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FIPNA is proposing CB8 adopt a Moratorium on any and all increases in existing social service programming and new siting, including but not limited to nursing home and/or rehabilitation centers, supportive housing or other group homes in the area east of the Major Deegan Expressway; until and unless fair share distribution is equivalent in other [...]
At the meeting of the Community Board in June, the full board voted to support our request for evaluation to the Landmarks Preservation Commission.
Thank you to all the community people who helped make this possible.
As you may know, Council Member Oliver Koppell was a guest on BronxTalk on Monday night when FIPNA members were appearing before the Land Use Committee of CB8 on the issue of our community becoming an Historic District.
Since we could not comment at the time, we posted these comments correcting parts of the Council Member’s [...]
An historic district is an area of the city designated by the Landmarks Commission that represents at least one period or style of architecture typical of one or more areas in the city’s history; as a result, the district has a distinct “sense of place.” Fort Greene, Greenwich Village, Mott Haven, and SoHo are examples [...]
http://www.ipetitions.com/my/petitions/250142
FIPNA submitted a request to the Landmarks Preservation Commission to determine if our neighborhood is eligible as an Historic District.
A Historic District is an area designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission because it has a special character or a special historical or aesthetic interest which causes it to have a distinct “sense of place.” Each [...]
Today (April 19) the DOT spent most of the day on Cannon Place placing concrete barriers along the retaining wall side of the street. They said it was preliminary to taking steps to repair/shore up the wall and repair the sidewalk, and indicated that they want the sidewalk completely closed until repairs are made.
Cannon Place [...]
Below is a letter sent in email to CM Koppell:
from
Karen Argenti <kabx101@gmail.com>
to
koppell@council.nyc.ny.us
cc
Lynn Schwarz <lsbx101@gmail.com>,
Kristin Hart <hart@adelphi.edu>,
Dan Padernacht <dpadernacht@hotmail.com>
date
Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 12:29 AM
subject
Villa Avenue and 204 Street Building is not supportive housing
mailed-by
gmail.com
Honorable G. Oliver Koppell
Dear Council Member Koppell,
Below please find a photo of the new building on Villa Avenue [...]
Here is the latest article from the Daily News. UP Daily News 03302010
FIRST KOPPELL FIGHTS HIS OWN CONSTITUENTS …
THEN HE THREATENS THEM!
On Monday, March 8 members of the Fort Independence Park Neighborhood Association (FIPNA) were shocked to hear Councilman Oliver Koppell express unwavering support for a project they vehemently oppose. He then held hostage his support for a proposed Fort Independence Historic District in a bizarre trade-off [...]
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