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Use the link below to access the full report.
The Citywide Statement of Needs for Fiscal Years 2009 and 2010 is the latest in the
series of annual reports required under Section 204 of the City Charter. Along with the
Criteria for the Location of City Facilities (the Fair Share Criteria), the Statement of
Needs is part of a planning process in which communities are informed at the earliest
possible stage of the city's needs for facilities and the specific criteria for selecting the
locations of those facilities.
As part of a continuing program to provide the necessary tools for informed public
participation in the siting process, the Department of City Planning also issues
inventories of city, state, federal and non-profit health and mental health, social service,
public safety, educational and recreational facilities and programs. This
information is contained in the department's Selected
Facilities and Program Sites in New York City.
The Process
The Charter requires that the Citywide Statement of Needs identify by agency and
program all new facilities the city plans to site and all existing facilities the city plans to
close or to expand or reduce significantly in size during the next two fiscal years.
Significant expansions and reductions are defined as the addition or discontinuance of
the use of real property which would expand or reduce the size or capacity of a facility
by 25 percent or more.
The Statement is submitted for review to the City Council, the Borough Presidents,
borough boards and community boards. Within 90 days, the boards and the Borough
Presidents may submit written comments to the Department of City Planning. During
the same 90-day period, the Borough Presidents may propose locations for any new
city facilities to be located in their boroughs if the locations are consistent with the
Criteria for the Location of City Facilities and with the specific siting criteria in the
Statement of Needs. Any proposal subject to the Uniform Land Use Review Procedure
(ULURP) which is not included in the Statement must be submitted to the affected
Borough President for a 30-day review period before a ULURP application may be
certified.
Contents of the
Statement of Needs
The Citywide Statement of Needs contains proposals to establish, replace, consolidate,
expand or reduce city facilities in all five boroughs. To help elected officials and
community boards identify the proposals likely to affect their boroughs or districts, the
proposals are summarized, by borough and community district, in Part One of this
report.
Part Two provides the following information, by agency, for each proposal.
| Proposal: |
The number and type
of facilities to be newly established, replaced,
consolidated, expanded or reduced. |
| Area
Served: |
Local/Neighborhood
for facilities serving an area no larger
than a community district or community service
district; Regional for facilities serving
two or more community districts or an entire
borough; or Citywide for facilities serving
the city as a whole. |
| Public
Purpose: |
The reasons for
the proposed action and a description of
the facility's program, services and, as
appropriate, the approximate number of staff
and people served. |
| Size: |
The approximate
lot area, building size or capacity of the
proposed facility. |
| Location: |
The borough and,
if known, the community district of the
site proposed for a new facility or substantial
change of an existing facility. Exact locations
for new facilities are indicated only when
a particular site is under serious consideration. |
| Siting
Criteria: |
As applicable, the
specific locational, access, building or
site characteristics required or preferred
in locating a new facility; or the criteria
used for selecting facilities to be expanded,
reduced or closed. |
The needs identified in this Statement are constrained by realistic
expectations of funding availability and implementation timetables. Nevertheless, some
of the proposals included in the Statement may be eliminated or deferred beyond fiscal
year 2010 because of funding limitations.
The actions proposed include anticipated property acquisitions or site selections funded
in the city's capital budget, as well as leases or contracts that would newly establish or
significantly expand a facility. The Statement contains proposals for which ULURP or
Section 195 applications or contract approvals are anticipated during fiscal years 2009
and 2010, including proposals that appeared in last year's document but have since
been modified. Proposals in last year's Statement which have not been modified are
not repeated this year. Appendix A provides a summary of the status of those
proposals.
Appendix B provides a list of new schools, both new construction and leased space,
included in the Department of Education's Adopted Five-Year Capital Plan for Fiscal
Years 2005-2009.
Borough Presidents and community boards seeking further information about proposals
in the Statement may contact the agency liaisons listed in Appendix C.
- The Citywide Statement of Needs is available in pdf format:
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 Mayoral Memorandum
Citywide Statement of Needs
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