The Community Board 8 (CB 8) Roosevelt Island Committee will meet tomorrow to hear presentations from the NYC Department Of City Planning on the Western Queens Transportation/Roosevelt Island Study
Image From NYC DCP via Tri State Transportation Campaign
and Cornell NYC Tech campus on Roosevelt Island.
Image From Construction Tech Cornell
According to the Community Board 8 Roosevelt Island Committee
Meeting Date:
Thursday, November 14, 2013 – 6:30pm
Meeting Location:
Manhattan Park Theater Club
8 River Road Roosevelt Island, NY
New York, NY1. Introduction of new committee public members
2. Presentation by Department of City Planning of its Western Queens Transportation Study which includes the Roosevelt Island Bridge joint issue with the Transportation Committee
3. Presentation by Cornell of:
a. The schematic design for the co-location building that they will be bringing to the Public Design Commission for preliminary review approval. This will include renderings, site plans, etc
b. The open space plan as part of the commitment to the BPs office during the ULURP process.4. Old business
5. New business
Jeffrey Escobar and Laurence Parnes, Co-Chairs
More information on construction of the new Cornell NYC Tech Roosevelt Island campus available here.
UPDATE 11/16 – Video of the NYC Planning Department Western Queens/Roosevelt Island Transportation Study presentation to CB 8 Roosevelt Island Committee here.
