Committee on Land Use · Thursday, March 7, 2019

The one where the Land Use Committee held a budget hearing with no land-use item — grilling Landmarks, City Planning, an

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Despite its name, this Land Use Committee session was a FY2020 preliminary-budget hearing, not a ULURP vote. LPC Chair Sarah Carroll defended a $158,800 bump and 17 new landmark designations; council members pushed on why landmark grants exclude ordinary homeowners. DCP Chair Marisa Lago fielded sharp questions on rezonings, MIH, and zoning 'unchanged since 1961.' Then DOITT Commissioner Samir Saini absorbed the heat: Charter owes the city ~$6M in unpaid fees, LinkNYC/City Bridge economics were probed, and a watchdog flagged a 2019 Conflicts of Interest Board disposition against the agency.

From the room

“significant and serious questions have been raised by this council about the current practice of selecting only a handful of neighborhoods”
— Rafael Salamanca, Jr.

“whose story is being told through our landmark designations? Is the landmark designation process reflected of the diverse New York City community?”
— Adrienne E. Adams

“before we have a public hearing, we make the draft designation report available to them, which is also something that didn't happen in the past”
— Sarah Carroll

“I'm joined today by Lisa Kursavich, our executive director, Gardier Caphart, our Director of Financial Management, and Ali Razula Najad”
— Sarah Carroll

The decisions

01T2019-3797Filed

New York City Council Budget and Oversight Hearings on The Fiscal Year 2020 Preliminary Budget, The Preliminary Capital Plan for Fiscal Years 2020-2023, The Preliminary Ten-Year Capital Strategy for Fiscal Years 2020-2029 and The Fiscal 2019 Preliminary Mayor’s Management Report 1:00 p.m. Landmarks Preservation Commission 2:00 p.m. Department of City Planning ---------------------------------------------------------------- AGENCIES BELOW ARE JOINTLY WITH THE COMMITTEE ON TECHNOLOGY 3:00 p.m. Department of Information, Technology & Telecommunications 4:00 p.m. Public

Conditions

amended rules add work types for barrier-free access, energy efficiency, resiliency in historic buildings
LPC now makes the draft designation report available to property owners before the public hearing (new practice)

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Mandatory inclusionary housing

Land-use review

CB Manhattan Community Board 10 (Harlem)

Questions & answers

Donovan J. Richards: How is LPC looking through an equity lens to ensure communities like Southeast Queens are reflected on the landmark designations map?

Peter A. Koo: Can LPC provide a breakdown by borough of where LPC funds/survey resources are being deployed?

Ben Kallos: Why have Council Member Kallos's submitted Requests for Evaluation not moved forward since Carroll took over LPC?

Ben Kallos: How much money does LPC need so staff can adequately address pending RFEs, and what is the status of these RFEs?

Adrienne E. Adams: What is the status of landmarking the World's Fair (Unisphere) campus in Queens?

+67 more exchanges

Citations & precedent

HUD eligibility requirements (income, affordable rental unit, owner-occupancy) · Sarah Carroll

NYC Landmarks Law 30-year minimum age threshold for designation eligibility · Sarah Carroll

NYC Landmarks Law — no LPC jurisdiction over construction on properties adjacent to landmarks · Sarah Carroll

HUD eligibility criteria for historic preservation homeowner grants · Rafael Salamanca, Jr.

DOB demolition-permit process requiring a status letter that a building is not landmarked and not calendared · Sarah Carroll

Procedure

1:13 P.M.
4:47 P.M.
unanimous adoption of major amendments and new rules to streamline permit review for everyday work — Sarah Carroll
monthly reporting system relaying all permits issued and applications filed to each community board — Sarah Carroll

+7 more procedural steps

The people

Public testimony: 1 in favor

Practitioners & applicants

Rafael Salamanca, Jr. · Ben Kallos · Adrienne E. Adams · Vanessa L. Gibson · Adrienne Adams · Sarah Carroll

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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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