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Hon. Amanda Burden
Chair, NYC Department of City Planning
22 Reade Street
New York, NY 10007
fax: (212) 720-3219
e-mail: aburden@planning.nyc.gov
Dear Chair Burden:
I strongly urge you to vote ‘NO’ on NYU’s massive proposed expansion plan. This plan takes the wrong approach for the Village, for New York City, and even for NYU.
The plan would turn a residential area into a 20-year construction zone. It would continue to tip the balance of neighborhood character in the Village strongly in the direction of domination by a single institution. It would eliminate much-needed open space in one of the most open-space starved communities in New York, and would consign the remaining open space to permanent encasement in shadows by large-scale new construction. It would abrogate the terms under which NYU was given this formerly public land in the first place, which prohibited this kind of development, and would hand more precious public land over to NYU.
The damage would be even greater than this, however. NYU’s plan is only supposed to satisfy the university’s growth needs for 19 years, until 2031. What will happen after that? By encouraging the university to continue its expansion in the Village rather than pursuing viable alternatives, NYU will inevitably come back in 19 years and ask for more public land, or more zoning protections to be overturned, or a way to shoehorn more new facilities into places they were never intended, to accommodate their continuing growth. The university will continue to swallow up and dominate more and more of this vital historic, low-rise neighborhood.
This is an awful fate you would be approving for the Village. But it’s also a lost opportunity not only for New York City, but for NYU. Other locations, easily connected by mass transit to NYU’s facilities could accommodate not only the next 19 years of NYU’s growth, but the next several decades. The city has identified areas such as the Financial District, Downtown Brooklyn, Long Island City, and Hudson Yards as places where long-term, large scale growth is not only desirable but necessary. Community leaders in many of these areas have said that they would welcome NYU. NYU development in these areas would have greater economic benefits and fewer negative impacts, and by not forcing the university to build deep underground and between existing buildings, could be much greener as well.
The City Planning Commission is supposed to plan for New York City’s future. This is not a plan that is good for anyone’s future. Say no to this plan, send it back to the drawing board, and work with NYU to find a plan that is sustainable, sensitive, and right for the future of New York City.
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City Councilmember Margaret Chin
165 Park Row, Suite 11
New York, NY 10038
fax: (212) 587-3138
email: chin@council.nyc.gov
Dear City Councilmember Chin:
I strongly urge you to VOTE NO on NYU’s massive revised proposed expansion plan in the Village.
NYU’s plan would overwhelm and oversaturate a residential neighborhood and turn it into a twenty-year construction zone. It would eliminate public park space and break the agreements under which NYU was given the formerly public land they now own which prohibits exactly the type of development the university is now proposing.
There are better alternatives for the city, for NYU, and for the Village if NYU is to expand. Community leaders in the Financial District have asked NYU to consider their area for expansion, where NYU’s academic, cultural, and housing facilities would be welcome and are needed. Growth potential in the Financial District is nearly limitless, while historic and predominantly residential neighborhoods like the Village, East Village, SoHo and NoHo clearly have their limits, which NYU has more than met.
Please protect the character of our neighborhood and REJECT NYU’s bid to overbuild and undo long-standing neighborhood zoning protections.
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City Council Speaker Christine Quinn
224 West 30th Street, Suite 1206
New York, NY 10001
fax: (212) 564-7347
email: speakerquinn@council.nyc.ny.us
Dear Speaker Quinn:
I strongly urge you to VOTE NO on NYU’s massive revised proposed expansion plan in the Village.
NYU’s plan would overwhelm and oversaturate a residential neighborhood and turn it into a twenty-year construction zone. It would eliminate public park space and break the agreements under which NYU was given the formerly public land they now own which prohibits exactly the type of development the university is now proposing.
There are better alternatives for the city, for NYU, and for the Village if NYU is to expand. Community leaders in the Financial District have asked NYU to consider their area for expansion, where NYU’s academic, cultural, and housing facilities would be welcome and are needed. Growth potential in the Financial District is nearly limitless, while historic and predominantly residential neighborhoods like the Village, East Village, SoHo and NoHo clearly have their limits, which NYU has more than met.
