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Sunnyside Yards in the Time of Covid-19

Sunnyside Yards in the Time of Covid-19

Please listen to our discussion and learn about what's happening at Sunnyside Yards since NYCEDC unveiled their Master Plan in March 2020. WBAI's Michael G. Haskins (Producer Jillian Jonas) discusses Sunnyside Yards with Emily Sharpe, attorney (CUNY School of Law) and founder of Stop Sunnyside Yards,

St. Pat's for All March - March 1, 2020

St. Pat's for All March - March 1, 2020

Sunnyside Yards Feature - "Western Queens"

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Sunnyside Yards Feature - "Western Queens"

"WESTERN QUEENS" a SHORT FILM

The New York Times: The People vs. Big Development

The New York Times: The People vs. Big Development

A growing number of New York neighborhoods have thwarted or stalled redevelopment efforts — and more fights are brewing.

Movie Screening - Battle for Brooklyn

Movie Screening - Battle for Brooklyn

Sunnyside Yards Newsletter #7

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Sunnyside Yards Newsletter #7

Sunnyside Yards - Queens Daily Eagle Opinion: Dissolve the EDC and empower the people on urban development by Emily Sharpe

Sunnyside Yards Newsletter #6

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Sunnyside Yards Newsletter #6

December 4, 2019: my letter to the NYCEDC in anticipation of the Sunnyside Yards digital townhall. By Connie Murray Hi and thank you for taking my questions and comments in quick advance of the digital townhall meeting tonight. It's disappointing this meeting could not happen in person: holding

Stop Sunnyside Yards Demands Letter

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Stop Sunnyside Yards Demands Letter

Stop Sunnyside Yards and Runaway Development in Queens We, the residents and small business owners of Queens and the 5 boroughs, demand that all public officials and city agencies, including the DCP and the EDC, immediately halt all plans to develop Sunnyside Yards and impose a moratorium on all major

RALLY TO STOP SUNNYSIDE YARDS
DEVELOPMENT - NOV. 25, 2019

RALLY TO STOP SUNNYSIDE YARDS DEVELOPMENT - NOV. 25, 2019

On November 25, 2019 at noon, we, along with other grassroots groups from Queens and throughout the city, will host a rally to save our neighborhoods. We will ask for a moratorium on all new large developments and rezonings until we get the infrastructure we need and safe housing for

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Why is this development proposal bad for Queens? What do we want instead?

Sunnyside Yards Trivia - Test your knowledge!

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Sunnyside Yards Trivia - Test your knowledge!

Trivia Night: Sunnyside Yards Edition Questions. Test your knowledge of the Sunnyside Yards mega-development project based on the city-funded feasibility study and appendix. Then tell your friends... 1. Which statement is MOST ACCURATE? The Sunnyside Yards Feasibility Study: a. Identifies key considerations, planning principles and provides a development

Sunnyside Yards Newsletter #5

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Sunnyside Yards Newsletter #5

Opinion: Imagine the disruptive impact of Sunnyside Yards September 12, 2019 Special to the Eagle By Emily Sharpe We’ve probably all seen a movie where the public defender in a trial instructs the dubious jurors to close their eyes, relax and do their best to envision what it would

Trivia Night: SUNNYSIDE YARDS EDITION

Trivia Night: SUNNYSIDE YARDS EDITION

See photos from the event!

Modus Operandi of the New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC)

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Modus Operandi of the New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC)

Finalists announced for 2019 Golden Padlock Award By IRE Admin | 05.30.2019 The Golden Padlock Award recognizes the most secretive publicly-funded agency or person in the United States. Investigative Reporters and Editors Inc. (IRE) is a grassroots nonprofit organization dedicated to improving the quality of investigative reporting. IRE

Sunnyside Yards Newsletter #4

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Sunnyside Yards Newsletter #4

NYCEDC UNVEILED by Emily Sharpe Residents and small business in western Queens are being descended upon by New York City’s Economic Development Corporation or EDC, a supposed public entity that acts like a for-profit growth-based corporation putting its thumb on the scale to determine which industries, projects

Sunnyside Yards Newsletter #3

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Sunnyside Yards Newsletter #3

SUNNYSIDE RESIDENTS ORGANIZE AGAINST VISHAAN CHAKRABARTI’S MONSTROUS VISION by Lynn Ellsworth Sunnyside is a neighborhood of Queens, adjacent to the sprawling railroad tracks called ‘Sunnyside Yards’. Various entities, from the Big Real Estate Lobby to the the Regional Plan Association to Alicia Glen’s Economic Development Corporation to various

Sunnyside Yards Feature - "Soul of the City"

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Sunnyside Yards Feature - "Soul of the City"

This month's newsletter is set to music, and illuminates how the subway is the life-blood of New Yorkers. A majority of western Queens residents commute to work by subway, at rates close to twice the borough and citywide averages. Before we spend hundreds of billions of dollars

A Skillman Avenue Corridor Walking Tour

Saturday March 30, 2019 at 3 p.m. Rain or shine. Meet on the corner of Skillman Avenue and 43rd Street, Sunnyside, Queens. Newtown Creek Alliance Historian Mitch Waxman details Sunnyside Yard's history, current uses, and discusses Mayor de Blasio's controversial plans to deck over the

Sunnyside Yards Newsletter #2

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Sunnyside Yards Newsletter #2

By Mitch Waxman @newtownpentacle Just like a venereal disease, the Sunnyside Yards deck keeps on coming back. Have to hand it to the NYC EDC. Like a career boxer, despite taking a whupping in their last trip to the ring (Amazon), they have laced the gloves back up and they’

Sunnyside Yard Feasibility Study Notes and Highlights

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Sunnyside Yard Feasibility Study Notes and Highlights

Find the Sunnyside Yard Feasibility study here. SUNNYSIDE YARD FEASIBILITY STUDY – HIGHLIGHTS PLANNING PRINCIPLE P116 “An overbuild development at Sunnyside Yard would be a long-term project that would become a new neighborhood – or neighborhoods – with broad impacts. Large–scale buildings and higher densities will be required to maximize the

Launch Event

Please save the date for our first meeting to unite to stop the Sunnyside Yards Development. When: Sunday, March 10, 2019 3:00- 5:00 p.m. Where: Sunnyside Jewish Center 40-20 47th Avenue - Entrance on 41st Street Sunnyside, NY 11104 What: * Come learn about the status of the

Sunnyside Yards Newsletter #1

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Sunnyside Yards Newsletter #1

STOP THE CONSTRUCTION OF A 180-ACRE DECK - ALMOST 7X LARGER THAN HUDSON YARDS - OVER THE SUNNYSIDE RAIL YARDS THAT WILL CAUSE DISPLACEMENT AND OVERCROWDING OF RESIDENTS AND SMALL BUSINESSES IN WESTERN QUEENS! by Emily Sharpe Mayor Bill de Blasio and other elected officials want to use our tax dollars