Committee on Land Use · Thursday, October 7, 2021

The one where the Land Use Committee skips zoning entirely to vote a farming bill — and the member with NYC's biggest fa

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This Land Use Committee sitting broke the corpus pattern: no rezonings, no MIH affordability markups, no community-board referrals , just a single legislative vote on Int 1058A, a local law directing a new Office of Urban Agriculture to produce a citywide urban-agriculture plan delivered to the Mayor, Speaker, and the city's website. Member after member voted aye while congratulating sponsor 'Councilmember Ampere Samuels.' Borough President Vanessa Gibson framed it around hunger , 'so that no family goes to bed hungry.' Barry Grodenchik got the line of the day, voting aye 'as the council membe

From the room

“today we will vote on proposed intro number 1058A a, local law in relation to developing an urban agriculture report”
— William Martin

“The bill was previously heard as intro 1058-2018 by the committee on June 11, 2019, and has been amended”
— William Martin

“proposed intro number 1058A a, local law in relation to developing an urban agriculture report”
— William Martin

“I would like to congratulate uh Councilmember Alike Ampre Samuels for this bill and I vote aye on”
— Rafael Salamanca, Jr.

The decisions

01Int 1058-2018INT 1058-2018Approved

A Local Law to amend the New York city charter, in relation to developing an urban agriculture report

Took up Intro 1058-A for a vote, a local law requiring the city to develop a recurring urban agriculture report.

Committee vote

Adrienne E. AdamsBarry S. GrodenchikCarlina Rivera Diana I. AyalaFrancisco P. MoyaI. Daneek MillerInez D. BarronKevin C. RileyMark TreygerOswald J. FelizPeter A. KooRafael Salamanca, Jr.Selvena N. Brooks-PowersStephen T. LevinVanessa L. Gibson

Legislation →ULURP case →

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Procedure

Chair opens the Committee on Land Use meeting and welcomes colleagues. — Rafael Salamanca, Jr.

The people

On the dais · 3

Antonio ReynosoJoseph C. BorelliRuben Diaz, Sr.

Practitioners & applicants

Barry S. Grodenchik · William Martin

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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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