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"The Landmarks Preservation Commission is an 11-member panel that oversees changes to the 23,000 buildings in New York City that are either individual landmarks or within one of the city's 82 historic districts. Since the commission designates, on average, 4 new districts and 12 individual landmarks each year, a growing number of residents are subject to its rules.
Whenever anyone wants to renovate, alter, demolish or build anew in or around a landmark or a building in a historic district, commission permission is required before a building permit can be issued. "We want people who live in these places to be able to meet our goal, which is the preservation of that property and of those resources, in as simple, seamless, effortless and intelligent a way possible," Mr. Tierney said."