MUNICIPAL ART SOCIETY OF NEW YORK
488 MADISON AVENUE, NEW YORK, NY 10022 www.mas.org

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Organizations Filed Purposes: FOR MORE THAN 125 YEARS, THE MUNICIPAL ART SOCIETY OF NEW YORK (MAS) HAS WORKED TO EDUCATE AND INSPIRE NEW YORKERS TO ENGAGE IN THE BETTERMENT OF OUR CITY. THROUGH THREE CORE CAMPAIGN AREAS, MAS PROTECTS NEW YORK'S LEGACY SPACES, ENCOURAGES THOUGHTFUL PLANNING AND URBAN DESIGN, AND FOSTERS INCLUSIVE NEIGHBORHOODS ACROSS THE FIVE BOROUGHS.

TO MAKE NEW YORK CITY MORE LIVABLE THROUGH EDUCATION, DIALOGUE, AND ADVOCACY FOR INTELLIGENT URBAN PLANNING, DESIGN, AND PRESERVATION.

MAS WORKS ON THE GROUND IN ALL FIVE BOROUGHS MOBILIZING NEW YORKERS ON ISSUES THAT AFFECT OUR CITY FROM SIDEWALK TO SKYLINE. IN FY 2019, OUR LIVABLE NEIGHBORHOODS PROGRAM TRAINED MORE THAN 350 LOCAL STAKEHOLDERS IN FOUR NEIGHBORHOODS TO SERVE AS LAND USE ADVOCATES FOR THEIR COMMUNITIES. OUR ANNUAL JANE'S WALK WEEKEND BROUGHT MORE THAN 5,500 NEW YORKERS AND VISITORS ONTO THE STREETS FOR 275 FREE NEIGHBORHOOD WALKS CELEBRATING URBAN LIFE. AND OUR RENOWNED TOUR GUIDES OFFERED MORE THAN 550 TOURS EXPLORING THE ART, ARCHITECTURE,AND CULTURAL HISTORY OF NEW YORK'S FIVE BOROUGHS. OUR SIGNATURE ANNUAL CONFERENCE, THE SUMMIT FOR NEW YORK CITY, BROUGHT TOGETHER HUNDREDS OF NEW YORKERS TO EXPLORE PRESENT-DAY CONCERNS ABOUT THE ISSUES CENTRAL TO OUR LONG HISTORY OF ADVOCACY, FROM PRESERVING THECHARACTER OF RAPIDLY CHANGING NEIGHBORHOODS TO EXAMINING THE FUTURE OF OUR PUBLIC REALM IN THE AGE OF THE AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE. IN HONOR OF MAS'S 125TH ANNIVERSARY, WE HOSTED A THREE-MONTH PUBLIC EXHIBITION AT THE CENTER FOR ARCHITECTURE LOOKING BACK AT OUR HISTORY OF ADVOCACY ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK.

MAS PROTECTS HISTORIC AND CULTURAL LANDMARKS, NEIGHBORHOOD CHARACTER, LEGACY BUSINESSES, AND PUBLIC ART THROUGH VALUES-BASED PRESERVATION. IN FY 2019, WE TESTIFIED OR MADE RECOMMENDATIONS ON MORE THAN 15 HISTORIC PRESERVATION ISSUES, INCLUDING THE OVERHAUL OF RULES GOVERNING THE ACTIVITIES OF THE LANDMARKS PRESERVATION COMMISSION, THE FUTURE OF MANHATTAN'S GARMENT DISTRICT, THE DEMOLITION OF THE UNION CARBIDE BUILDING, AND THE ROLE OF MONUMENTS IN PUBLIC SPACES. OUR ADOPT-A-MONUMENT AND ADOPT-A-MURAL PROGRAM CONTINUED ITS WORK CONSERVING PUBLIC ART IN ALL FIVE BOROUGHS, INCLUDING THE UNVEILING OF OUR LATEST RESTORATION: THE TOMBS ANGEL MONUMENT NOW INSTALLED AT 60 CENTRE STREET AND THE MAINTENANCE OF OF MORE THAN 20 OUTDOOR STATUES DURING THE SUMMER OF 2019.

PLANNING MAS PROMOTES DIVERSE NEIGHBORHOODS, EFFICIENT AND RELIABLE INFRASTRUCTURE, AFFORDABLE HOUSING, AND INVITING OPEN SPACE THROUGH COMPREHENSIVE, COMMUNITY-BASED URBAN PLANNING. IN CONJUNCTION WITH OUR 2018 SUMMIT, MAS RELEASED A REPORT EXPOSING VAST MISCALCULATIONS IN THE CITY ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY REVIEW PROCESS, WITH A FOCUS ON THE AFTERMATH OF THE REZONINGS IN LONG ISLAND CITY AND DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN. WE ACTIVELY PARTICIPATED IN THE PUBLIC REVIEW PROCESS FOR REZONINGS IN THE BAY STREET CORRIDOR, GOWANUS, BUSHWICK, AND MORE. WE CONTINUED OUR LEGAL CHALLENGES AGAINST THE CITY AIMED AT PREVENTING DANGEROUS LAND USE PRECEDENTS WITH CITY-WIDE IMPLICATION, INCLUDING OUR ARTICLE 78 PRECEEDINGS ON PARKS ALIENATION IN THE MARX BROTHERS PLAYGROUND CASE AND ON GERRYMANDERED ZONING LOTS IN THE 200 AMSTERDAM AVENUE CASE. AND WE GATHERED A STEERING COMMITTEE OF EXPERTS TO STUDY THE IMPACT OF PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT ON LIGHT AND AIR IN THE PUBLIC REALM, TO INFORM OUR FIGHT FOR LIGHT CAMPAIGN THAT WOULD LAUNCH IN OCTOBER 2019.

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