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NYS Assemblymember Glick CPC Testimony, Feb 3, 2021

Assemblymember Deborah J. Glick

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Testimony of Assemblymember Deborah J. Glick
Submitted to the New York City City Planning Commission
Regarding the Governors Island ULURP Application
February 3, 2021
The Coronavirus pandemic has disrupted every level of city life, including the processes through which future large scale developments are approved. …

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Press Release: NO to NYC comprehensive long-term plan legislation, Feb 18, 2021

City Wide People’s Land Use Alliance 
For Immediate Release:                                                                       info@landusealliance.nyc
February 18, 2021
CITYWIDE ALLIANCE OPPOSES SPEAKER’S FLAWED PLANNING BILL
Group’s Analysis Pans CoJo’s Top-Down, Anti-Community Approach
NEW YORK, NEW YORK: A grassroots, citywide alliance – the City Wide People’s Land Use Alliance – described Speaker Corey Johnson’s proposed comprehensive long-term plan legislation as “worse than ULURP”.  …

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Op-ed | Is the city set to privatize public parkland at Governors Island?

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amNY News 1/27/2021
BY KIRSTEN THEODOS
Heads up, New Yorkers, the city appears set to privatize a huge chunk of our beloved Governors Island even though a restricted deed limits the island’s use to be for “public benefit.”
In 2018, the de Blasio administration announced a massive rezoning for this incredibly unique green urban refuge in New York City. …

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M.A.G.I.C. Press Release Jan 19, 2021

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: January 19, 2021
Metro Area Governors Island Coalition (M.A.G.I.C.)
https://govislandcoalition.org
MEDIA CONTACT: Roger Manning GovernorsIslandCoalition @ gmail.com
MAYOR DE BLASIO FAST TRACKS PRIVATIZATION OF PUBLIC LAND
Proposed Governors Island south area rezoning will produce a large office park/hotel/residential complex
NEW YORK: Governors Island was transferred from the Federal Government to the City and State of New York with a restricted deed: use had to be for public benefit, …

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Jan 19, 2021 – Yang proposes casino on Governors Island to boost city recovery

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In his proposing a casino on GI, Mayoral candidate Andrew Yang highlights the real goal/motivation behind the city’s intended Governors Island rezoning – to “raise revenue for New York City’s recovery” – not to manage this unique parkland in a manner most beneficial to NYC residents. 
From https://www.politico.com
Yang proposes casino on Governors Island to boost city recovery
By JOE ANUTA
01/19/2021 01:40 PM EST
NEW YORK — Mayoral candidate Andrew Yang has proposed a casino on Governors Island as a way to raise revenue for New York City’s recovery — a plan that would face immense obstacles if he were to pursue it as the city’s next leader. …

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Opinion: Wrong Vision for Gov. Island – Tribeca Trib 12/17/20

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Dec. 17, 2020
By Lynn Ellsworth
Governors Island is public land and home to an excellent park that is self-supporting. Yet 33 acres of it is about to be redeveloped for glass towers under a bad rezoning plan pushed by Alicia Glen, the city’s gentrifier-in-chief and current head of the “Trust” that manages the island. …

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