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Throgs Neck's Bruckner rezoning hearing turned the Bronx subcommittee into a battleground. Backers pitched 168 affordable homes , 99 set aside for seniors and veterans , plus a preserved supermarket and a 15,000-sq-ft Kips Bay Boys & Girls Club space. Opponents, led by the Throgs Neck Homeowners Association, warned of antiquated sewers, severe traffic, '34 high-rises along I-95,' and outsiders crowding out residents. Council Member Velázquez acknowledged passions had led to 'threats of violence.' Chair Riley pressed the applicant to memorialize height and affordability commitments in writing.
“I do recognize and don't want to uh disrespect the council's uh uh pushings towards option level one in uh in current rezoning. So I called that to your attention specifically”
— Eric Palatnik
“we are here today with the support of 32 BJ... We've entered to an agreement with them where they'll be providing building maintenance services”
— Eric Palatnik
“The project has been supported, well supported, both by Community Board 11, as well as by Councilman Kalman Yeager, as well as by Councilman Kagan”
— Eric Palatnik
“We are proposing to create 66 units in this development in an eight-story mixed-use development that will have ground floor retail and will have parking at the seller level”
— Eric Palatnik
Pre-considered as LU 88, the 1959 Strang Avenue rezoning would map a C2-3 commercial overlay within the existing R4 district in Chair Riley's own Bronx district, and Riley stated full support.
Pre-considered as LU 89, the 231-06 Northern Boulevard proposal maps a C2 overlay within the existing R1-2 district to let an existing restaurant expand, with local Councilmember Paladino backing it as modified.
with 4 related matters · LU 0090-2022 · LU 0091-2022 · LU 0094-2022 · LU 0096-2022
Took up three linked Hallett's North items together: a city map amendment to demap portions of 3rd Street between 26th Avenue and the waterfront, a special permit modifying bulk regulations, and a waterfront authorization to adjust design requirements for public access areas and upland connections.
with 1 related matter · LU 0101-2022
The 2080 McDonald Avenue application sought to rezone existing R5B and M1 land to a C4-4L district, paired with a related text amendment establishing an MIH program area.
with 1 related matter · LU 0103-2022
The Bruckner Sites map amendment would rezone existing R4A/C1-2, R4-1/C2-4 and R4-1 districts to R6A/C2-4, R6A, and R5B/C2-4, with a related text amendment mapping an MIH program area. The project would convert two long-vacant lots into senior affordable, veterans, and family housing, plus a modernized supermarket and a new home for the Kips Bay Boys and Girls Club.
Concerns: overcrowded schools · inadequate public transportation · old sewage system that floods · insufficient police staffing (40th Precinct)
Rebuts the zoning-precedent argument; says status quo created a difficult environment for renters
Alleges the lead opposition organizer also opposed Just Homes supportive housing at Jacobi Hospital despite it being within current zoning
Rebuts height concerns: tallest building is modest, midrise buildings are common and serve low-density neighborhoods
Notes the application does not do away with the low density growth management area; opportunities for negotiation not dismissal
Rebuts portrayal of opposition on racial lines: board is 56% non-white, community 53% per census; opposition is not race-based
Says applicants bought knowing the 20-year zoning and gambled that consultants (Constantinople and Bologna Consulting, Reno Public Relations) could steamroll variances through; vote determines whether special interests run city government
CB10 chair characterizes the applicants as not investing in the community but looking for a 'quick buck' - getting the variance and flipping.
Cropper grounds her opposition in the area being already overcrowded and unable to support existing demand.
Union reports a lot of toxicity from opposition regarding its presence in the community on this project
Acknowledges infrastructure/sewer concerns raised in opposition; argues development with detention tanks counterintuitively puts LESS stress on the sewer system than the current site during rain events
+5 more conditions
+11 more procedural steps
Public testimony: 23 in favor · 6 opposed
Sam La Montanaro · Marjorie Velazquez · Stephen Rita · Sanford · Obad Watson · Tommy Messina · Michelle Torionni · Anthony Franciosa · Sinclair Hollingsworth · Austin Sullastin · +22 more
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: 809 oath/ecb hearings across the 3 sites discussed.
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