CPC approves rezoning to turn Blood Center into life science hub
The City Planning Commission today approved by vote of 8 to 2 the New York Blood Center’s ULURP application for an applied life sciences hub...
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Coalition calls on city to back 600,000 s/f Upper East Side life science campus plan
A coalition of labor and community organizations is urging Ben Kallos and the New York City Council to support New York Blood Center’s proposed rezoning...
City earmarks $284M for East River ‘sink hole surgery’
The city has allocated $284 million to plug the sink holes that have plagued the East River Esplanade in recent years. The new funding will...
Extell opens is first affordable housing development on Upper East Side
Council Member Ben Kallos joined Extell Development president and founder Gary Barnett to cut the ribbon on a newly completed residential and commercial construction at...
Sutton Place rezoning sets stage for potential legal battle
A Sutton Place zoning change approved by city council last week might have set the stage for a legal battle between the city and the...
Council Land Use Committee approves Sutton Place rezoning, removes grandfather clause
In a blow to Gamma Real Estate’s planned condo tower project, the City Council Land Use Committee today voted to approve a rezoning measure brought...
Sutton Place dispute heats up as Gamma accuses opponents of withholding documents
Gamma Real Estate is accusing opponents of a planned 700-foot tall residential tower on East 58th Street of withholding documents ahead of a public hearing...
NIMBY effort to sidestep public review aided by champion of reform
“Do as I say, not as I do,” is the clear message behind City Council Member Ben Kallos’ recent actions and public statements on development...
City issues stop work order against DDG’s luxury condos project at 180 East 88th
The City’s Buildings Department last week issued a Stop Work Order on developer DDG’s luxury condominium development at 180 East 88th Street. The order came...
Kallos vows to keep fighting super-talls
New York City Councilmember Ben Kallos was stumping against super-tall towers at last weekʼs B’nai B’rith luncheon at the Cornell Club. Kallos is among the...