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City Planning and the Mayor's environmental office came to defend CEQR, the city's environmental review process, and got hammered. Council members Reynoso, Moya, Salamanca and Barron pressed one point: the EIS for the Bushwick-area rezoning projected only ~18 residents directly displaced, yet roughly 10,000 new residents poured into the study area, and the agencies admitted they 'don't go back' to check accuracy. Advocates from Legal Aid, Make the Road and Churches United testified that CEQR systematically undercounts displacement of rent-regulated tenants. Barron's Resolution 9 plus Intros 25
“rezone an existing m one dash one district to an m one dash four slash r seven a special mixed use”
— Rafael Salamanca, Jr.
“city planning commission modified the application to rezone the area to an r seven a slash c two”
— Rafael Salamanca, Jr.
“neighborhood rezonings for the last several years have promoted the construction of luxury housing”
— Francisco P. Moya
“rezone the project area from an m one dash one R 7 D District to an R 8 A Slash C 2 Dash 4 District”
— Rafael Salamanca, Jr.
This oversight hearing trained on how the City Planning Commission identifies and mitigates the environmental fallout of its decisions, with neighborhood rezonings as the marquee concern.
Council Member Reynoso's Intro 252 was called up and read into the hearing record.
Intro 1487, sponsored by Council Member Moya, was taken up at the hearing paired with his companion bill Intro 1531.
Intro 1523, carried by Council Member Jonai, was read into the hearing record.
Intro 1531, the second of Council Member Moya's paired bills, was entered into the record alongside Intro 1487.
Resolution 9, sponsored by Council Member Barron, was entered into the record at the hearing.
with 3 related matters · LU 0386-2019 · LU 0387-2019 · LU 0388-2019
Taken up as one piece of the 1921 Atlantic Avenue rezoning package , a proposed amendment to the Saratoga Square urban renewal plan.
with 1 related matter · LU 0391-2019
with 1 related matter · LU 0393-2019
City Planning official (unnamed witness): What is the demographics of City Planning?
Francisco P. Moya: Request for ongoing dialogue on how the CEQR Technical Manual update is implemented and updated
Council Member Barron (sponsor of Res 0009, self-identified at idx 1376): What is your position on Res 0009, the legislation I introduced?
Council Member Barron: Can DCP make changes to the CEQR Technical Manual independent of the city charter?
Council member (Deputy Leader, Williamsburg): Two parks promised as Downtown Brooklyn mitigation (Jay Street Plaza and Willoughby Square Park) were never completed; 'the one thing you mitigate for in a reasonable way is not even completed.'
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+3 more procedural steps
Public testimony: 2 in favor · 3 opposed
Susan Amron · I. Daneek Miller · Thomas DeVaney · Inez D. Barron · Committee Counsel (unnamed; not self-stated or third-party-introduced in 16995) · Hillary Semmel
Every parcel, owner, and applicant in this meeting, cross-referenced against Zonable’s NYC ownership, enforcement & legislative graph — the record behind the record.
Owner portfolios, open OATH/ECB violations, 311 & DOB permits across every parcel discussed, developer track records, and an “ask this meeting” chat. For this meeting: 366 oath/ecb hearings across the 1 site discussed.
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