A Couple of Press Hits

It's always nice when your organization is mentioned in the press. It certainly helps to raise your visibility and publicize your work, especially when the mention is in New York Magazine and the New York Sun.

Today's New York Sun features a great summary on CECPP's November 13th Summit and a report on our focused agenda. You can read the article, by Gary Shapiro, here .

Also, in this week's New York Magazine, the Citizens Emergency Committee to Preserve Preservation was mentioned in the context of the fight over the First Baptist Church on West 79th Street in Manhattan. The church's board is considering selling the property to a condo developer in exchange for a more practical space for their small congregation.

Let's be clear about this: individual members of CECPP may be concerned about the future of the First Baptist Church, but the organization itself does not have a position. In fact, we won't take a position on any individual landmark fight. We seek to address the Lack of Fairness in the landmarking process, Lack of Independence on the Landmarks Preservation Commission and a Lack of Resources set aside to implement and enforce the city's landmarks law.

Oh well, at least the mention will help to improve our visibility on Google .

You can read the New York Magazine article here .