01LU 0209-2018C 180386 PPQParks DispositionLaid over
26-32 Jackson Avenue
with 1 related matter · LU 0210-2018
Subcommittee on Zoning and Franchises · Monday, October 22, 2018
The one where the Hebrew Home pitches NYC's first continuing-care retirement community on the Hudson, and the council as
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River Spring Health's Hebrew Home asks the zoning subcommittee for a special permit to build River's Edge, pitched as NYC's first continuing care retirement community, on Palisade Avenue in the Bronx. Attorney Gary Tarnoff and CEO Dan Riguardi trim the plan to 386 units below Skyview's base height, promise greenway pedestrian access and a restrictive declaration, and pledge residents 'may not be evicted for nonpayment.' Andrew Cohen, who steered Dove funding to the home, presses on traffic, age limits and staffing. The same session sweeps Queens MIH rezonings, a Brooklyn M1-to-R7A conversion,
From the room
“As I express in a letter to the Department of City Planning, CPC must clarify its policy on why MIH does not apply”
— Carlina Rivera
“We've already gone through approvals by the New York State Department of Health and the New York State Department of Financial Services”
— Dan Riguardi
The lease term would run through the end of 2027 and would activate approximately 150,000 square feet of city-owned
“approve pre-considered land use numbers two hundred forty-six and two forty-seven, the uh 11 through 1435th Avenue rezoning”
— Stephen T. Levin
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The decisions
1202LU 0211-2018C 180385 PPQParks DispositionLaid over
27-01 Jackson Avenue
with 2 related matters · LU 0212-2018 · LU 0213-2018
03LU 0214-2018C 180263 ZSMSpecial PermitApproved
110 East 16th Street
with 1 related matter · LU 0215-2018
Conditions
- Developer commitment: up to 86 units affordable housing in surrounding neighborhood, 91% parking reduction, community facility/ground-floor retail, restore adjacent landmark buildings
- Automated parking garage capacity reduced from 23 to 18 spaces
Subcommittee action
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Antonio ReynosoBarry S. GrodenchikCarlina RiveraCosta G. ConstantinidesDonovan J. RichardsRitchie J. TorresRory I. LancmanStephen T. LevinAntonio ReynosoBarry S. GrodenchikCarlina RiveraCosta G. ConstantinidesDonovan J. RichardsRitchie J. TorresRory I. LancmanStephen T. Levin
04LU 0235-2018C 180265 ZMQZoning MapApproved
69-02 Queens Boulevard
with 2 related matters · LU 0236-2018 · LU 0237-2018
Conditions
- Commitment for a 476-seat K-5 school in the complex; more two-bedroom units; two stories removed per building
- More two-bedroom units added (wanted three-bedrooms but couldn't get there); two stories removed from each building
Land-use review
CEQR: Other
Subcommittee action
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Antonio ReynosoBarry S. GrodenchikCarlina RiveraCosta G. ConstantinidesDonovan J. RichardsRitchie J. TorresRory I. LancmanStephen T. LevinAntonio ReynosoBarry S. GrodenchikCarlina RiveraCosta G. ConstantinidesDonovan J. RichardsRitchie J. TorresRory I. LancmanStephen T. LevinAntonio ReynosoBarry S. GrodenchikCarlina RiveraCosta G. ConstantinidesDonovan J. RichardsRitchie J. TorresRory I. LancmanStephen T. Levin
05LU 0245-2018N 180086 ZRQZoning TextApproved
Variety Boys and Girls Club Rezoning
with 1 related matter · LU 0244-2018
Mandatory inclusionary housing
Option 1
Land-use review
CEQR: Other
Subcommittee action
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Antonio ReynosoBarry S. GrodenchikCarlina RiveraCosta G. ConstantinidesDonovan J. RichardsRitchie J. TorresRory I. LancmanStephen T. LevinAntonio ReynosoBarry S. GrodenchikCarlina RiveraCosta G. ConstantinidesDonovan J. RichardsRitchie J. TorresRory I. LancmanStephen T. Levin
06LU 0247-2018N 180212 ZRQZoning TextApproved
11-14 35th Avenue Rezoning
with 1 related matter · LU 0246-2018
Mandatory inclusionary housing
Option 2
Land-use review
CEQR: Other
Subcommittee action
