighborhoods that make up the greater city that contains them.Part of the Gramercy neighborhood.

Because of the availability of guest speakers, we will be switching the order of the areas covered in the next two classes, as follows:

• Next Tuesday (February 24th) we will cover “Institutional Agents of Change.
• The following week (March 3rd we will cover “Historic Context and Infrastructure.” The museum assignment is no longer required and will be replaced. You will get another email shortly.

February 24: Institutional Agents of Change
Andrew White, Director of the Center for New York City Affairs at Milano The New School for Management and Urban Policy will discuss institutional agents of change, focusing on areas such as politics and government and the role of the media, the private sector, the nonprofit sector, and other actors. on shaping policy and the decisions of public agencies and elected officials.

WE WILL MEET AT:
Milano: The New School
72 5th Ave (NW corner of 13th St)
Henry Cohen Conference Room
3rd Floor

Be there at 6 PM

Please read the following description of ULURP (the Uniform Land Use Review Process) and submit responses to the reading guide.

http://www.nyc.gov/html/dcp/html/luproc/ulpro.shtml#filing

Reading Guide
1. What does Department of City Planning (DCP) certification of an application mean?
2. Who are the major participants in the review process?
3. What is the time allotted for each phase of the process?
4. What role does the mayor play in the review process?
5. Which bodies must hold a public hearing during the review process?
6. Who makes the final decision in the approval or disapproval of a land use application?

The following websites are useful in for assignment to attend any one of the following: a City Planning Commission (CPC) review session; a CPC public hearing; a Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) hearing; OR a community board meeting; (Due March 10th):

1. Department of City Planning

http://www.nyc.gov/html/dcp/

Click on “Commission Meetings”

2. Landmarks Preservation Commission

http://www.nyc.gov/html/lpc/html/home/home.shtml

Click on “Public Calendar”

3. Community Boards

http://www.nyc.gov/html/cau/html/cb/main.shtml

Click on “Find Your Community Board”

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