Grant to Citizens Emergency Committee to Preserve Preservation
The Citizens Emergency Committee to Preserve Preservation (CECPP) works to promote the preservation of New York City’s treasured landmarks. In 2008, the Trust for Architectural Easements gave CECPP a $5,000 grant to lobby City Hall in an effort to ensure that the New York Landmarks Preservation Commission has an adequate budget and staff to keep pace with the agency’s expanding workload. The Preservation Commission works to identify and designate new landmarks within the city, processes permits for work on over 23,000 already designated landmarks, and enforces compliance with the Landmark Laws. The group faced a $300,000 reduction in its 2008-2009 yearly budget, which would limit the work that might be accomplished. Through its work, CECPP was able to restore the groups’ budget to its 2007-2008 level of $4.6 million.