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Borough President Scott Stringer
One Centre Street, 19th floor
New York, NY 10007
fax: (212) 669-3380
email: bp@manhattanbp.org
Dear Borough President Stringer:
I strongly urge you NOT to support NYU’s massive expansion plan in the Village, and not to approve the precedent-setting approvals they are seeking to move ahead.
NYU’s plan to add 2 million square feet of space around Washington Square Park and another 1 million square feet throughout surrounding neighborhoods would have a devastating impact – oversaturating neighborhoods which are already oversaturated with NYU facilities.
The means by which NYU is seeking to do this are equally disturbing. Lifting zoning requirements to preserve open space in one of the most park-starved areas in New York City, changing residential zoning to commercial, transferring public land to a private institution, and removing urban renewal deed restrictions, as NYU is requesting, would be just plain wrong.
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 for that struggling area. Growth potential in the Financial District is nearly limitless, while historic and predominantly residential neighborhoods like the Village, East Village, and NoHo clearly have their limits, which NYU has more than met.
I hope you will protect the character of our neighborhood and not support NYU’s bid to overbuild and undo long-standing neighborhood zoning protections.
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Congressman Jerrold Nadler
201 Varick Street, #669
New York, NY 10014
fax: (212) 367-7356
email: Click here
Dear Congressman Nadler:
I strongly urge you NOT to support NYU’s massive expansion plan in the Village, and not to approve the precedent-setting approvals they are seeking to move ahead.
NYU’s plan to add 2 million square feet of space around Washington Square Park and another 1 million square feet throughout surrounding neighborhoods would have a devastating impact – oversaturating neighborhoods which are already oversaturated with NYU facilities.
The means by which NYU is seeking to do this are equally disturbing. Lifting zoning requirements to preserve open space in one of the most park-starved areas in New York City, changing residential zoning to commercial, transferring public land to a private institution, and removing urban renewal deed restrictions, as NYU is requesting, would be just plain wrong.
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 for that struggling area. Growth potential in the Financial District is nearly limitless, while historic and predominantly residential neighborhoods like the Village, East Village, and NoHo clearly have their limits, which NYU has more than met.
I hope you will protect the character of our neighborhood and not support NYU’s bid to overbuild and undo long-standing neighborhood zoning protections.
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Sincerely,
NAME
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ADDRESS
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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 NOT to support NYU’s massive expansion plan in the Village, and not to approve the precedent-setting approvals they are seeking to move ahead.
NYU’s plan to add 2 million square feet of space around Washington Square Park and another 1 million square feet throughout surrounding neighborhoods would have a devastating impact – oversaturating neighborhoods which are already oversaturated with NYU facilities.
The means by which NYU is seeking to do this are equally disturbing. Lifting zoning requirements to preserve open space in one of the most park-starved areas in New York City, changing residential zoning to commercial, transferring public land to a private institution, and removing urban renewal deed restrictions, as NYU is requesting, would be just plain wrong.
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 for that struggling area. Growth potential in the Financial District is nearly limitless, while historic and predominantly residential neighborhoods like the Village, East Village, and NoHo clearly have their limits, which NYU has more than met.
I hope you will protect the character of our neighborhood and not support NYU’s bid to overbuild and undo long-standing neighborhood zoning protections.
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Sincerely,
NAME
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ADDRESS
DATE
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 NOT to support NYU’s massive expansion plan in the Village, and not to approve the precedent-setting approvals they are seeking to move ahead.
NYU’s plan to add 2 million square feet of space around Washington Square Park and another 1 million square feet throughout surrounding neighborhoods would have a devastating impact – oversaturating neighborhoods which are already oversaturated with NYU facilities.
The means by which NYU is seeking to do this are equally disturbing. Lifting zoning requirements to preserve open space in one of the most park-starved areas in New York City, changing residential zoning to commercial, transferring public land to a private institution, and removing urban renewal deed restrictions, as NYU is requesting, would be just plain wrong.
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 for that struggling area. Growth potential in the Financial District is nearly limitless, while historic and predominantly residential neighborhoods like the Village, East Village, and NoHo clearly have their limits, which NYU has more than met.
I hope you will protect the character of our neighborhood and not support NYU’s bid to overbuild and undo long-standing neighborhood zoning protections.
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Sincerely,
NAME
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DATE
Assemblymember Deborah Glick
853 Broadway, Suite 1518
New York, NY 10003
fax: (212) 674-5530
email: glickd@assembly.state.ny.us
Dear Assemblymember Glick:
I strongly urge you NOT to support NYU’s massive expansion plan in the Village, and not to approve the precedent-setting approvals they are seeking to move ahead.
NYU’s plan to add 2 million square feet of space around Washington Square Park and another 1 million square feet throughout surrounding neighborhoods would have a devastating impact – oversaturating neighborhoods which are already oversaturated with NYU facilities.
The means by which NYU is seeking to do this are equally disturbing. Lifting zoning requirements to preserve open space in one of the most park-starved areas in New York City, changing residential zoning to commercial, transferring public land to a private institution, and removing urban renewal deed restrictions, as NYU is requesting, would be just plain wrong.
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 for that struggling area. Growth potential in the Financial District is nearly limitless, while historic and predominantly residential neighborhoods like the Village, East Village, and NoHo clearly have their limits, which NYU has more than met.
I hope you will protect the character of our neighborhood and not support NYU’s bid to overbuild and undo long-standing neighborhood zoning protections.
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Sincerely,
NAME
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ADDRESS
DATE
State Senator Thomas K. Duane
322 Eighth Avenue, Suite 1700
New York, NY 10001
fax: (212) 633-8096
email: duane@senate.state.ny.us
Dear State Senator Duane:
I strongly urge you NOT to support NYU’s massive expansion plan in the Village, and not to approve the precedent-setting approvals they are seeking to move ahead.
NYU’s plan to add 2 million square feet of space around Washington Square Park and another 1 million square feet throughout surrounding neighborhoods would have a devastating impact – oversaturating neighborhoods which are already oversaturated with NYU facilities.
The means by which NYU is seeking to do this are equally disturbing. Lifting zoning requirements to preserve open space in one of the most park-starved areas in New York City, changing residential zoning to commercial, transferring public land to a private institution, and removing urban renewal deed restrictions, as NYU is requesting, would be just plain wrong.
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 for that struggling area. Growth potential in the Financial District is nearly limitless, while historic and predominantly residential neighborhoods like the Village, East Village, and NoHo clearly have their limits, which NYU has more than met.
I hope you will protect the character of our neighborhood and not support NYU’s bid to overbuild and undo long-standing neighborhood zoning protections.
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Sincerely,
NAME
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