Please protect the character of our neighborhood and REJECT NYU’s bid to overbuild and undo long-standing neighborhood zoning protections.
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City Councilmember Rosie Mendez
237 1st Avenue, #504
New York, NY 10003
fax: (212) 677-1990
email: rmendez@council.nyc.gov
Dear Councilmember Mendez:
I strongly urge you to VOTE NO on NYU’s massive revised proposed expansion plan in the Village.
NYU’s plan would overwhelm and oversaturate a residential neighborhood and turn it into a twenty-year construction zone. It would eliminate public park space and break the agreements under which NYU was given the formerly public land they now own which prohibits exactly the type of development the university is now proposing.
There are better alternatives for the city, for NYU, and for the Village if NYU is to expand. Community leaders in the Financial District have asked NYU to consider their area for expansion, where NYU’s academic, cultural, and housing facilities would be welcome and are needed. Growth potential in the Financial District is nearly limitless, while historic and predominantly residential neighborhoods like the Village, East Village, SoHo and NoHo clearly have their limits, which NYU has more than met.
Please protect the character of our neighborhood and REJECT NYU’s bid to overbuild and undo long-standing neighborhood zoning protections.
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Public Advocate Bill DeBlasio
One Centre Street, 15th floor
New York, NY 10007
fax: (212) 669-4701
email: Click here
Dear Public Advocate DeBlasio:
I strongly urge you to OPPOSE NYU’s massive revised proposed expansion plan in the Village.
NYU’s plan would overwhelm and oversaturate a residential neighborhood and turn it into a twenty-year construction zone. It would eliminate public park space and break the agreements under which NYU was given the formerly public land they now own which prohibits exactly the type of development the university is now proposing.
There are better alternatives for the city, for NYU, and for the Village if NYU is to expand. Community leaders in the Financial District have asked NYU to consider their area for expansion, where NYU’s academic, cultural, and housing facilities would be welcome and are needed. Growth potential in the Financial District is nearly limitless, while historic and predominantly residential neighborhoods like the Village, East Village, SoHo and NoHo clearly have their limits, which NYU has more than met.
Please protect the character of our neighborhood and REJECT NYU’s bid to overbuild and undo long-standing neighborhood zoning protections.
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State Senator Thomas K. Duane
322 8th Avenue, #1700
New York, NY 10001
fax: (212) 633-8096
email: duane@senate.state.ny.us
Dear State Senator Duane:
Thank you for voicing your opposition to NYU’s massive Village expansion plan!
I greatly appreciate your taking this critically important step in helping to prevent this massive and wrong-headed plan from receiving city approval and moving ahead. I hope your fellow city and elected officials will follow your strong lead and vote this plan down.
Toward that end, I also ask you to testify at the City Council urging them to vote to disapprove the plan. As you know, the NYU plan cannot move ahead unless it is approved by both the City Council and the City Planning Commission.
Thank you again for your leadership on this issue, and please continue on in this vein and call upon the City Council to vote NO on the NYU plan.
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Assemblymember Deborah Glick
853 Broadway, Suite 1518
New York, NY 10003
fax: (212) 674-5530
email: glickd@assembly.state.ny.us
Dear Assemblymember Glick:
Thank you for voicing your opposition to NYU’s massive Village expansion plan!
I greatly appreciate your taking this critically important step in helping to prevent this massive and wrong-headed plan from receiving city approval and moving ahead. I hope your fellow city and elected officials will follow your strong lead and vote this plan down.
Toward that end, I also ask you to testify at the City Council urging them to vote to disapprove the plan. As you know, the NYU plan cannot move ahead unless it is approved by both the City Council and the City Planning Commission.
Thank you again for your leadership on this issue, and please continue on in this vein and call upon the City Council to vote NO on the NYU plan.
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