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Staten Island Community Boards to hold public virtual meetings this week
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A city plan to add elevators and other station access to the Staten Island Railway will be discussed on Wednesday during a public virtual meeting of a Community Board 3 committee. (StatenIslandAdvance/Jan Somma-Hammel) Staten Island Advance
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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. A city plan to add elevators and other station access to the Staten Island Railway will be discussed on Wednesday, April 14, during a public virtual meeting of a Community Board 3 committee.
The Land Use Committee will hear from representatives of the city Department of City Planning (DCP) and the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) during the 7 p.m. meeting. They will discuss the proposed program, “Elevate Transit: Zoning for Accessibility,” which aims to expand and improve zoning rules that allow the MTA to leverage private developments to add elevators or other station access to the
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