Subcommittee on Landmarks, Public Sitings and Dispositions · Wednesday, July 27, 2022

The one where a Hell's Kitchen neighbor backs the supportive-housing tower but warns its 125-worker special permit slipp

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Council Member Erik Bottcher's Lirio project at 806 9th Avenue , a nine-story, 112-unit all-affordable building with 67 supportive units for long-term HIV survivors in the low-rise Special Clinton District , cleared the landmarks subcommittee. The one resident to testify, John Smallwood from across the street, gave qualified support but pressed a real objection: the CPC findings analyzed only the MTA center and another use, not the special-use permit, and the project would bring ~125 employees. Bottcher countered with hard-won concessions: more moderate-income units, a right of first refusal f

From the room

“we were able to get uh Stephen Styles Farmers Market the right of first refusal for a portion of that ground floor at below market”
— Erik D. Bottcher

“we have a letter from the chair of the uh city planning commission commission Dan Gorodnik um making it crystal clear that this in no way”
— Erik D. Bottcher

“I would like to reiterate some comments that the CPC made about this application with respect to concerns from the local community board.”
— Farah N. Louis

The decisions

01LU 0073-2022N 220219 ZRMZoning TextApproved

The Lirio – 806 9th Avenue

with 4 related matters · LU 0074-2022 · LU 0075-2022 · LU 0076-2022 · LU 0077-2022

Conditions

A number of proposed zoning text changes were negotiated and changed favorably, working closely with Community Board 4.
A proposed rezoning of the whole block from residential to commercial (for second-floor commercial office space) was negotiated down to be limited to only this zoning/project.
Pre-considered LU 74 zoning map amendment replaces portions of an existing R8 and R8/C1-5 district with a C6-2 district; Council modification reduces the size of the proposed C6-2 district.
Chair states for the record that supporting this rezoning does not erode the Special Clinton District's goal of preserving residential character and should not set precedent or signal the development community to propose similar rezonings elsewhere in the subdistrict.

Subcommittee action

Legislation →ULURP case →

02C 220221 ZSM

806 9th Avenue

Took up the five ULURP actions for the Lirio project at 806 9th Avenue in Councilmember Bottcher's district, a nine-story mixed-use building delivering 112 permanently affordable units , about 67 of them supportive housing for long-term HIV survivors. The package arrived on the heels of a June 14th public hearing that drew 36 witnesses.

The proposal

Site

806 9th Avenue

Properties806 9th Avenue

Legislation →

Also in the record

Records not linked to a specific agenda item

The proposal

Stories

9 fl

Land-use review

CB Manhattan Community Board 4

Conditions

More units of moderate-income housing were added to the project through negotiation, plus commercial space on the ground floor.
Stiles Farmers Market given right of first refusal for a portion of the ground-floor commercial space at below-market rent.
Applicant agreed to meet again within the next month to further discuss and refine the facade design.
Negotiated effort to prioritize formerly-homeless long-term HIV/AIDS survivors with a connection to Hell's Kitchen / Community Board 4 (last known address, familial ties, medical providers) for the supportive units.
Project includes a negotiated community advisory board.
Council modification creates the new special permit at ZR section 96-104 and adds conditions to further limit its application to the project area.

Citations & precedent

New York City Charter section 197-d(b)(3) · Farah N. Louis

Procedure

Subcommittee counsel opens the Subcommittee on Landmarks, Public Siting and Dispositions hearing and asks attendees to silence phones. — John Smallwood
Counsel explains hybrid-format hearing procedures: members in person, public may testify in person or via Zoom with prior registration at council.nyc.gov/landuse. — John Smallwood
Counsel instructs that written testimony be emailed to landusetestimony@council.nyc.gov with the LU number or project name in the subject line. — John Smallwood
Council adopted a resolution under Charter section 197-d(b)(3) at the June 16th stated meeting calling up the City Planning Commission decisions on the special-permit / disposition / acquisition applications, a prerequisite to voting on three of the items. — Farah N. Louis

+7 more procedural steps

Where it standsCB Manhattan Community Board 4 ✓→Committee→Full Council

The people

On the dais · 1

Inna Vernikov

Public testimony: 1 in favor

The intelligence

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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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Subcommittee on Landmarks, Public Sitings and Dispositions · Wednesday, July 27, 2022

The one where a Hell's Kitchen neighbor backs the supportive-housing tower but warns its 125-worker special permit slipp

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From the room

“we were able to get uh Stephen Styles Farmers Market the right of first refusal for a portion of that ground floor at below market”
— Erik D. Bottcher

“we have a letter from the chair of the uh city planning commission commission Dan Gorodnik um making it crystal clear that this in no way”
— Erik D. Bottcher

“I would like to reiterate some comments that the CPC made about this application with respect to concerns from the local community board.”
— Farah N. Louis

The decisions

01LU 0073-2022N 220219 ZRMZoning TextApproved

The Lirio – 806 9th Avenue

with 4 related matters · LU 0074-2022 · LU 0075-2022 · LU 0076-2022 · LU 0077-2022

Conditions

A number of proposed zoning text changes were negotiated and changed favorably, working closely with Community Board 4.
A proposed rezoning of the whole block from residential to commercial (for second-floor commercial office space) was negotiated down to be limited to only this zoning/project.
Pre-considered LU 74 zoning map amendment replaces portions of an existing R8 and R8/C1-5 district with a C6-2 district; Council modification reduces the size of the proposed C6-2 district.
Chair states for the record that supporting this rezoning does not erode the Special Clinton District's goal of preserving residential character and should not set precedent or signal the development community to propose similar rezonings elsewhere in the subdistrict.

Subcommittee action

Legislation →ULURP case →

02C 220221 ZSM

806 9th Avenue

The proposal

Site

806 9th Avenue

Properties806 9th Avenue

Legislation →

Also in the record

Records not linked to a specific agenda item

The proposal

Stories

9 fl

Land-use review

CB Manhattan Community Board 4

Conditions

More units of moderate-income housing were added to the project through negotiation, plus commercial space on the ground floor.
Stiles Farmers Market given right of first refusal for a portion of the ground-floor commercial space at below-market rent.
Applicant agreed to meet again within the next month to further discuss and refine the facade design.
Negotiated effort to prioritize formerly-homeless long-term HIV/AIDS survivors with a connection to Hell's Kitchen / Community Board 4 (last known address, familial ties, medical providers) for the supportive units.
Project includes a negotiated community advisory board.
Council modification creates the new special permit at ZR section 96-104 and adds conditions to further limit its application to the project area.

Citations & precedent

New York City Charter section 197-d(b)(3) · Farah N. Louis

Procedure

Subcommittee counsel opens the Subcommittee on Landmarks, Public Siting and Dispositions hearing and asks attendees to silence phones. — John Smallwood
Counsel explains hybrid-format hearing procedures: members in person, public may testify in person or via Zoom with prior registration at council.nyc.gov/landuse. — John Smallwood
Counsel instructs that written testimony be emailed to landusetestimony@council.nyc.gov with the LU number or project name in the subject line. — John Smallwood
Council adopted a resolution under Charter section 197-d(b)(3) at the June 16th stated meeting calling up the City Planning Commission decisions on the special-permit / disposition / acquisition applications, a prerequisite to voting on three of the items. — Farah N. Louis

+7 more procedural steps

Where it standsCB Manhattan Community Board 4 ✓→Committee→Full Council

The people

On the dais · 1

Inna Vernikov

Public testimony: 1 in favor

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

Owner portfolios, open OATH/ECB violations, 311 & DOB permits across every parcel discussed, developer track records, and an “ask this meeting” chat.

Ask about this meeting

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