Andrew Berman

Andrew Berman
Born (1969-01-07) January 7, 1969 (age 55)
The Bronx, New York City
NationalityAmerican
EducationBronx High School of Science
Wesleyan University
OccupationActivist
TitleExecutive Director, Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation
Websitesite

Andrew Berman is an architectural and cultural heritage preservationist in New York City. He is known for being an opponent of new housing construction in New York City.

Berman has been executive director of the Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation (GVSHP), a neighborhood preservation organization in New York City, since 2002. He has been on the boards of the New York State Tenants and Neighbors Coalition, Housing Conservation Coordinators, the Chelsea Reform Democratic Club, the Hell's Kitchen Neighborhood Association, as well as founding member of the West Side Neighborhood Alliance and Friends of Pier 84 and member of the Board of Advisers of the Historic Districts Council.

Early life and career

Berman was born and raised in the Bronx, New York, where he graduated from the Bronx High School of Science. He holds a BA in Art History from Wesleyan University, and lives and works on the West Side, Lower Manhattan.

Berman worked for New York City Councilmember Thomas Duane from 1993 to 1999, then for Duane as state senator until 2001. Under Duane, he focused on areas of education, transportation infrastructure, the environment, and senior services in Greenwich Village, Chelsea, and Hell's Kitchen.[1]

Preservation projects and advocacy

Under Berman's leadership, GVSHP has worked with other community groups to secure official landmark protections for around 1,100 buildings in Greenwich Village, the East Village, and NoHo, including 10 new historic districts or historic district extensions, and at least 40 individual landmarks. During his tenure, GVSHP also helped secure community-initiated contextual rezonings and downzonings of nearly 100 blocks of the East and West Village, designed to prevent new development, limit hotel and dormitory construction, preserve existing building stock, and retain and create affordable housing.[2]

Opposition to development in New York City

Berman has lobbied to prevent the expansion of New York University within Greenwich Village, the East Village, NoHo, and satellite campuses.[3] This includes his work with GVSHP to prevent NYU from building a planned 400-foot-tall tower on Bleecker Street, which would have been the tallest structure in Greenwich Village, Berman's participation in litigation blocking city approvals for NYU's planned 20-year expansion plan.

In late 2000s, GVSHP opposed a proposed expansion of St. Vincent Catholic Medical Center, a hospital in Greenwich Village,[4] with Andrew Berman arguing that the plan would be "a blow to the distinctive historic character of Greenwich Village."[5]

In the 2010s, the organization sought to block new construction on the Gansevoort Street, where low-rise meatpacking buildings stand.[6] The organization also sought to block housing developments near Hudson River Park.[7][8]

In 2020s, the organization advocated against rezoning of SoHo and NoHo to allow construction of thousands of new apartments with a small share at below-market rents. The plan was rejected by the Community Board by a 49-1 vote.[9] Andrew Berman stated, "This upzoning approach of super luxury towers with a small set-aside for affordable units is bad for New York City, bad for our neighborhoods, and bad for affordability.”[10]

In 2021, the New York City Council voted to approve the construction of 3,500 housing units (one quarter of which was devoted to affordable housing) in SoHo and NoHo in a 43-5 vote. Village Preservation lobbied against the construction project.[11]

Awards

References

  1. ^ "Andrew Berman biography". Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation. Retrieved 9 September 2014.
  2. ^ "Ten Years: A Thousand Buildings: One Hundred Blocks" (PDF). Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation. Retrieved 9 September 2014.
  3. ^ Vilensky, Mike (2013-12-26). "'Sizzling' Brooklyn Gets NYU Engineers". The Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 2021-08-02.
  4. ^ Del Signore, John (2008-04-01). "St. Vincent's Plans for New Greenwich Village Hospital". Gothamist. Retrieved 2021-08-02.
  5. ^ Collins, Glenn (2008-04-01). "Beloved Hospital's Plans Cause Furor in the Village". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-08-02.
  6. ^ "Gansevoort Street Proposal (Finally) Brings Cries of 'NIMBY' to Meatpacking District". The Village Voice. 2015-10-19. Retrieved 2021-07-28.
  7. ^ Foderaro, Lisa W. (2013-08-12). "Preservationists Have Concerns About Plan to Sell Hudson River Park's Air Rights". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-07-28.
  8. ^ Spokony, Sam (14 November 2013). "Community confronts park air rights issue as Cuomo O.K.'s bill". The Villager. Retrieved 26 June 2015.
  9. ^ "Community board votes against SoHo/NoHo rezoning plan". ny1.com. Retrieved 2021-07-28.
  10. ^ Slotnik, Daniel E. (2020-10-08). "The Future of Wealthy SoHo". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-08-03.
  11. ^ Lewis, Danny (2021-12-15). "New York City Council Gives SoHo/NoHo Rezoning A Thumbs Up". Gothamist. Retrieved 2022-03-28.
  12. ^ "The Influentials: Real Estate" New York (ndg)
  13. ^ "Lucy G. Moses Preservation Awards for 2005" Archived 2014-09-10 at the Wayback Machine on the New York Landmarks Conservancy website
  14. ^ "Best Greenwich Village Defender" Village Voice
  15. ^ "PLNYS Award Recipients 2007". Archived from the original on September 1, 2013. Retrieved September 9, 2014.
  16. ^ GVSHP website
  17. ^ Kamp, David. "Vanity Fair Nominates Andrew Berman" Vanity Fair July 2013)

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