http://www.planNYC.org/ PlanNYC | New York City Planning Information Portal en-us ja3n@earthlink.net http://www.plannyc.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=Issues&file=index&catid=1&issueid=16#2676 Streetsblog is reporting that both Mayor Bloomberg and Governor Spitzer are interested in increasing the mandated amount of parking spaces for new developments in the area of Hudson Yards on the far West Side of Manhattan. The proposal calls for an additional 20,000 parking spaces, a figure retained during the planning stages of the failed Jets Stadium bid on the West Side. The call for more parking has angered some, including the Hell's Kitchen Neighborhood Association, who is filing suit against the city and the state for the proposal's alleged non-compliance with the Clean Air Act. Some believe that the call for parking seems to contradict the environmental sustainability goals of Mayor Bloomberg's 2030 strategic plan. 2007-06-01 00:00:00 http://www.plannyc.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=Issues&file=index&catid=1&issueid=16#2251 New York's loss to London in its attempt to host the 2012 Olympics has steered the city onto a path of economic development and rebuilding, according to Crain's New York Business. The article details how many current development projects in New York, particularly those situated on prime waterfront property and suited for transportation sites and housing, are fruits of the failed bid. Deputy Mayor Daniel Doctoroff, who worked with Yale urban planner Alex Garvin, engineered a plan to redevelop underutilized land in the city for the Olympics. The plan, according to Doctoroff, is now informing the city's sustainable growth plan for the year 2025. 2007-03-18 00:00:00 http://www.plannyc.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=Issues&file=index&catid=1&issueid=16#1073 New York may have lost its bid to host the 2012 Olympics nearly a year ago, but the effects of the planned developments surrounding the proposal are still being felt, especially in the outer borough areas where much of the development was proposed. 2006-05-11 00:00:00 http://www.plannyc.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=Issues&file=index&catid=1&issueid=16#1066 In the wake of the failure to host the 2012 Olympics, Mayor Bloomberg says the City is not contemplating a bid for the 2016 Olympics at this point in time. The stadium issue would once again present a major obstacle as well as the embarrassing defeat from the previous bid efforts. 2006-05-06 05:45:00 http://www.plannyc.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=Issues&file=index&catid=1&issueid=16#1062 New York City is not on the short list of cities the United States Olympic Committee is visiting in preparation for bids for the 2016 Summer Olympics. 2006-05-04 00:00:00 http://www.plannyc.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=Issues&file=index&catid=1&issueid=16#480 A judge Tuesday let the New York Jets proceed with an antitrust lawsuit alleging Madison Square Garden's owner tried to sabotage the city's chance to host the Olympics in order to protect its control of major sports and entertainment events. 2005-10-18 00:00:00 http://www.plannyc.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=Issues&file=index&catid=1&issueid=16#438 Since New York's failed bid for the 2012 Olympics, critics have charged the city's government with failing on its promise to clean up Newtown Creek, which has suffered from industrial dumping since the 1940s. 2005-10-04 00:00:00 http://www.plannyc.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=Issues&file=index&catid=1&issueid=16#398 Despite the city's loss of the 2012 Olympics, other developments spurred by the Olympic proposal may go forward. 2005-07-07 00:00:00 http://www.plannyc.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=Issues&file=index&catid=1&issueid=16#947 The city responds to the nixing of the west side stadium plans by redirecting their Olympic stadium aspirations to the Mets stadium in Queens. In the NYC Bid for the 2012 Olympics, the new Mets stadium plan will be expanded to 80,000 seats and a state-of-the-art track-and-field facility. 2005-06-27 08:00:00 http://www.plannyc.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=Issues&file=index&catid=1&issueid=16#403 With the Olympic stadium now proposed for the Willets Point section of Queens, developers have taken a new interest in the area. 2005-06-20 00:00:00 http://www.plannyc.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=Issues&file=index&catid=1&issueid=16#651 NYC's 2012 bid lost momentum when a state board failed to approve $300million in funding for the original Olympic/New York Jets stadium plan on Manhattan's West Side. 2005-06-13 03:45:00 http://www.plannyc.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=Issues&file=index&catid=1&issueid=16#379 The New York City Economic Development Corporation estimates the proposed Gateway Center mall will create 5,000 jobs and that the project's developer will invest $300 million in the community. But 22 existing vendors at the Bronx Terminal Market have filed a lawsuit against the city in order to increase the city's $8 million relocation package to cover the costs of moving and starting over in new neighborhoods. 2005-05-30 00:00:00 http://www.plannyc.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=Issues&file=index&catid=1&issueid=16#373 Assemblyman Silver requested that the Public Authority Control Board vote be delayed and Governor Pataki approved it. The vote is now scheduled for June 2. A state judge is expected to rule on some of the stadium's legal challenges on the same day. 2005-05-24 00:00:00 http://www.plannyc.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=Issues&file=index&catid=1&issueid=16#362 The state Public Authorities Control Board vote will only be delayed one week. Pending additional postponements, the vote on the West Side stadium will take place on May 25. 2005-05-19 00:00:00 http://www.plannyc.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=Issues&file=index&catid=1&issueid=16#363 Senate majority leader, Joseph Bruno, requested a one-month postponement of the Public Authorities Control Board vote on the West Side stadium. Bruno is concerned about financial and legal issues related to the stadium project. That could put the vote as late as June -- just one month before the International Olympic Committee chooses a host city for the 2012 Olympics. 2005-05-18 12:00:00