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Salamanca's Land Use Committee coupled a massive slate, Gowanus (8,495 units), Greenpoint Hospital, 1045 Atlantic, the Madison Ave MTA HQ, and adopted it 18-0. The drama was the New York Blood Center's 16-story, 334-foot life-science tower on the Upper East Side. District member Ben Kallos won a lower podium, a moved mechanical void, and a $10.65M park investment, yet still voted no, citing a rarely invoked Charter 200A protest and 100+ opposed residents. Even allies who praised his work, like Ruben Diaz Sr., split from him: 'This is not about Kalos.
“we have responsibly balanced the concerns of this community with the broader citywide need for improving our life science sector”
— Rafael Salamanca, Jr.
“I negotiated a three-city block expansion of Rockefeller University over the FDR Drive, which resulted in a $50 million investment”
— Ben Kallos
“a three-city block expansion of Rockefeller University over the FDR Drive, which resulted in a $50 million investment in a crumbling waterfront”
— Ben Kallos
“more than 100 residents came out in opposition, along with every single elected official, including Congressmember Carol Maloney”
— Ben Kallos
with 3 related matters · LU 0849-2021 · LU 0850-2021 · LU 0851-2021
with 2 related matters · LU 0865-2021 · LU 0866-2021
The New York Blood Center project at 310 East 67th Street advanced with the council modification shrinking the 16-story, 334-foot life science building down to a 218-foot street wall, capping mechanical space at about 233 feet.
with 1 related matter · LU 0868-2021
The special permit for the 343 Madison Avenue MTA headquarters in Manhattan moved forward with a council modification that lowers the building's podium height.
with 5 related matters · LU 0869-2021 · LU 0871-2021 · LU 0872-2021 · LU 0873-2021 · LU 0874-2021
Approved a set of modifications to the Gowanus zoning text amendment, including lower height limits south of Thomas Greene Park to cut shadows and stronger Gowanus mixed-use incentives. The key change struck MIH Option 2, leaving Option 1 plus deep affordability for the neighborhood plan.
with 1 related matter · LU 0883-2021
The 185-17 Hillside Avenue rezoning in Queens advanced, lifting portions of R3X and R6A to R7A, extending a C2-4 overlay and the Special Downtown Jamaica District over the area. A paired text amendment set up an MIH area using Options 1 and 2 with special bulk and parking rules for R7A.
with 3 related matters · LU 0885-2021 · LU 0886-2021 · LU 0887-2021
Advanced the Gowanus Canal CSO facility package, including map changes at Douglas Street and Fifth Avenue and a site selection and acquisition for the combined sewer overflow facilities on the canal's east side between Degraw and Butler. It also moved the Mercy Home UDAAP amendment delivering roughly 45 affordable units at 485-487 4th.
with 4 related matters · LU 0889-2021 · LU 0891-2021 · LU 0892-2021 · LU 0893-2021
Advanced the Kuba Park Commons rezoning at 288 Jackson Avenue in Reynoso's Brooklyn district, upzoning the site from R6 to R7-2/C2-4 with MIH and a UDAAP disposition to an HPD-selected developer. A ZR 74-743(a)(2) special permit clears the way for adjusted height, setback, and minimum building distance within the large-scale general development.
with 1 related matter · LU 0895-2021
Moved the 824 Metropolitan Avenue rezoning in Reynoso's Brooklyn district, upzoning portions of R6B and C8-2 to R7A and extending a C2-4 overlay along Metropolitan and Bushwick. A text amendment established an MIH area using Options 1 and 2.
The chair advanced the 624 Morris Avenue rezoning in his own district, layering a C1-4 commercial overlay onto an existing R7-1 area to legalize and modestly expand commercial uses between East 153rd and East 151st Streets.
with 1 related matter · LU 0913-2021
The 1045 Atlantic Avenue rezoning moved forward as a pre-considered package, rezoning the Brooklyn CD3 site from M1-1 to C6-3A with an MIH program area using Option 2 plus the workforce option. Special street-wall regulations were added for C6-3A frontage on Atlantic Avenue.
+1 more procedural steps
Ben Kallos · William Martin · Adrienne E. Adams
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: 806 oath/ecb hearings across the 5 sites discussed.