Month: June 2018

Entreat the New Boss: Not the Same as the Old Boss

Community Board 1 (CB1) has enacted a forceful resolution calling upon the administration of Mayor Bill de Blasio to appoint as chief of the City’s Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) an advocate for protecting historic New York City structures. The resolution, which was enacted at CB1’s May 22 monthly meeting, begins, “the Community is pleased to...
Roger Byrom, chair of Community Board 1's Landmarks & Preservation Committee: "I'm hoping that the mayor will see some sense and appoint a chair of the Landmarks Preservation Commission who will support the landmarks law. We haven't had that for quite some time, and under this particular chair, we have had someone who definitely does not support the landmarks law."