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AGENCY TESTIMONY
Outreach and education efforts
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Sarah Carroll emphasizes the importance of outreach and education in the Landmarks Preservation Commission's work. These efforts aim to make information accessible to all New Yorkers and improve communication with property owners across the city.
- LPC has increased community outreach efforts, focusing on reaching communities across all boroughs that have not traditionally been well-represented by landmarks
- New educational materials have been published to improve access to important information
- The agency has conducted extensive outreach to teach diverse property owners how to use the new Portico e-filing portal
- These efforts support both regulatory work and generate support for designations
Sarah Carroll
1:17:56
I will now share some further details about the outreach and education work LPC conducts.
1:18:02
LPC sorry, outreach and education are also essential to our success.
1:18:07
My goal is to make information accessible to everyone and in a city as diverse as New York, we need to make sure we are effectively communicating with property owners across the city, especially since a substantial number of owners directly file for permits with LPC.
1:18:23
Since my tenure began, we have increased community outreach efforts and now place a special emphasis on reaching out to communities across all boroughs that have not traditionally been well represented by landmarks.
1:18:37
We have also published new educational materials to improve access to important information.
1:18:43
This is important for our regulatory work and generates support for designations.
1:18:48
LPC has bolstered the use of our new e filing portal Portico with extensive outreach increasingly focused on teaching the city's diverse community of property owners from homeowners to seasoned professionals how to use the tool.
1:19:03
Before I conclude I want to return to the historic preservation grant program, a modest federally funded program targeted for low and moderate income homeowners and not for profit organizations to help restore or repair the facades of their landmark buildings.