The one where the Council rezoned to save Brooklyn's horses at Kensington Stables, then splintered over street vendors
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Speaker Corey Johnson gaveled a Yom Kippur-week Stated Meeting into a marathon land-use day. The Council approved 57 Caton Place with a pledge to preserve Kensington Stables, 'the home of the horses', and, after Steve Levin wrestled Alloy's 80 Flatbush tower under 15 FAR, cleared roughly 200 affordable units plus two new schools. It held the NYPD's Erie Basin evidence warehouse to a 10-year term. Then the floor cracked: Menchaca, Lander, Williams and Barron broke from leadership to vote no or abstain on the Chin and Koo street-vendor bills, arguing they displaced 16 vendors and 'are not land u
“Will all non council employees non council employees please leave the main floor of the chambers?”
— Sergeant-at-Arms (SPEAKER_00)
“It's a body worn camera reporting bill. It's being introduced to council member, Lancman”
— Jumaane Williams
“I would like to vote aye on all items on the general order calendar and all resolutions”
— Council Member Rafael Salamanca
“sponsored by our consumer affairs and businesses licensing committee chair, Rafael Espinal”
— Corey Johnson
The decisions
22A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to expanding the zone around the World Trade Center in which food and general vendors are prohibited
Argues the vote effectively evicts long-tenured street vendors (some in place 30 years) from a vulnerable immigrant community; names affected vendors Martha, Nicholas, and Moktar
A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to obstructions and street vendors in certain areas of downtown Flushing
A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to requiring the reporting of information regarding parent-teacher association and parent association chapters in public schools
NYPD Evidence Storage Erie Basin
L.U. No. 184; Non-ULURP No. 20195013 HAM
80 Flatbush Avenue Rezoning
with 2 related matters · LU 0193-2018 · LU 0194-2018
- maintain the promise of 2 new schools and ~200 units of affordable housing despite height/density reductions
- negotiated FAR down as far as feasible; preference was under 15 FAR but not possible while maintaining a viable project
Preconsidered L.U. No. 199
Preconsidered L.U. No. 200
Pre. L.U. No. 201
- Councilman Yeger clarifies for the record that his exception votes on the 4 items he named (LU 201, LU 202, Res 547, Res 548 — the 1881-1883 McDonald Avenue rezoning) are ABSTENTIONS, not 'no' votes. — Kalman Yeger
Preconsidered L.U. No. 202
3122-3136 Victory Boulevard Rezoning
A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York and the New York city building code, in relation to clarifying the requirements for site safety training providers and persons required to obtain site safety training
L.U. No. 190
L.U. No. 191
L.U. No. 192
L.U. No. 193
L.U. No. 194
57 Caton Place Rezoning
with 1 related matter · LU 0200-2018
1881-1883 McDonald Avenue Rezoning
with 1 related matter · LU 0202-2018
Application No. 20185544TCX pursuant to Section 20-226 of the Administrative Code of the City of New York, concerning the petition of HK Kitchen Corp, for a revocable consent to establish maintain and operate an unenclosed sidewalk café located at 3599 East Tremont Avenue, Borough of Bronx, Community District 10, Council District 13. This application is subject to review and action by the Land Use Committee only if called-up by vote of the Council pursuant to Rule 11.20b of the Council and Section 20-226 of the New York City Administrative Code.
205 Park Avenue Rezoning
with 1 related matter · LU 0191-2018
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- 2:41 p.m.
- presiding officer interrupts roll call to welcome NYS Assembly Member Michael Blake, present in the audience — Letitia James
- The presiding Majority Leader asks CM Williams to repeat his vote for the record. — Majority Leader (presiding)
+2 more procedural steps
The people
Public testimony: 6 in favor
Pastor Anne T. Meyer · Bill Perkins
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