Monthly Archives: March, 2011

Videos from CHPC’s 52nd Annual Luncheon

Posted in Annual Luncheon, Events Written on 03/12/11 Leave a Comment

Thank you so much to everyone who attended our 52nd Annual Luncheon and made it such an incredible success. You can now watch all of the videos from the event here.

At the Marriott Marquis Times Square, on Thursday April 14th, 800 industry leaders from development, banking, law, architecture, planners, government, and academia came together to network, eat lunch and to celebrate inspiring people and projects that are creating New Ideas for a New Decade; including the Arker Companies, the Hudson River Park Trust, GS Urban Investment Group, C.Virginia Fields and Artimus Construction.

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10 Zoning Principles of CHPC

Posted in Zoning Written on 03/09/11 Leave a Comment

For over seventy years, CHPC has analyzed, commented, and testified on proposed changes to the text and maps of the New York City Zoning Resolution. Now, the CHPC Zoning Committee, comprising some of the most influential and knowledgeable industry professionals in New York City, have compiled the '10 Zoning Principles', to ensure our consistent voice in the land use review process...

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APA Holds Panel on Over Mortgaged Properties

Posted in Events, Overmortgaged Buildings Written on 03/07/11 1 Comment

Senior Fellow Harold Shultz, along with Professor Ingrid Gould Ellen of NYU’s Furman Center and Benjamin Dulchin, Executive Director of the Association for Neighborhood Housing Developers presented their findings on the current and future impact of the mortgage crisis on New York City. The panel discussion entitled 2011: The Growing Impact of the Subprime Mortgage and Credit Crisis on New York City: A Panel Discussion was held on Monday, March 21^st, 2011 under the auspices of the New York chapter of the American Planning Association.

Harold Shultz laid out the changes necessary to deal with the current unwinding of the… Read more...

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New Budget Bill Cuts Community Development

Posted in Uncategorized Written on 03/01/11 Leave a Comment

As of today, the House has passed (and the Senate is expected to pass) a new continuing resolution for budget year 2011, containing cuts negotiated with the Administration. While the cuts are only about $4 billion for the entire federal budget, among them are the first official cuts in HUD’s community development budget. The Economic Development Initiatives (EDI) program at $173 million, and the Neighborhood Initiatives Program at $22 million have been cut from this temporary budget which will last till March 18, 2011. However we can assume that once these programs have been cut in this bill they will… Read more...

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