The Landmarks Conservancy co-sponsored a Zoom forum for Manhattan Borough President candidates on April 16, 1025. We invited all the candidates.
Borough Presidents help set budget and land use decisions for their borough, appoint community board members and a City Planning Commissioner, can hold hearings, and submit legislation to the City Council. Former Borough President Gale Brewer was a champion of preservation and remains so in her current City Council seat. Who holds this office matters.
With a large number of historic districts and individual landmarks, Manhattan is facing several major land use and preservation issues.
These include
- The future of Penn Station and its surrounding Midtown blocks;
- The proposed upzoning of Midtown South, which includes part of a historic district, several individual landmarks, and many buildings eligible for listing on the National Register of Historic Places;
- And the proposed expansion of Lenox Hill Hospital.
Sponsors:
Village Preservation
Friends of the Upper East Side
City Club of New York
Historic Districts Council
Landmark West!
The New York Landmarks Conservancy