Subcommittee on Zoning and Franchises · Friday, January 21, 2022

The one where a brand-new zoning subcommittee opens its term with a Midtown office tower and a homeless-housing tower on

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Kevin Riley gavels in the inaugural meeting of the Subcommittee on Zoning and Franchises. First up: 415 Madison Avenue, where Fried Frank and SOM seek two East Midtown special permits , a public-concourse floor-area bonus and a height/setback waiver for roughly 3 extra FAR , pitched on a new MTA East Side Access entrance and Majority Leader Powers' support. Then a hard pivot to Brooklyn's 749 Van Sinderen Avenue: a passive-house affordable tower (19 units at 16% AMI for the formerly homeless) where Charles Barron presses on project labor agreements and union hiring before backing it, even as t

From the room

“we will shut it down and be totally supported once we resolve every little issue and we'll get back to you chair and the committee”
— Charles Barron

“could you just please confirm that this is meant to illustrate height and setback compliance with respect to the daylight requirements”
— Kevin C. Riley

“the MTA has estimated that of the people using this East Side Access Point, 95% of those customers will be heading to the north and west”
— Amy Garlock

“can you talk a bit more about whether and how this space meets some of the standard POPS requirements, such as seating and lighting”
— Kevin C. Riley

The decisions

01LU 0003-2022C 210285 ZMKZoning MapLaid over

753 VAN SINDEREN AVENUE

with 1 related matter · LU 0004-2022

The 749 Van Sinderen Avenue rezoning in East New York came up for public testimony, opening the floor to anyone wishing to speak on the proposal. The plan calls for a 100% affordable, 8-9 story passive-house family-housing development that needs a zoning map amendment and MIH mapping to proceed.

The deal

Site

753 VAN SINDEREN AVENUE

Stories

9 fl

District

District 42

Mandatory inclusionary housing

avg 16% AMI

avg 27% AMI

avg 37% AMI

avg 47% AMI

avg 57% AMI

Conditions

Possible height reduction — keep at seven stories instead of the setback up to nine; affordability adjustments still being negotiated before the vote
Project labor agreements, union involvement, and community jobs to be worked out before the vote

Land-use review

Properties753 VAN SINDEREN AVENUE

Legislation →ULURP case →

02LU 0005-2022C 210453 ZSMSpecial PermitLaid over

413 MADISON AVENUE

with 1 related matter · LU 0006-2022

Heard at public hearing, the 415 Madison Avenue application sought two special permits, including one to earn a floor-area bonus in exchange for building a public concourse. The applicant pitched the tower as 'a new kind of office space for Greater East Midtown,' framing the concourse and East Side Access connection at East 48th and Madison as a genuine public amenity.

The deal

Site

413 MADISON AVENUE

District

District 4

Mandatory inclusionary housing

Conditions

openness and stepping down at the corners requires a waiver to the height and setback regulations for Greater East Midtown
along Madison Avenue regulations require retail for 75% of frontage and require street wall within 10 feet of property line along full frontage; applicant requests waiver
to enable the recess for the public concourse and the lobby/public concourse uses along Madison Avenue, applicant requests waiver to both street wall continuity and retail requirements

Land-use review

CB Community Board 5 Approve

Properties413 MADISON AVENUE

Where it standsCB Community Board 5 ✓→Committee→Full Council

Legislation →ULURP case →

Also in the record

Records not linked to a specific agenda item

Questions & answers

S11: Was there any mutual agreement made with the two auto body shop businesses to be displaced/relocated?

