Tell Vallone NO to 8th Ave Zoning

[Hellskitchen]

Tell Vallone 'NO' to 8th Ave Zoning                       7/21/98
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Protest Vallone's Backroom Deal with Rudy

   RALLY & PICKET SPEAKER VALLONE
   
   WHEN:   Thursday, July 23, 1998
           4:00 pm - 6:30 pm

   WHERE:  Vallone District Office
           22-45 31st Street
           Astoria, Queens
 
   Directions:          
   Take the N train to the last stop in Queens - Ditmars Blvd.
   (really not far, about 15 minutes travel time from Manhattan)
   Vallone's District Office is on the east side of 31st Street,
   right as you get off the subway (north exit)
   
Last week, City Council Speaker Peter Vallone

1. Left huge skyscraper sites on the west side of 8th Avenue.

2. Removed the "Special Permit" requiring community board review 
   and environmental review of large development.

3. Gave City Council Land Use Review power away to the Mayor.

4. Gave control of part of the Broadway theater industry to the Mayor.

     IS VALLONE SO DESPERATE IN HIS RACE FOR GOVERNOR
       THAT HE WILL SELL OUT NYC NEIGHBORHOODS FOR
              CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS?

Vallone refused to meet with Clinton residents opposed to the plan while he wined and dined with
Theater owners, the Broadway Initiative lobbyist and took campaign contributions from Nederlander
and Geto right before the City Council vote that could devastate this neighborhood!

Under Vallone's direction, the plan was voted out of the Land Use committee last week, but the
full City Council has yet to vote on the measure. Vallone could fix the 'fix' by removing the
remaining development sites on the west side of Eighth Avenue and requiring a 'Special permit' for
community and environmental review.

COUNCIL SPEAKER PETER VALLONE IS RUNNING FOR GOVERNOR. 

He will decide if this plan passes with last week's modifications or if he takes steps to protect
the Clinton/Hell's Kitchen neighborhood.

Clinton residents must tell him that if he (and the council members he controls) vote with the
developers and theater owners, we will not vote for him. Vallone cannot beat Pataki without NYC
neighborhood support. What he is in the process of doing to Clinton is what the Mayor is planning
for many NYC neighborhoods.

JOIN US IN PAYING VALLONE A VISIT IN HIS NEIGHBORHOOD 
this Thursday, July 23 from 4 - 6:30 pm (see directions above)

ALSO -- CALL SPEAKER VALLONE
THREE PLACES TO CALL, FAX AND WRITE PETER VALLONE

   Friends of Vallone (Gubernatorial Campaign office)
   31-19 37th Avenue
   Long Island City, NY 11101
   tel: (718) 433-1998   fax (718) 433-1999

   Hon. Peter F. Vallone (City Hall Office)
   Speaker, NY City Council
   City Hall
   New York, NY 10007
   tel: (212) 788-7210   fax (212) 788-7207

   Hon. Peter F. Vallone (District Office)
   Speaker, NY City Council
   22-45 31st St.
   Astoria, NY 11105
   tel  (718) 274-4500   fax (718) 726-0357

Let him know if he expects Clinton support in his run for
governor, he needs to support neighborhoods, not kill them.

WHAT TO ASK FOR

1. Removal of all skyscraper development sites (zoning increase to Floor-Area-Ratio of 14.4) on
the west side of Eighth Avenue. The deal left the blocks from 42nd to 45th Streets still in the
plan. This is part of Clinton, not part of the Theater District or Midtown.

2. We want a real 'Special Permit' to cover the area affected by the plan. Buildings that go up on
the east side of Eighth Avenue will impact this neighborhood, and there must be community,
environmental and council oversight.


THE FOLLOWING GROUPS HAD VOICED OPPOSITION TO THE PROPOSAL (it has been modified since last week).

Manhattan Comm. Boards 2,3,4,5,6,7,9,10,11 • Manhattan Borough Board • Queens Community Boards 4,
6, 8, 9 and 11 • Brooklyn Community Boards 2, 6 and 13 • Municipal Art Society • Historic
Districts Council • Landmarks Conservancy • Civitas • American Institute of Architects • Women’s
City Club of New York • New York Women’s Agenda • Queens Civic Congress • Manhattan Neighborhood
Council • Coalition for a Livable West Side • West Side Tenants Coalition • West Side SRO-Law
Project • Metropolitan Council on Housing • East Side Tenants Coalition • East Side Rezoning
Alliance • Over 60 Clinton small businesses • Gowanus Expressway Community Coalition (Brooklyn) •
Boerum Hill Association (Brooklyn) • Tribeca Community Association • Citizens Housing and Planning
Council • Housing Conservation Coordinators • West Village Committee, Inc. • Committee For
Environmentally Sound Development, Inc. • Union Square Community Coalition • Turtle Bay
Association • Concerned Residents of Bay Ridge (Brooklyn) • Historic Neighborhoods Enhancement
Alliance, Inc. • Friends of Spuyten Duyval (Bronx) • Tottenville LDC (Staten Island) • Riverdale
Community Association (Bronx) • Friends of the Upper East Side Historic Districts • Queens League
of United Tenants • Roberta Brandes Gratz, author “The Living City” • Many Clinton block and
tenant associations • City Council members: Duane, Eldridge, Lopez, Reed, Freed, Miller, Linares,
Michels, Perkins, Harrison • Other elected officials: Gottfried, Stringer, Abate, Leichter