By Karen Argenti on May 14, 2011
This Stop Work Order was issued by the DOB on May 10th to the HPDC2 Housing Development Fund and the Jackson Development Group. Then the DOB partially lifted the SWO to do the borings, but they continued to do more work anyway. NYC Department of Buildings Overview for Complaint #:2159087 = RESOLVED Complaint at: 3482 [...]
Posted in Cannon/FtIndep Housing, Construction, Fort Independence Housing aka Cannon Place, Front Page News | Tagged Construction start, Jackson Development Group, SLAPP lawsuits, Stop Work Order
By Karen Argenti on May 13, 2011
You may have read in the Riverdale Press, or in our blog here that FIPNA was threatened by an architect associated with Jackson Development Group with a lawsuit. See this: http://www.fipna.org/2011/05/13/fort-independence-developers-former-architects-lawyer-sends-letter-to-fipna/ Then we got a note from the Public Participation Project — see below. —–Original Message—– From: Peter Kurdock To: fipna@fipna.org Sent: Mon, May 9, 2011 [...]
Posted in Cannon/FtIndep Housing, Front Page News, SLAPP | Tagged SLAPP lawsuits
By Karen Argenti on May 13, 2011
The Fort Independence Street developers former architect had his attorney’s send FIPNA a letter asking Kristin Hart and FIPNA to retract some things we said in the Ten Reasons handed out at the CB 8 Land Use Meeting. A few days later, several FIPNA officers received a registered letter in the mail, which ended with: [...]
Posted in Cannon/FtIndep Housing, Construction | Tagged Construction start, Esq., Ezra Glaser, Jackson Development Group, legitimate and important public debate, SLAPP lawsuits
By Margaret on April 20, 2011
The Riverdale Press has published a few interesting articles recently about our neighborhood. Check these out on their website (or get yourself a subscription!) Sholem Aleichem in Poor Condition Adam Wisnieski of the Riverdale Press wrote about housing code violations at Sholem Aleichem, 3451 Giles Place, the large complex of apartments at the intersection of Giles [...]
Posted in Cannon/FtIndep Housing, Front Page News, Giles Building, Uncategorized
By Phil on April 3, 2011
Here is FIPNA’s statement in opposition to Jackson Development Group’s proposal to build an HDC-funded 93-unit/122-car building on Cannon Place/Ft. Independence in our community. As a reminder, the Land Use meeting is Monday night, April 4, at 7:30, in the Leo Engineering Building, 3825 Corlear Ave, 4th Floor (Fishback Room) at Corlear Avenue and W 238th St [...]
Posted in Alerts, Cannon/FtIndep Housing, Construction, Front Page News, Notices/Announcements
By Margaret on March 18, 2011
The Land Use Committee expects the Jackson Development Group to appear at their Monday, April 4th meeting at 7:30 p.m. Jackson is proposing to build a 93 unit building on a now-vacant lot on Cannon Place that goes through to the rock on Ft. Independence. They had planned to come to the March meeting, but [...]
Posted in Cannon/FtIndep Housing, Front Page News, Uncategorized
By Margaret on February 19, 2011
FIPNA is hosting a neighborhood Information Session about two important issues facing our community: Jackson Development Group is proposing a city-funded, 93-unit, 7-story building on the Cannon Place side of the through lots just south of 238th (last year’s “Urban Pathways” lot). The building they propose will be a looming, 100,000+ square ft behemoth on [...]
Posted in Cannon/FtIndep Housing, Construction, Front Page News, Giles Building, Uncategorized | Tagged BSA, Cannon Development plans, Giles
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