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Antonio ReynosoBarry S. GrodenchikCarlina RiveraCosta G. ConstantinidesDonovan J. RichardsRitchie J. TorresRory I. LancmanStephen T. LevinAntonio ReynosoBarry S. GrodenchikCarlina RiveraCosta G. ConstantinidesDonovan J. RichardsRitchie J. TorresRory I. LancmanStephen T. Levin
07LU 0249-2018N 180187 ZRKZoning TextApproved
3901 9th Avenue Rezoning
with 1 related matter · LU 0248-2018
Mandatory inclusionary housing
Option 2
Conditions
- Ground-floor supermarket commercial space and Vision Zero sidewalk improvements committed for the 3901 9th Avenue project
Land-use review
CEQR: Other
Subcommittee action
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Antonio ReynosoBarry S. GrodenchikCarlina RiveraCosta G. ConstantinidesDonovan J. RichardsRitchie J. TorresRory I. LancmanStephen T. LevinAntonio ReynosoBarry S. GrodenchikCarlina RiveraCosta G. ConstantinidesDonovan J. RichardsRitchie J. TorresRory I. LancmanStephen T. Levin
08LU 0250-2018Laid over
72-02 Astoria Boulevard
Took up the St. Michael's cemetery land-acquisition applications (LU 250-252) covering 72-02 Astoria Boulevard in Council Member Constantinides' district. The package authorizes acquiring the property to eliminate a portion of St. Michael's Park for cemetery use.
The deal
Site
72-02 Astoria Boulevard
Properties72-02 Astoria Boulevard
09LU 0251-2018C 180174 ZMQZoning MapLaid over
BROOKLYN-QUEENS EXPY EAST
The Parks Department's request to de-map part of St. Michael's and apply a new zoning designation to the freed land moved forward as the zoning piece of the cemetery expansion. Paired with St. Michael Cemetery's bid for council approval under state not-for-profit law to acquire the parcel, it clears the way for the existing cemetery to grow.
The deal
Site
BROOKLYN-QUEENS EXPY EAST
District
Conditions
- Alienation legislation requires the city to obtain as part of the disposition replacement parkland or capital improvements equal to or greater than the fair market value of the parcel.
Land-use review
PropertiesBROOKLYN-QUEENS EXPY EAST
10LU 0252-2018C 180175 MMQCity MapLaid over
St. Michael’s Park Demapping
11LU 0253-2018C 180321 ZSXSpecial PermitLaid over
5801 PALISADE AVENUE
The Hebrew Home's special permit to operate a long-term care facility in an R11 district came before the committee, sitting in Councilmember Cohen's Riverdale district. The application seeks the discretionary approval needed to allow that institutional use where the underlying zoning would not otherwise permit it.
The deal
Site
5801 PALISADE AVENUE
District
Conditions
- Agreed the building on the north campus would be no taller than the Resnick Pavilion (existing tallest building on campus)
- Council staff asked for additional plan modifications confirming restrictive declaration: all open space on South Campus maintained as open space in perpetuity
- MOU changes: reduced height of three wings, increased number of trees
- Provide pedestrian access to the greenway if and when it gets built
- Establish a community advisory committee to address design, construction, and post-construction operation
- No construction vehicles idling on streets (must be on campus); no construction worker parking on campus, off-campus lot with shuttle service
+2 more conditions
Land-use review
Properties5801 PALISADE AVENUE
12LU 0254-2018Laid over
first
The second amendment to the Coney Island Special Process Agreement, brought by the city's Economic Development Corporation, came before the committee to fold properties adjacent to the boardwalk in Council Member Treyger's district into the 2009 framework governing amusement-area development.
Conditions
- Amendment will permit the city to lease the additional parcels to EDC, which will in turn sublease the properties to CAI.
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The people
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Francisco P. Moya
Practitioners & applicants
Gary Tarnoff · Dan Riguardi · Robert F. Holden
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