Committee on Land Use · Wednesday, April 18, 2018 · 3h 14m

The one where the council demanded to know why rezonings for thousands of homes project zero new school seats

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A joint Education and Land Use oversight hearing turned into a reckoning over school siting: council members pressed SCA president Lorraine Grillo and deputy chancellor Elizabeth Rose on why the city rezones the most overcrowded districts for thousands of new apartments yet projects almost no new school seats. Advocate Leonie Haimson testified the ten-year projections forecast zero new units; Land Use chair Rafael Salamanca asked pointedly whether the city prefers affordable units over building schools. Members probed $1 property sell-offs, rigid subdistrict lines that trap kids, PCB contamina

From the room

“We suggest including the New York City Department of Environmental Remediation on the task force”
— Christine Appah

prevailed in a suit against the school construction authority on behalf of The Bronx Committee

“the advantages of putting a school within their building and how it often sells their apartments”
— Lorraine Grillo

“contributed by a class room, a regular classroom for a middle school, is actually only about 24.5”
— Elizabeth Rose

The decisions

01T2018-1718Filed

Oversight - Reviewing Recent City Council Report - Planning to Learn: The School Building Challenge.

Officials framed new-school construction as 'the school building challenge' at the center of the capital-planning discussion.

Land-use review

Legislation →ULURP case →

02Int 0449-2018Laid over

A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to requiring the department of education to post subdistrict maps online

Legislation →

03Int 0461-2018Laid over

A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to requiring the department of citywide administrative services to notify the department of education and the school construction authority when city-owned or leased property of an adequate size is determined to have no current use

Legislation →

04Int 0729-2018Laid over

A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to requiring the department of education to post information regarding the process used in determining identified seat need

Legislation →

05Int 0757-2018Laid over

A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to the creation of a school siting task force

Legislation →

06Int 0759-2018Laid over

A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to identifying applications to the department of city planning and the department of buildings related to parcels suitable for school sitings

Legislation →

07Res 0286-2018Laid over

Resolution calling upon the New York State Legislature to pass, and the Governor to sign, legislation that would give New York City, and any public authorities or public benefit corporations operating therein, broad authority to utilize the design-build delivery method for capital projects

Legislation →

08Res 0289-2018Laid over

Resolution calling on the New York City School Construction Authority to more clearly communicate to the general public how city residents can submit potential school sites and the guidelines used by the School Construction Authority in considering whether a suggested school site meets the evaluation standards used by the authority.

Legislation →

Also in the record

Records not linked to a specific agenda item

Land-use review

Questions & answers

Mark Treyger: Do you believe overcrowded schools negatively impact a school's ability to deliver quality instruction?

Mark Treyger: Chair (a former educator) argues overcrowded classrooms make individualized/customized instruction very hard, especially for students needing extra support

Mark Treyger: Requests copy of the RFP for the brokers and asks how many brokers SCA uses

Mark Treyger: Do the brokers work exclusively for SCA, or earn commission/salary elsewhere?

Mark Treyger: How many sites in the current capital plan were identified by brokers vs. members of the public or elected officials?

+41 more exchanges

Citations & precedent

EDPL Article 2 (eminent domain procedure) public hearings · Lorraine Grillo

NY State Education Law §2590-b(2)(c) · Elizabeth Rose

NY State Education Law provision freezing District 10 boundaries · Elizabeth Rose

IDEA (Individuals with Disabilities Education Act) — 'IDA' per ASR · SPEAKER_12

State Environmental Quality Review Act (SEQRA) · Christine Appah

Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) · Rebecca Costa Constantinides

Procedure

witnesses sworn in before testimony to the joint committee — Mark Treyger
witnesses affirmed and were invited to begin testimony — Mark Treyger
Chair swears in City Planning witness before testimony — Mark Treyger
Chair thanks council staff and committees, then adjourns the joint oversight hearing. — Mark Treyger

+2 more procedural steps

The people

Public testimony: 1 in favor

Practitioners & applicants

Mark Treyger · Elizabeth Rose · Daniel Dromm · Barry S. Grodenchik · Adrienne E. Adams

The intelligence

Every parcel, owner, and applicant in this meeting, cross-referenced against Zonable’s NYC ownership, enforcement & legislative graph — the record behind the record.

