Comments on: Wiki Wednesday: Community Boards http://www.streetsblog.org/2009/04/08/wiki-wednesday-community-boards/ Covering the New York City Streets Renaissance Mon, 23 Nov 2009 04:32:54 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 By: Mike http://www.streetsblog.org/2009/04/08/wiki-wednesday-community-boards/comment-page-1/#comment-66308 Mike Sun, 12 Apr 2009 16:13:17 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/?p=5852#comment-66308 Thanks for this posting. As a relative newcomer to NYC (6 years), I never understand the community boards. The structure seems redundant with the city council districts. I come from Chicago, which of course has it own legendary problem. But there the land use issues are done basically by approval of the city council representative, the Alderman/woman. It is not a law but an unwritten agreement in a one party town. It some ways this works, because at least you get to elect the Alderman/women directly. Does anyone know why this ULURP process is not done at the council level? Thanks for this posting.
As a relative newcomer to NYC (6 years), I never understand the community boards. The structure seems redundant with the city council districts.

I come from Chicago, which of course has it own legendary problem. But there the land use issues are done basically by approval of the city council representative, the Alderman/woman. It is not a law but an unwritten agreement in a one party town.

It some ways this works, because at least you get to elect the Alderman/women directly.

Does anyone know why this ULURP process is not done at the council level?

]]> By: joe http://www.streetsblog.org/2009/04/08/wiki-wednesday-community-boards/comment-page-1/#comment-66183 joe Thu, 09 Apr 2009 13:05:35 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/?p=5852#comment-66183 The CB 13 in Brooklyn is a farce. All they are rubber stamps for Councilmen Domenic " Southampton " Recchia and Mike " Pay to Play" Nelson. Between the both of them they ruined the quality of life for the residents of Coney Island & Brighton Beach. Both of them together with the BP purge the CB members that go against the grain or their policies. It's as corrupt as the City Council . The CB 13 in Brooklyn is a farce. All they are rubber stamps for Councilmen Domenic " Southampton " Recchia and Mike " Pay to Play" Nelson. Between the both of them they ruined the quality of life for the residents of Coney Island & Brighton Beach. Both of them together with the BP purge the CB members that go against the grain or their policies. It's as corrupt as the City Council .

]]> By: Lumi http://www.streetsblog.org/2009/04/08/wiki-wednesday-community-boards/comment-page-1/#comment-66179 Lumi Thu, 09 Apr 2009 09:22:16 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/?p=5852#comment-66179 The wiki article doesn't make the distinction that the Bronx CB's vote in the Yankee's Stadium proposal was part of Uniform Land Use Review Procedure (ULURP), while Brooklyn CB6's vote was a purely symbolic declaration that accompanied the organization's comments submitted for the State Environmental Quality Review Act (SEQRA). CB6 had no standing or skin in this fight and was merely lending the board's expertise and passion for planning issues on behalf of the community. Therefore Brooklyn CB6's vote would only have been a small footnote in the history of the Atlantic Yards fight, if not for Markowitz's dramatic action. The wiki article doesn't make the distinction that the Bronx CB's vote in the Yankee's Stadium proposal was part of Uniform Land Use Review Procedure (ULURP), while Brooklyn CB6's vote was a purely symbolic declaration that accompanied the organization's comments submitted for the State Environmental Quality Review Act (SEQRA).

CB6 had no standing or skin in this fight and was merely lending the board's expertise and passion for planning issues on behalf of the community. Therefore Brooklyn CB6's vote would only have been a small footnote in the history of the Atlantic Yards fight, if not for Markowitz's dramatic action.

]]> By: Rhywun http://www.streetsblog.org/2009/04/08/wiki-wednesday-community-boards/comment-page-1/#comment-66167 Rhywun Wed, 08 Apr 2009 21:50:55 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/?p=5852#comment-66167 <i>"My very clear expectation is that these appointees are there to carry out a vision for the borough president"</i> His "very clear expectation" is very clearly wrong. Well thankfully he's moving on up to DC; maybe he'll find a different circle of yes-men there. "My very clear expectation is that these appointees are there to carry out a vision for the borough president"

His "very clear expectation" is very clearly wrong. Well thankfully he's moving on up to DC; maybe he'll find a different circle of yes-men there.

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