Procedure

Hybrid hearing of the NYC Council Committee on Land Use, Subcommittee on Zoning and Franchises convened; recording to the cloud in chambers — S10
Public may submit land use testimony to council.nyc.gov; silence devices, panelists turn on video — S10
Counsel reviews hearing procedures: registration to testify, livestream, accessible-presentation email request — Angelina Martinez Rubio
Public testimony limited to two minutes per witness; written testimony emailed to land use testimony at council.nyc.gov — Angelina Martinez Rubio

+4 more procedural steps

The people

Public testimony: 15 in favor

Practitioners & applicants

Frank St. Jacques · Rachel Ehrlich · Orisa Knapper Williams · Bishop Jeffrey White · Ryan Pukos

The intelligence

Every parcel, owner, and applicant in this meeting, cross-referenced against Zonable’s NYC ownership, enforcement & legislative graph — the record behind the record.

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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. For this meeting: 228 oath/ecb hearings across the 2 sites discussed.

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Subcommittee on Zoning and Franchises · Friday, January 21, 2022

The one where a brand-new zoning subcommittee opens its term with a Midtown office tower and a homeless-housing tower on

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From the room

“we will shut it down and be totally supported once we resolve every little issue and we'll get back to you chair and the committee”
— Charles Barron

“could you just please confirm that this is meant to illustrate height and setback compliance with respect to the daylight requirements”
— Kevin C. Riley

“the MTA has estimated that of the people using this East Side Access Point, 95% of those customers will be heading to the north and west”
— Amy Garlock

“can you talk a bit more about whether and how this space meets some of the standard POPS requirements, such as seating and lighting”
— Kevin C. Riley

The decisions

01LU 0003-2022C 210285 ZMKZoning MapLaid over

753 VAN SINDEREN AVENUE

with 1 related matter · LU 0004-2022

The deal

Site

753 VAN SINDEREN AVENUE

Stories

9 fl

District

District 42

Mandatory inclusionary housing

avg 16% AMI

avg 27% AMI

avg 37% AMI

avg 47% AMI

avg 57% AMI

Conditions

Possible height reduction — keep at seven stories instead of the setback up to nine; affordability adjustments still being negotiated before the vote
Project labor agreements, union involvement, and community jobs to be worked out before the vote

Land-use review

Properties753 VAN SINDEREN AVENUE

Legislation →ULURP case →

02LU 0005-2022C 210453 ZSMSpecial PermitLaid over

413 MADISON AVENUE

with 1 related matter · LU 0006-2022

The deal

Site

413 MADISON AVENUE

District

District 4

Mandatory inclusionary housing

Conditions

openness and stepping down at the corners requires a waiver to the height and setback regulations for Greater East Midtown
along Madison Avenue regulations require retail for 75% of frontage and require street wall within 10 feet of property line along full frontage; applicant requests waiver
to enable the recess for the public concourse and the lobby/public concourse uses along Madison Avenue, applicant requests waiver to both street wall continuity and retail requirements

Land-use review

CB Community Board 5 Approve

Properties413 MADISON AVENUE

Where it standsCB Community Board 5 ✓→Committee→Full Council

Legislation →ULURP case →

Also in the record

Records not linked to a specific agenda item

Questions & answers

S11: Was there any mutual agreement made with the two auto body shop businesses to be displaced/relocated?

Procedure

Hybrid hearing of the NYC Council Committee on Land Use, Subcommittee on Zoning and Franchises convened; recording to the cloud in chambers — S10
Public may submit land use testimony to council.nyc.gov; silence devices, panelists turn on video — S10
Counsel reviews hearing procedures: registration to testify, livestream, accessible-presentation email request — Angelina Martinez Rubio
Public testimony limited to two minutes per witness; written testimony emailed to land use testimony at council.nyc.gov — Angelina Martinez Rubio

+4 more procedural steps

The people

Public testimony: 15 in favor

Practitioners & applicants

Frank St. Jacques · Rachel Ehrlich · Orisa Knapper Williams · Bishop Jeffrey White · Ryan Pukos

The intelligence

Every parcel, owner, and applicant in this meeting, cross-referenced against Zonable’s NYC ownership, enforcement & legislative graph — the record behind the record.

Sign in for the full graph

Ask about this meeting

Chat with AI about this meeting. Free account required.