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Owner portfolios, open OATH/ECB violations, 311 & DOB permits across every parcel discussed, developer track records, and an “ask this meeting” chat.

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Committee on Land Use · Wednesday, April 18, 2018 · 3h 14m

The one where the council demanded to know why rezonings for thousands of homes project zero new school seats

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Wednesday, April 18, 2018

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From the room

“We suggest including the New York City Department of Environmental Remediation on the task force”
— Christine Appah

prevailed in a suit against the school construction authority on behalf of The Bronx Committee

“the advantages of putting a school within their building and how it often sells their apartments”
— Lorraine Grillo

“contributed by a class room, a regular classroom for a middle school, is actually only about 24.5”
— Elizabeth Rose

The decisions

01T2018-1718Filed

Oversight - Reviewing Recent City Council Report - Planning to Learn: The School Building Challenge.

Officials framed new-school construction as 'the school building challenge' at the center of the capital-planning discussion.

Land-use review

Legislation →ULURP case →

02Int 0449-2018Laid over

A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to requiring the department of education to post subdistrict maps online

Legislation →

03Int 0461-2018Laid over

A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to requiring the department of citywide administrative services to notify the department of education and the school construction authority when city-owned or leased property of an adequate size is determined to have no current use

Legislation →

04Int 0729-2018Laid over

A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to requiring the department of education to post information regarding the process used in determining identified seat need

Legislation →

05Int 0757-2018Laid over

A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to the creation of a school siting task force

Legislation →

06Int 0759-2018Laid over

A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to identifying applications to the department of city planning and the department of buildings related to parcels suitable for school sitings

Legislation →

07Res 0286-2018Laid over

Resolution calling upon the New York State Legislature to pass, and the Governor to sign, legislation that would give New York City, and any public authorities or public benefit corporations operating therein, broad authority to utilize the design-build delivery method for capital projects

Legislation →

08Res 0289-2018Laid over

Resolution calling on the New York City School Construction Authority to more clearly communicate to the general public how city residents can submit potential school sites and the guidelines used by the School Construction Authority in considering whether a suggested school site meets the evaluation standards used by the authority.

Legislation →

Also in the record

Records not linked to a specific agenda item

Land-use review

Questions & answers

Mark Treyger: Do you believe overcrowded schools negatively impact a school's ability to deliver quality instruction?

Mark Treyger: Chair (a former educator) argues overcrowded classrooms make individualized/customized instruction very hard, especially for students needing extra support

Mark Treyger: Requests copy of the RFP for the brokers and asks how many brokers SCA uses

Mark Treyger: Do the brokers work exclusively for SCA, or earn commission/salary elsewhere?

Mark Treyger: How many sites in the current capital plan were identified by brokers vs. members of the public or elected officials?

+41 more exchanges

Citations & precedent

EDPL Article 2 (eminent domain procedure) public hearings · Lorraine Grillo

NY State Education Law §2590-b(2)(c) · Elizabeth Rose

NY State Education Law provision freezing District 10 boundaries · Elizabeth Rose

IDEA (Individuals with Disabilities Education Act) — 'IDA' per ASR · SPEAKER_12

State Environmental Quality Review Act (SEQRA) · Christine Appah

Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) · Rebecca Costa Constantinides

Procedure

witnesses sworn in before testimony to the joint committee — Mark Treyger
witnesses affirmed and were invited to begin testimony — Mark Treyger
Chair swears in City Planning witness before testimony — Mark Treyger
Chair thanks council staff and committees, then adjourns the joint oversight hearing. — Mark Treyger

+2 more procedural steps

The people

Public testimony: 1 in favor

Practitioners & applicants

Mark Treyger · Elizabeth Rose · Daniel Dromm · Barry S. Grodenchik · Adrienne E. Adams

The intelligence

Every parcel, owner, and applicant in this meeting, cross-referenced against Zonable’s NYC ownership, enforcement & legislative graph — the record behind the record.

Sign in for the full graph

Owner portfolios, open OATH/ECB violations, 311 & DOB permits across every parcel discussed, developer track records, and an “ask this meeting” chat.

Ask about this meeting

Chat with AI about this meeting. Free account required.