Pursuant to the Hudson River Park Act, the Hudson River Park Trust (the “Trust”) hereby gives notice of a public hearing to address (i) a proposed 97-year lease (the “Lease”) between the Trust and Super P57 LLC (“Tenant”), a for-profit corporation, for the redevelopment of Pier 57 generally (the “Project”) located at 15th Street in Hudson River Park (the “Park”) as a mixed use facility; and (ii) an amendment to the Hudson River Park Multi-Purpose Project General Project Plan originally adopted on July 16, 1998 reflecting the proposed Pier 57 redevelopment.

Purpose:

To allow the public to review and comment on proposed significant plans and actions within the Park pursuant to the Hudson River Park Act. The Trust is providing the public with an opportunity to review and comment on a proposed Lease between the Trust and Tenant for the Pier 57 premises (the “Premises”), which Lease has a 60 year term, with one renewal option of 20 years and one renewal option of 17 years, for a maximum total term of up to 97 years.

The Premises consists of the pier structure, the historic Pier 57 building, and certain adjacent in-water areas, and includes temporary and permanent easements associated with the construction, operation and ongoing care of the Pier 57 building and a portion of the public perimeter walkway surrounding the pier, new pile supported public esplanades to the north and south of the Pier 57 building, and driveways, pedestrian walkways, and other areas to the east, north and south of the Pier 57 building. The Premises may also include certain additional in-water areas to the north and south of Pier 57 upon Tenant’s exercise of its option(s) within a 10 year period from the commencement of the Lease.

Under the terms of the proposed Lease, the Premises could be used solely for: (1) cultural, educational and/or entertainment uses; (2) general, professional, administrative and executive offices and ancillary uses; (3) retail and restaurant uses; (4) public access and public benefit uses including a perimeter public walkway, new public esplanades and a rooftop public open space; (5) ancillary (but not transient) parking use; and (6) maritime uses (together, the “Permitted Uses”). The proposed Lease contains certain minimum and maximum square footages associated with certain of these Permitted Uses, and in addition, identifies generally the locations within the Premises of Permitted Uses. Prohibited uses include retail establishments such as big box retailers, and nightclubs/cabarets. A film screening/film festival is permitted on the rooftop public open space during certain specified dates in March, April, May and/or October. Certain limited additional Park and educational uses, free and open to the public, will also be permitted on the rooftop public open space.

The Lease obligates Tenant, at its sole cost and expense, to maintain, repair and take good care of the Premises and the easement areas, including but not limited to the bulkhead and all other in-water structures. Because the Pier 57 building is on the National Register of Historic Places, Tenant must hire an historic building procedure consultant in furtherance of the historic preservation objective of the Project. Tenant must perform rehabilitation work and all repairs, maintenance and alterations to meet the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for Rehabilitation as set forth in the Historic Preservation Applications approved by the National Park Service.

The proposed Lease identifies a total of five types of rent: construction period rent, base rent, in-water areas rent if Tenant exercises the in-water option(s), participation rent, and payments in lieu of taxes (PILOT). The Lease sets forth the manner of payment and amounts of each rent type.

The proposed Lease requires Tenant to operate the Premises for the Permitted Uses (other than any portion of the Premises leased for office use or for normal building maintenance and operations) generally seven (7) days a week, subject to the hours of operation contained in the Park rules and any other applicable government requirements.

In addition to seeking public comments on the proposed Lease, the Trust is also seeking comments on a proposal amendment to the Hudson River Park Multi-Purpose Project General Project Plan adopted on July 16, 1998 to reflect the proposed plans for the redevelopment of Pier 57.

On July 25, 2013, the Trust, acting as lead agency pursuant to the requirements of the State Environmental Quality Review Act (“SEQRA”) and the implementing regulations of the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, accepted a Final Environmental Impact Statement (“FEIS”) on the proposed Project and adopted SEQRA findings. Notice of the Trust’s acceptance of the FEIS was posted in the Environmental Notice Bulletin on March 6, 2013.

Subsequently, the Trust undertook supplemental environmental review to assess the environmental effects from the introduction of office use in place of a portion of the retail uses previously assessed, as well as some modifications to the interior and exterior of the pier and a change to the project’s build year. That review, contained in a Technical Memorandum dated December 8, 2015, concluded that no significant adverse impacts would occur as a result of these modifications. Accordingly, no further environmental review is required.

A copy of the proposed Lease and General Project Plan Amendment can be found on the Trust’s website at www.hudsonriverpark.org. The FEIS, Technical Memorandum and the Statement of Findings are also available on this website.

In addition to the public hearing, the public will have an opportunity to provide written comments to the Trust. The public comment period extends from December 17, 2015 to February 16, 2016. Comments may be sent by regular mail to: Amy Jedlicka, Esq., Hudson River Park Trust, Pier 40, 2nd Fl., 353 West St., New York, NY 10014 or by email to [email protected]. The public hearing is being held in compliance with the requirements of the Hudson River Park Act regarding significant actions.

Pursuant to 42 CFR Section 600.110, the Department of Health hereby gives public notice of the following:

The Department of Health proposes to amend the Basic Health Program Certified Blueprint to substitute the health plans available in 2015 with the plans available in the 2016 coverage year. The following changes are proposed:

The Department proposes to amend the Basic Health Program Blueprint to replace the health plans offering the Basic Health Program, marketed as the Essential Plan in New York, in 2015 with the plans offering the program in 2016. The issuers offering the Essential Plan in 2016 are largely the same as in 2015, with one new issuer added for 2016.

The amended Blueprint also describes an option to consumers to purchase the Essential Plan with dental and vision services for an additional premium. The full incremental cost of dental and vision will be borne by the consumer. A consumer who purchases the Essential Plan with dental and vision services is still paying approximately 50 percent less than if they had purchased a comparable Qualified Health Plan.

There is no additional estimated annual change to state expenditures as a result of the proposed amendment.

The public is invited to review and comment on the proposed Blueprint Amendment. The Blueprint can be found at: https://www.medicaid.gov/basic-health-program/downloads/ny- blueprint.pdf

For further information and to review and comment, please contact: Department of Health, Division of Eligibility and Marketplace Integration, 99 Washington Ave. – One Commerce Plaza, Suite 1200, Albany, NY 12210, [email protected]