City Planning Holds First Public Hearing for its Citywide Hotel Special Permit Text
By EsqSocial Corporation 02/02/21
In follow up to the New York City Department of City Planning’s (DCP), January 22nd, public hearing on the Draft Scope of Work for the City’s proposed Hotel Special Permit text amendment, there were several speakers both in support of and in opposition to the proposed legislation. Of note, were five elected officials who testified in support of the Hotel Special Permit, with a unified message, that the development of hotels takes away opportunities for affordable housing in this City, and...
By: Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP