MTOPP Community/ Legal Action updates and emails.
MTOPP’s been working hard at protecting the community, children, elders and our public green spaces since 2014. We couldn’t do this work without your help! As we begin to focus on City of Yes, 5 G Towers and other city initiatives we continue to need your financial support! Join Us Read more…
Are the 5G Towers in Front of Your Home? Attend Public Hearing on 5G Towers June 7, 2023 at 1 pm 5-G Towers Are Coming To Your Neighborhood* Here is how you can find out where. There are almost 14,000 5-G towers being proposed, approved and/or installed in all of Read more…
We need to understand the potential impact the Link5G Kiosks/Cell Towers popping up around our community will have and our rights to express concerns/ push back. This Whitepaper, written by Wired Broadband, Inc. provides background and insights regarding the Link5G Tower deployment and points of consideration for Community Boards. Read more…
Alicia Boyd joined Michael Haskins to give any update on her court case as well as information on the upcoming Town Hall discussing the City of Yes/Blast. This will be the first in a series of Town Halls to understand exactly what these proposals are really trying to do, how can Read more…
Town Hall On City of Yes Hosted By WBAI, MTOPP and FLAC Over the past several months, New Yorkers have been bombarded with Mayor Eric Adams’ “City of Yes.” There have been opinion pages, statements by elected officials, TV news hosts etc. all pushing for a “build baby built model” Read more…
Holding on by a Thread On November 9, 2022, we found out that the City and the Developer’s appeal to our successful petition to invalidate the Crown Heights Rezoning was overturned by the 2nd Department in their 4-page decision. Of course it came as a shock considering Judge Boddie, the Read more…
Alicia Boyd joined Michael Haskins to discuss the ‘City of Yes’, a series of text amendments recently unveiled by the Adams Administration to bring broad changes to zoning and city planning rules and guidelines under the guise of creating more affordable housing, encouraging economic growth and supporting sustainability. Listen to Read more…
Mayor Eric Adams BlastingHis Way Into Your Community!Part III This is Part III in our series on Mayor Eric Adams’ CBC’s proposals to “improve” rezonings for developers. Proposal: To Completely Eliminate the Community from the Rezoning Process As we stated in the first post on this topic, Mayor Eric Adams’ Read more…
Mayor Eric Adams Blasting His Way Into Your Community! Part II This is Part II in our series on Mayor Eric Adams’ CBC’s proposals to “improve” rezonings for developers. Proposal: Unlawful to File Lawsuits Against the City and Developers As we stated in the first post on this topic, Mayor Read more…
An Environmental Review process has to be performed on development projects that are not classified as “as of right”. This means that the project would be attempting to change the existing zoning and the developer would have to disclose the potential negative environmental damages that could be caused by the Read more…