EMERGENCY ALERT -- NEED PEOPLE THIS MORNING 4/16/98 at 8 AM

[Hellskitchen]

EMERGENCY ALERT -- NEED PEOPLE THIS MORNING 4/16/98 at 8 AM

We NEED people to show up this morning at the Borough Board Vote
on the Eighth Avenue "Air Rights" Rezoning proposal.

Borough Board Vote
8 AM THIS MORNING -- Thursday April 16
Municipal Building
1 Centre Street
19th Floor, South Wing
"R" Train to City Hall, or "E" train to Chambers

Late last night we learned City Planning and the theater owners 
are trying to sneak through an alternate resolution at the Borough 
Board meeting this morning and has apparently convinced Borough President 
Virginia Fields and a few key City Council members that they 
need to "save the theater." The alternate resolution will be 
just as devastating to Clinton as the original zoning proposal.

It's important Clinton residents and supporters show up and let 
them know they should pay attention to what many community 
boards and civic groups are saying. Even if you can make it 
only for the first hour, please make every effort to come 
downtown and don't let them get away with these dirty tricks. 

This is what we've heard:

Tom Duane, Ronnie Eldridge and Margarita Lopez are firm in their 
support for Clinton, as are Community Boards 4 and 5.

At this point Phil Reed and Guillermo Lineres are unknown, even though
they had previously said they were against the proposal.

Wavering towards giving support to the "save the theater" alternate
resolution are City Councilmembers Stanley Michels, Kathryn Freed,
Gifford Miller and Bill Perkins.

Eastsider Andrew Eristoff (Republican) never indicated any opposition
to the proposal, and we didn't expect it given his ties to the Mayor. 

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