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Immediately after the vote, Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver released a statement backing the proposal for the Seward Park Urban Renewal Area. “The final guidelines that were approved by the committee tonight strike an appropriate balance between the needs and concerns of all stakeholders and will result in a development that will ensure our neighborhood continues to thrive,” he said. State Senator Daniel Squadron also put out a statement last night, saying “the community board vote is a huge win for the community. It is appropriate that after 43 years, a community-driven process has moved SPURA forward.” Continue reading CB3 Committee Makes History, Votes Yes on SPURA
By Ed Litvak in Community Organizations, Politics, Real Estate on January 25, 2011 10:16 am |
 0 Comments   Moon Set - by J. Strom Look for some warmer temperatures today, with a high of 38℉. There will be some flurries this morning, with a mix of rain and snow in the forecast for tomorrow. Coming up today, a full report on CB3′s approval of the long-awaited SPURA guidelines. Tonight the full board meets to vote on the proposal. Enjoy your day!
After 43 years of bitter battles over the Seward Park Urban Renewal Area, Community Board 3′s land use committee approved a set of planning guidelines tonight for the 7-acre parcel next to the Williamsburg Bridge. Only one member of the committee, Damaris Reyes of GOLES, voted against the proposal. This evening, State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver gave a big boost to the plan, endorsing CB3′s guidelines:
 Photo from: Al Pereira, New York Jets. New York Jets fans are, of course, licking their wounds today. Among them: our state senator, Daniel Squadron (third from the left with a few other guys you might recognize). In a column published on ESPN’s web site today, Squadron began working through his grief by explaining what keeps him coming back for more punishment year after year after year: Continue reading Die-Hard Jets Fan, Daniel Squadron, Keeps Hope Alive
Continue reading NYC Food Crawl Hosts January Shumai Crawl Tonight
 Photo by Carol Markel It’s midday in Manhattan and the thermometer reads 13 degrees. Looks like the Con Edison Plant is having a big day.
 Rayuela. New York Restaurant Week is upon us! There are only a few local places taking part, including:
Lunch is $24.07, dinner $35.00. You can make reservations by visiting the Restaurant Week web site. If you decide to dine out at one of these restaurants or anywhere else in the neighborhood — consider writing a review on our food page. More than 170 LES restaurants are listed.
 Erica Smith
This week’s L.E.S.-er is Erica Smith. She’ll be playing at the Parkside Lounge on Thursday with three other singer-songwriters (and longtime friends) in an evening dubbed, “Tales From the Parkside.” What do you do? I’m a freelance book editor (soon to be working full-time for Interweave Press) and a songwriter.
 The 1939, "New Market Building," at the South Street Seaport. In Friday’s story looking at how the Essex Street Market might be impacted by the Seward Park redevelopment plan, we mentioned another controversial proposal — the rebuilding of the South Street Seaport. In 2008, General Growth Properties outlined plans to build a huge retail and housing complex and to demolish the historic “New Market Building,”home of the Fulton Fish Market until 2005. The plan was shelved after the real estate market and the company collapsed later that same year. The city was supportive of General Growth’s proposal back then, and now, in the case of SPURA, they seem prepared to support demolishing the Essex Street Market. It’s interesting to note, these buildings share a common history. For one thing, they were designed by the same architects, Albert W. Lewis and John D. Churchill. They were constructed in the same time period, 1939-1940. Both facilities were part of Mayor Fiorello La Guardia’s campaign to modernize New York City’s public markets. What we did not mention the other day, however, is the much more recent history surrounding another city-owned facility, the Moore Street Market in East Williamsburg. Continue reading City’s Historic Public Market Buildings: An Endangered Species
“As I was walking by, police scooter blocked street off, news vans were there and Con Ed set up operations across 2nd Ave. Plus as sun was rising and creating glare, a car wouldn’t notice the hole until it was, gulp, in it. Luckily that didn’t happen as far as I know.”
This weekend, DOT filled 1,788 potholes throughout the five boroughs. Know of a pothole needing repair? Report it here: http://bit.ly/2TBB6Z Update 1:19pm: It appears the sink hole was caused by a leak from an unoccupied school, at 44 East 2nd Street. Water service was shut off earlier today, impacting about 250 customers. Workers are making repairs and the NYPD has blocked off the street. By the way, it appears no one called 311 to report the sink hole. Community Board 3 and police officers started working with city agencies on the issue when they became aware of it today.
 SPURA surface parking lots line Suffolk Street from Broome to Delancey. Over the last several months, as the Seward Park Urban Renewal Area planning process chugged forward, we’ve sat through countless community board meetings, interviewed dozens of local residents and decision-makers and published op-eds from various players invested in the proposed residential and retail project. As the guidelines face a vote this evening, we’d like to offer some observations from an expert, NYC real estate analyst Jonathan Miller. Miller, the president and CEO of Miller Samuel Inc., a real estate appraisal and consulting firm, is widely respected across the industry for his comprehensive data collection and reporting and his market insights. Continue reading Real Estate Expert Jonathan Miller on SPURA
 Photo by Margot Wood. Mostly sunny today with a high of 20 (with the wind chill, it’ll feel like 5 below this am). We’ll see some flurries this evening. Continue reading Good Morning!
State Senator Daniel Squadron discusses proposed changes in Senate rules with Capital Tonight’s Liz Benjamin:
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