Editor's note: The following opinion piece was submitted to The Lo-Down by Jenifer Rajkumar, the Democratic District Leader for the 65th Assembly District and a prospective candidate for City Council in District 1.
We have waited 48 years to develop...
Development companies have a little over two months left to submit proposals for the Seward Park site, the 1.65 million square foot residential and commercial project at the foot of the Williamsburg Bridge. An information session hosted by city...
New York City Schools Chancellor Dennis Walcott was on the Lower East Wednesday night for a town hall meeting. He answered questions from parents and other interested members of the public during a sparsely attended hour-long gathering at P.S....
Earlier this month, the city finally released its Request for Proposals (RFP) for the 1.65 million square foot Seward Park project. Now it's a waiting game until early May when development proposals for the mixed-use (residential/commercial) site are due. ...
This morning the NYC Economic Development Corp. released the Request for Proposals (RFP) for the six acre Seward Park Mixed-Use Development site. The move has been more than four decades in the making; the development parcels were bulldozed in...
As we have reported on several occasions in recent months, a community-based task force is working with the city to shape the Request for Proposals (RFP) for the Seward Park development site (SPURA). In our most recent story last...
Community Board 3's land use committee met last night to discuss the Seward Park development project. As it turns out, there wasn't much to discuss. A secret task force has now met twice to help guide the city's creation...
The city won't release the "Request for Proposals" (RFP) for the Seward Park development site until January. But the NYC Economic Development Corp. is already getting the word out that the "unprecedented development opportunity is Manhattan" is about to...
Last week we reported there was a lot of displeasure about the composition of the new community task force created to help guide the city's selection of developers for the Seward Park redevelopment project. In response to complaints lodged...
The warm, fuzzy feeling that prevailed last week after the City Council voted to approve the Seward Park redevelopment plan did not last long. Last night, Community Board 3's chairperson, Gigi Li, announced the appointees of a new task...
