File #: Res 1708-2017    Version: * Name: LU 798 - Landmarks, NY PUBLIC LIBRARY - (STEPHEN A. SCHWARTZMAN BUILDING) INTERIORS (20185050 HKM (N 180078 HKM))
Type: Resolution Status: Adopted
Committee: Committee on Land Use
On agenda: 10/31/2017
Enactment date: Law number:
Title: Resolution affirming the designation by the Landmarks Preservation Commission of the New York Public Library (Stephen A. Schwarzman Building) Interiors, Main Reading Room and Catalog Room, located at 476 Fifth Avenue (a/k/a 460-476 Fifth Avenue, 1 West 40th Street, 11 West 40th Street, and 2 West 42nd Street) (Tax Map Block 1257, Lot 1), Borough of Manhattan, Designation List No. 497, LP-2592 (PRECONSIDERED L.U. No. 798; 20185050 HKM; N 180078 HKM).
Sponsors: David G. Greenfield, Peter A. Koo
Council Member Sponsors: 2
Attachments: 1. Land Use Calendar - Week of October 23, 2017 - October 27, 2017, 2. REVISED - Land Use Calendar - Week of October 23, 2017 - October 27, 2017, 3. October 31, 2017 - Stated Meeting Agenda with Links to Files, 4. Committee Report, 5. Hearing Transcript - Stated Meeting 10-31-17, 6. Minutes of the Stated Meeting - October 31, 2017

THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK

RESOLUTION NO. 1708

 

Resolution affirming the designation by the Landmarks Preservation Commission of the New York Public Library (Stephen A. Schwarzman Building) Interiors, Main Reading Room and Catalog Room, located at 476 Fifth Avenue (a/k/a 460-476 Fifth Avenue, 1 West 40th Street, 11 West 40th Street, and 2 West 42nd Street) (Tax Map Block 1257, Lot 1), Borough of Manhattan, Designation List No. 497, LP-2592 (Preconsidered L.U. No. 798; 20185050 HKM; N 180078 HKM).

 

By Council Members Greenfield and Koo

 

                     WHEREAS, the Landmarks Preservation Commission filed with the Council on August 17, 2017 a copy of its designation report dated August 8, 2017 (the "Designation Report"),  including the designation pursuant to Section 3020 of the New York City Charter and Chapter 3 of Title 25 of the Administrative Code of the City of New York of the New York Public Library (Stephen A. Schwarzman Building) Interiors, Main Reading Room and Catalog Room, located at 476 Fifth Avenue (aka 460-476 Fifth Avenue, 1 West 40th Street, 11 West 40th Street, 2 West 42nd Street), Community District 5, Borough of Manhattan, as an interior landmark and Tax Map Block 1257, Lot 1, as its landmark site (the “Designation”);

 

WHEREAS, the Designation is subject to review by the Council pursuant to Section 3020 of the New York City Charter;

 

WHEREAS, the New York City Planning Commission submitted to the Council on
October 20, 2017, its report on the Designation dated October 18, 2017 (the "City Planning Commission Report");

 

WHEREAS, upon due notice, the Council held a public hearing on the Designation on October 24, 2017; and

 

WHEREAS, the Council has considered the land use implications and other policy issues relating to the Designation;

 

RESOLVED:

 

Pursuant to Section 3020 of the New York City Charter, and on the basis of the information and materials contained in the Designation Report and the City Planning Commission Report, the Council affirms the Designation.

 

Adopted.

 

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I hereby certify that the foregoing is a true copy of a Resolution passed by The Council of The City of New York on October 31, 2017, on file in this office.

 

 

 

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