City Planning

Amanda Burden Chair Amanda Burden is the Chair of the City Planning Commission. Prior to her appointment, Amanda M. Burden was a member of the City Planning Commission, Director of Planning at the Center for Court Innovation, Coordinator for Planning and Development at the Midtown Community Court Project, Vice President of Planning and Design at the Battery Park City Authority, and Vice President of Architecture and Design at the NYS Urban Development Corporation. Burden received a BA at Sarah Lawrence College and an MS in Urban Planning at Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture.