SELECTED RESUMES: Abir Sabet
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ABIR SABET, AICP
QUALIFICATIONS:
Ms. Sabet has over twenty two years of experience in environmental planning. Her responsibilities at PHA include the preparation of Environmental Impact / Assessment Statements and associated impact analyses of land use and zoning, open space, historic resources, urban design, community facilities, traffic and transportation, as well as other environmental issues. Ms. Sabet is currently the project manager for the Inwood Rezoning Proposal EIS, a City initiative aimed at creating opportunities for housing, including affordable housing, community facilities, and commercial uses, as well as opening access to the Harlem River and creating new waterfront open space. Ms. Sabet is also currently serving as project manager for two EASs for site-specific rezonings, in northwest Bushwick and Elmhurst, which are being proposed to facilitate development of affordable housing.
Ms. Sabet recently served as project manager for the East New York Rezoning, a NYCDCP initiative to rezone approximately 190 blocks in the East New York / Cypress Hills and Ocean Hill neighborhoods. Prior to that, Ms. Sabet served as the project manager for the EIS for the Seaside Park and Community Arts Center project in Coney Island, which involves the development of approximately 2.41-acres of publicly accessible open space, including an approximately 5,100-seat seasonal amphitheater and adaptive reuse of the landmarked former Childs Restaurant building.
She previously prepared the EIS document for NYCDCP’s West Harlem Rezoning in Manhattan, an initiative affecting approximately 90 blocks. Ms. Sabet also served as project manager for the EIS for the Sugar Hill Rezoning project in Manhattan, which facilitated the development of a 12-story mixed-use building with 124 affordable housing units, a day care center, a children’s museum, and accessory parking. She has also served as the project manager for a number of EASs, including for DCP’s Greenpoint-Williamsburg Contextual Rezoning and North Tribeca Rezoning projects; the rezoning of portions of two blocks on the west side of Manhattan; as well as for the Dock Street DUMBO rezoning project in Brooklyn.
Ms. Sabet served as the project manager for the 2005 Greenpoint-Williamsburg Rezoning EIS, a major initiative affecting more than 180 blocks in the Greenpoint and Williamsburg areas of northern Brooklyn, which involved zoning map and text amendments, as well as changes to the city map involving street demapping and establishment of a park.
EXPERIENCE:
Philip Habib & Associates:
Senior Environmental Planner
EDUCATION:
1994 • New York University • Master of Urban Planning
1992 • New York University • B.A., Urban Design Studies
Magna Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa
PROFESSIONAL LICENSES & AFFILIATIONS:
American Planning Association:
Member
AICP Certified
