Committee on Land Use · Tuesday, March 3, 2020

The land-use committee where nobody zoned anything — and a city contractor that owed $32 million 'cried poverty

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Billed as a Land Use Committee meeting, this was really two oversight grillings back-to-back. First, City Planning director Marisa Lago defended the administration's neighborhood-rezoning record against members who argued projected housing units 'are not realistic' and that East New York fell short. Then DoITT commissioner Jessica Tisch faced fire over the LinkNYC/CityBridge franchise: the franchisee had paid only $2.6 million of $32.3 million owed while, as Salamanca put it, 'crying poverty.' Members invoked Spectrum workers on strike since 2017 and a text-to-911 system perpetually promised '

From the room

“What neighborhoods are what affluent neighborhoods are you you you mentioning that you've built affordable housing in since 2015?”
— Rafael Salamanca, Jr.

“I passed a bill in the last term uh to f to require the climate change adaptation task force to look at uh communication resiliency”
— Mark Treyger

“we looked at the work that we did on mechanical voids we saw a small number of developers look to create artificially tall mechanical spaces”
— Marisa Lago

“This hearing will cover the fiscal 2021 preliminary budget for the Department of Information Technology and Telecommunications”
— Rafael Salamanca, Jr.

The decisions

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New York City Council Budget and Oversight Hearings on The Preliminary Capital Budget for Fiscal Year 2021-2024, The Preliminary Capital Commitment Plan for Fiscal Year 2020-2024 and The Fiscal 2020 Preliminary Mayor’s Management Report 1:00 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

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Questions & answers

Rafael Salamanca, Jr.: Asks Lago to name the specific affluent neighborhoods where DCP says affordable housing has been built since 2015.

Rafael Salamanca, Jr.: Asks when DCP plans to release the findings from the Southern Boulevard study after several years of community engagement.

Rafael Salamanca, Jr.: Asks whether DCP plans or conducts neighborhood studies without a zoning/rezoning outcome.

Rafael Salamanca, Jr.: Asks which remaining neighborhood rezonings DCP expects to certify before the end of the year/administration.

Rafael Salamanca, Jr.: Asks whether Lago shares Deputy Mayor Vicki Been's reported position that the city is not in the business of downzoning communities.

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Citations & precedent

NYC Charter — Department of Buildings as interpreter of the zoning resolution · Marisa Lago

1961 Zoning Resolution (adoption of the '61 ZR) · Marisa Lago

Procedure

Chair recognizes Council Members Koo (Cool), Barron, and Miller as joined; first round of questions begins with Council Member Rivera, five minutes each. — Rafael Salamanca, Jr.
Chair calls on Councilmember Miller for questioning — Rafael Salamanca, Jr.
Recognizes Councilmembers Treyger and Gibson joined; next questioner is a councilmember — I. Daneek Miller
Chair calls public testimony Panel 2: Christopher Schuyler, Ruth Lohencron, Professor Kleinpatz — Robert F. Holden

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The people

Practitioners & applicants

Jessica Tisch

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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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