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The Citywide Statement of Needs for Fiscal Years 2013 and 2014 is the latest in the series of annual reports required under Section 204 of the City Charter. Along with the Criteria for the Location of City Facilities (the Fair Share Criteria), the Statement of Needs is part of a planning process in which communities are informed at the earliest possible stage of the city's needs for facilities and the specific criteria for selecting the locations of those facilities.
As part of a continuing program to provide the necessary tools for informed public participation in the siting process, the Department of City Planning also issues inventories of city, state, federal and non-profit health and mental health, social service, public safety, educational and recreational facilities and programs. This information is contained in the department's Selected Facilities and Program Sites in New York City.
The Process
The Charter requires that the Citywide Statement of Needs identify by agency and program all new facilities the city plans to site and all existing facilities the city plans to close or to expand or reduce significantly in size during the next two fiscal years. Significant expansions and reductions are defined as the addition or discontinuance of the use of real property which would expand or reduce the size or capacity of a facility by 25 percent or more.
The Statement is submitted for review to the City Council, the Borough Presidents, borough boards and community boards. Within 90 days, the boards and the Borough Presidents may submit written comments to the Department of City Planning. During the same 90-day period, the Borough Presidents may propose locations for any new city facilities to be located in their boroughs if the locations are consistent with the Criteria for the Location of City Facilities and with the specific siting criteria in the Statement of Needs. Any proposal subject to the Uniform Land Use Review Procedure (ULURP) which is not included in the Statement must be submitted to the affected Borough President for a 30-day review period before a ULURP application may be certified.
Contents of the
Statement of Needs
The Citywide Statement of Needs contains proposals to establish, replace, consolidate, expand or reduce city facilities in all five boroughs. To help elected officials and community boards identify the proposals likely to affect their boroughs or districts, the proposals are summarized, by borough and community district, in Part One of this report.
Part Two provides the following information, by agency, for each proposal.
| Proposal: |
The number and type
of facilities to be newly established, replaced,
consolidated, expanded or reduced. |
| Area
Served: |
Local/Neighborhood
for facilities serving an area no larger
than a community district or community service
district; Regional for facilities serving
two or more community districts or an entire
borough; or Citywide for facilities serving
the city as a whole. |
| Public
Purpose: |
The reasons for
the proposed action and a description of
the facility's program, services and, as
appropriate, the approximate number of staff
and people served. |
| Size: |
The approximate
lot area, building size or capacity of the
proposed facility. |
| Location: |
The borough and,
if known, the community district of the
site proposed for a new facility or substantial
change of an existing facility. Exact locations
for new facilities are indicated only when
a particular site is under serious consideration. |
| Siting
Criteria: |
As applicable, the
specific locational, access, building or
site characteristics required or preferred
in locating a new facility; or the criteria
used for selecting facilities to be expanded,
reduced or closed. |
The needs identified in this Statement are constrained by realistic expectations of funding availability and implementation timetables. Nevertheless, some of the proposals included in the Statement may be eliminated or deferred beyond fiscal year 2014 because of funding limitations.
The actions proposed include anticipated property acquisitions or site selections funded in the city's capital budget, as well as leases or contracts that would newly establish or significantly expand a facility. The Statement contains proposals for which ULURP or Section 195 applications or contract approvals are anticipated during fiscal years 2013 and 2014, including proposals that appeared in last year's document but have since been modified. Proposals in last year's Statement which have not been modified are not repeated this year. Appendix A provides a summary of the status of those proposals.
Appendix B provides a list of new schools, both new construction and leased space, included in the Department of Education's proposed Five-Year Capital Plan for Fiscal Years 2010-2014, adopted issued in June 2009, and its subsequent amendments.
Borough Presidents and community boards seeking further information about proposals in the Statement may contact the agency liaisons listed in Appendix C.
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Citywide Statement of Needs 2013 and 2014
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