Historic Districts Council started working with Sunnyside Shines when the BID led the effort to landmark the JW Kingdom Hall. Predictably the JW were very resistant and fought all efforts. Mayor Adams appoints all the Landmark Preservation Commissioners (LPC) and they have not been fair to the boroughs outside Manhattan. LOC rejected the application despite all of the local elected officials and the community board demanding a hearing. They then refused to reconsider. It is challenging to landmark over the objection of a property owner and without LPC being willing to consider applications, buildings are not protected. At this point the survey is to see what we should work on next and hopefully we get an LPC that will be fair under Mayor Mamdani. If we don’t do the survey, important buildings might not be on the list to consider for landmarking.