LPC Budget Needs Your Help
From our esteemed colleagues at Landmark West! (whom we are very grateful for jumping on the ball with this alert so we can simply cut & paste)
AT RISK: The Landmarks Preservation Commission and Historic Buildings and Neighborhoods Throughout NYC!
Unless YOU act right now, the already miniscule budget of the Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) — the only city agency with the authority to protect New York’s historic buildings and neighborhoods — YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD — could be cut significantly in the coming weeks.
The City Council, now entering final budget negotiations, must hear from you. Immediately. Email/call/fax your local council member and members of the budget negotiating team TODAY. See contact information below.
Frustrated with the LPC? Their slowness to respond? The ever-quickening pace of development, eating away at the character of our communities? It will only get worse, unless the LPC has the resources it needs to carry out its vital mission. Landmark West! is part of a broad coalition advocating for a $1 million increase in the LPC budget on top of its current budget of just over $4 million — a modest amount of money that could make a world of difference in the LPC’s ability to protect the buildings and neighborhoods that matter to the people of our city. ACT NOW! Contact the Council, and forward this message to friends and colleagues.
Who is your council person? Go to http://www.cmap.nypirg.org/netmaps/MyGovernment/NYC/MyGovernmentNYC.asp?cmd=start.
Who are the council members on the budget negotiating team?
Quinn [email protected]; F: (212) 564-7347; T: (212) 564-7757
Brewer [email protected]; F: (212) 873-0279; T: (212) 873-0282
Garodnick [email protected]; F: (212) 818-0706; T: (212) 818-0580
Baez [email protected]; F: (718) 584-5725; T: (718) 584-6955
Comrie [email protected]; F: (718) 776-3798; T: (718) 776-3700
Dilan [email protected]; F: (718) 642-8639; T: (718) 642-8664
McMahon [email protected]; F: (718) 556-7389; T: (718) 556-7370
Rivera [email protected]; F: (718) 842-6280; T: (718) 842-8100
Dickens [email protected]; F: (212) 442-2732; T: (212) 678-4505
Fidler [email protected]; F: (718) 241-9316; T: (718) 241-9330
DiBlasio [email protected]; F: (718) 854-1146; T: (718) 854-9791
Gallagher ([email protected]; F: (718) 326-3549; T: (718) 366-3900)
Oddo [email protected]; F: (718) 980-1051; T: (718) 980-1017
Jackson [email protected]; F: (212) 928-4177; T: (212) 928-1322
Arroyo [email protected]; F: (718) 402-0539; T: (718) 402-6130
Reyna [email protected]; F: (718) 963-4527; T: (718) 963-3141
Weprin [email protected]; F: (718) 776-2302; T: (718) 465-8202
Katz [email protected]; F: (718) 544-4452; T: (718) 544-8800
At-large members
Mark-Viverito [email protected]; F: (212) 722-6378; T: (212) 828-9800
Martinez [email protected]; F: (917) 521-1293; T: (917) 521-2616/2640
Seabrook [email protected]; F: (718) 652-0703; T: (718) 994-9900
Sears [email protected]; F: (718) 803-9832; T: (718) 803-6373
Stewart [email protected]; F: (718) 951-8191; T: (718) 951-8177
Stay tuned to the latest preservation news. Please visit LANDMARK WEST’s “Watch-Blog” at www.landmarkwest.blogspot.com.