hack tore explain my position using some images. >> commissioners, i'm harvey hacker speaking for joe harney. my concern has been to attempt to interpret for joe planning code section 134-e-1-b. which says the proposed new or expanding structure will not significantly impede the access of light and air to and views from adjacent properties. this is -- the notion here is that special permission is being asked to violate a required rear yard setback and this is the standard that needs to be met for that. i'm going to put up on the viewer a couple of pairs of photographs. the first one shows a view from the window of one of the apartments in joe harney's building. and the sticks you see are the story poles erected by the project sponsor. this picture just fills in the gaps. and showings the effect on what the tenants would see when they look out the window. i should point out this particular version of the picture is based upon a version of a proposed modification that the project sponsor submitted which reduced the extent of the overhang by 18 inches. i'm not sure that that's actually the prop

last october, i was contacted byjoe harney -- by joe harney. he had some concerns about a large box attached to garage. -- large duct attach to the garage. i met with the project sponsor and the building owner. joe wanted john to remove a very unsightly three-foot diameter duct that ran down a ligh twell and -- light well and past the windows of the building. his position was that it was potentially dangerous and he wanted john to remove it. he asked joe whether he had concerns about the project and joe said he was not opposed, and he was also in the real-estate business. with that understanding, john asked me to remove the duct, which i did later that week. removing that had the effect of significantly improving of view and light of at least two units. i have been on the roof many times and i know the conditions well. the only two windows on joe pose a property that have a sideline of the new building are primarily looking on the existing concrete para pit wall of the garage. one of the tenants keeps her curtains drawn during the day so it app