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A joint Land Use and Governmental Operations hearing became a reckoning over New York's invisible market in development rights. Ben Kallos and Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer pushed a package , Int 1701, 1691, 1692 , to 'daylight' transfers of development rights and map every zoning lot, so neighbors learn before a six-story block sprouts a thirty-story tower. City Planning's general counsel, Susan Amron, repeatedly called a citywide zoning-lot map 'not possible.' BSA Chair Margery Perlmutter defended her board against an oversight bill she said misread how it works. Preservation group
“a soft site that is in the reasonable worst case development scenario that has a 500 foot building”
— George James
“they go to the conflict of interest board to see if it rises to the level of requiring recusal.”
— Margery Perlmutter
“the thrilling Charter Revision Commission hearings, you would have seen quite a lot of testimony”
— Margery Perlmutter
“I don't wanna encourage the nimbias being able to do that work, but I do think this is information we need”
— Antonio Reynoso
Government Operations and Land Use held a joint oversight hearing examining how the Board of Standards and Appeals runs day-to-day, with zoning lot mergers singled out as the focus topic.
Council members took up Int 1701, a bill that would force notice to the local community board, council member, and borough president every time air rights are sold so neighborhoods get early warning of as-of-right development before it lands.
Rafael Salamanca, Jr.: Does requiring that zoning lots be comprised of whole lots promote clarity and transparency for the public?
Keith Powers: Can the public sign up to receive email updates about what's happening on their block, rather than having to check the 'Buildings on My Block' website manually?
Antonio Reynoso: challenges DCP that because air-rights transfers are as-of-right and uncontrollable, the department treats the information as not mattering
Fernando Cabrera: asks whether a parallel process could be put in place to assign the identifying number
Fernando Cabrera: asks all administration panelists collectively how to make the identifying-number/tracking system happen moving forward
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+2 more procedural steps
Public testimony: 1 in favor
Fernando Cabrera · Richard Lewis
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.
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