Join CB6 for a forum on Tuesday, November 15th that examines the FDR Drive as it currently is and envisions what the area could look like in the future. No highway lasts forever without needing to be repaired, replaced, or torn down, and the FDR Drive is no different. You can watch footage from the first City of Yes Public Information Session here and from the second session here. Flyers describing the proposals are directly available here. To learn more about City of Yes, visit DCP’s website here. This seeks to ensure that every neighborhood does its part to help meet housing needs and provide equitable access to housing for all New Yorkers. Zoning for Housing Opportunity is a direct response to our City’s housing crisis. The proposals would remove unnecessary and outdated limitations on small businesses and ensure that our storefronts are occupied, and our neighborhoods remain lively spaces. Zoning for Economic Opportunity is focused on providing small businesses with the flexibility needed to for them to change and grow, especially as the city recovers from COVID-19. The changes would focus on supporting a renewable energy grid, making our buildings clean and efficient, support for electric vehicle charging and micro-mobility options, and reducing waste and stormwater. ![]() Zoning for Zero Carbon aims to modernize the zoning regulations in support of the City’s climate goals. There are three proposed zoning text amendments that would be part of this initiative: The Mayor’s City of Yes initiative seeks to modernize and rationalize zoning rules to help the City recover more quickly from the pandemic, to create a greener city, to support small business growth, and to incentivize the creation of housing, at all levels, in all New York City neighborhoods. Mayor Seeks to Modernize NYC’s Zoning Rules Referencing this history during his remarks, Mayor Adams characterized the new plans as “turning trash into treasure.” CB6 will continue our advocacy to make sure that this new project has the maximum benefit for the residents of our district. Additionally, the project will not include a sanitation garage, which for many years was the original plan for the site and which CB6 opposed. Aside from completely transforming the site, the plan also includes rebuilding an accessible pedestrian bridge on East 25th Street, which will connect to the Manhattan Waterfront Greenway.ĬB6 is excited that this plan includes community improvements we have advocated for throughout the years, such as having an ADA-accessible pedestrian bridge that connects Waterside Plaza to the rest of our district. SPARC Kips Bay will be located at the site of the Hunter College Brookdale Campus on East 25th Street, which is located in Manhattan Community District 6. The plan is expected to generate 10,000 jobs (including 2,000 permanent jobs). ![]() job and education hub for life science and public health careers. On October 13, 2022, Governor Kathy Hochul and Mayor Eric Adams announced plans for the new Science Park and Research Campus (SPARC) Kips Bay, a 1.5 million sq. Left image: CB6 Chair Kyle Athayde (left) and Council Member Keith Powers (right) celebrate the announcement of SPARC Right image: Athayde (left), CB6 Member and Stuyvesant Town-Peter Cooper Village Tenants Association (ST-PCV TA) President Susan Steinberg (center), and ST-PCV TA Vice President for External Affairs Anne Greenberg (right) New Life Sciences Campus Coming to Manhattan Community District 6
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