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urbancanvas Winners Announced |
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On October 27, 2010, Mayor Bloomberg announced the winners of the urbancanvas Design Competition.
Nearly 4,000 votes were cast in
a public vote. The winning designs are:
“Breathing Wall” by Monika
Bravo, “Color Mesh” by Mauricio
Lopez, “My Urban Sky” by Jen Magathan and “Green Screen,” by Corinne Ulmann. |
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The first installation was a 228
foot-long fence at the Atlantic
Yards construction site in
downtown Brooklyn and featured
the “Color Mesh” design.
Learn more about urbancanvas:
www.nyc.gov/urbancanvas
www.facebook.com/nycurbancanvas |
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Service Updates |
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High Pressure Boilers
Owners must retain a qualified
boiler inspector to |
perform annual high pressure boiler inspections. The Department will no longer conduct these inspections. New report filings, extensions,
civil penalties and waivers are also
now part of the inspection cycle.
Learn more |
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Resolve Violations Without Attending a Hearing
You now have the option to |
resolve ECB violations without
attending the hearing at ECB Court.
Learn more |
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Staff Spotlight |
Department
Educates NYU Students about
Illegal Conversions
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On November 4, 2010, Director of Community Affairs Donald Ranshte spoke to students
from New York University at the
NYU Kimmel Center about
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the dangers of illegal apartments. Donald provided students with tips on how to spot an illegal apartment and avoid renting one.
Tips include being cautious
about no lease apartments and
avoiding rooms with no windows.
He also discussed the common
practice of installing
pressurized walls to make
additional bedrooms. The
installation of any floor-to-ceiling
walls require a permit from the
Department. Donald advised
that these walls were illegal
and created potential safety
hazards.
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