Lawsuit Update

On Tuesday, January 9th, the Citizens Emergency Committee to Preserve Preservation filed additional papers in support of our lawsuit, CECPP v Bloomberg. Among the documents presented was a supportive Affidavit by Charles Platt, former Landmarks Commissioner (1979-1984) and nephew of Geoffrey Platt, founding Chairman of the Landmarks Preservation Commission.

In general, Platt's statement discussed the original intent for Commissioners to be more independent through the use of staggered, 3 year appointed terms. We won't go into details, since his statement is short, but you can read it for yourself here .

In Platt's words "In the spirit of those who worked so long and unselfishly to protect and preserve New York City's heritage, I urge the Court to issue a writ of mandamus directing the Mayor to fill the existing and future vacancies on the Landmarks Preservation Commission with staggered terms in order to fulfill the wise intent of the drafters of the Landmarks Law.

We couldn't have said it better ourselves.