QUESTION
What are the efforts to address vacant commercial spaces in New York City?
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The Department of Citywide Administrative Services (DCAS) addresses vacant commercial spaces by issuing RFPs to utilize such spaces for revenue generation.
- Initiatives include putting out RFPs for commercial spaces that were used for concessions previously.
- These efforts are part of the revenue generation projections.
- DCAS agrees to provide a detailed list of vacant commercial spaces, organized bureau by bureau, upon request.
- The discussion includes the issue of kiosks around the municipal building, mistakenly thought to be managed by DCAS but actually under DOT's jurisdiction.
Gale A. Brewer
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You have, I assume, around the municipal building, those kiosks are DOT's problems.
0:43:08
They think they're yours, but they're not rented.
0:43:10
You gotta get all over DOT about it.
0:43:12
But generally, you have a lot of stores that are vacant.
0:43:15
What's going on with the vacant stores in the city of New York?
Dawn M. Pinnock
0:43:19
And that's also part of the work doing around generating revenue.
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As an example, there is a commercial space that had been used for concessions years ago, we put out an RFP specifically to have someone come in to utilize that space.
0:43:34
And so that has been baked into our revenue generation projections as well.
Gale A. Brewer
0:43:37
So do you have would you have some sense of city wide, how much vacant commercial space you have?
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Is it I mean, I would say around here you have some.
Dawn M. Pinnock
0:43:46
Yes.
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We can absolutely provide you with a list, you know, bureau by bureau, if that's helpful.
Gale A. Brewer
0:43:49
Okay.
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Is and is that something you're working to try to rent, understand their vacancies, in the private sector.