01LU 0100-2022C 210174 ZMKZoning MapLaid over
2080 McDonald Avenue
with 1 related matter · LU 0101-2022
Subcommittee on Zoning and Franchises · Thursday, September 22, 2022
The one where Gowanus's 9th Street rezoning drew an EIS-and-displacement revolt — and Hanif's push for deeper affordability foreshadowed the R7A-to-R6B cut
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Chair Riley announces the day's agenda: four rezoning proposals , three in Queens (78-46 Metropolitan, 79-18 164th Street, 40-25 Crescent Street) and one in Brooklyn (9th Street).
From the room
“This is a zoning map amendment to rezone 78, 46, and 44 Metropolitan Avenue from an existing R5 zoning district to an R5D C23 zoning district”
— Richard Lobel
“I am Councilmember Kevin Raleigh, Chair of the Subcommittee. This morning I'm joined by my colleagues, Chair Lewis, Councilmember Schulman”
— Kevin C. Riley
“the Planet A Strategies Review of the Environmental Assessment Statement, which was filed with the City Planning Commission on August 31st, 2022. I refer you to that document”
— Brian McAllister
“at least twenty-five percent of the residential floor area be affordable to households not exceeding 60% AMI, of which 10% cannot exceed 40%”
— Dan Eggers
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The decisions
702LU 0110-2022C 210348 ZMKZoning MapLaid over
124 8 STREET
The applicant presented the 9th Street rezoning, seeking to map M1-4/R7A with a Mandatory Inclusionary Housing area over the 425-by-100-foot site and a waiver of all accessory parking.
The deal
Site
124 8 STREET
Affordable
12
District
Mandatory inclusionary housing
12 affordable
Conditions
- Commitment to not build parking at the site
Land-use review
CB Brooklyn CB6
CB Brooklyn Community Board 6
CB CB6
Properties124 8 STREET
03LU 0111-2022N 210349 ZRKZoning TextLaid over
Ninth Street Rezoning
Mandatory inclusionary housing
Option 1
Option 1
04LU 0112-2022C 210350 ZSKSpecial PermitLaid over
Ninth Street Rezoning
Opposition & support
Ben Meskin argues the workers in the IBZ (Industrial Business Zone) in this area are overwhelmingly, predominantly Hispanic, and those jobs will be lost to the rezoning.
Ben Meskin argues that building market-rate housing causes more housing to disappear because the area gets more market-rate, displacing existing residents.
Ben Meskin states the applicant testified there is only one rent-stabilized building of six or more units, which he disputes with HPD/DHCR data.
Susan Young states only two feet were dug up whereas there is a hundred feet of coal-tar that has migrated away from the Gowanus into residential areas, which are poisonous toxics, and nothing is being done about the migration.
Susan Young expresses surprise that City Councilman Brad Lander wants to move people of color onto the highest-toxic land on Ninth Street, plus a school yard, in such a polluted area that won't be rectified due to time demands.
Land-use review
CEQR: Other
05LU 0115-2022C 220133 ZMQZoning MapLaid over
78-46 METROPOLITAN AVENUE
The applicant brought a zoning map amendment to rezone 78-44 and 78-46 Metropolitan Avenue from R5 to R5D/C2-3, which would let an existing one-story veterinary office add two residential floors so its staff could live on site and bring the adjacent non-conforming ground-floor commercial use into conformance.
The deal
Site
78-46 METROPOLITAN AVENUE
District
Conditions
- Rezoning brings an adjacent property with existing non-conforming ground-floor commercial use into conformance
- Largely brick building; residential stories voluntarily set back so as not to take up the Metropolitan Avenue frontage — to maintain neighborhood character
- Will comply with local laws requiring green roofs; sustainability measures
- Interior sustainability: recycled or bamboo flooring, low-VOC materials
Land-use review
CB Queens Community Board 5 Approve
Properties78-46 METROPOLITAN AVENUE
Where it standsCB Queens Community Board 5 ✓→Committee→Full Council
06LU 0116-2022C 220414 ZMQZoning MapLaid over
79-18 164th Street
The applicant presented the 79-18 164th Street rezoning, swapping C1 overlays for C2 overlays across about a dozen lots with no change to the underlying residential districts, in order to legalize an existing second-story Use Group 9A medical research laboratory.
The deal
Site
79-18 164th Street
District
Land-use review
CB Queens Community Board 8
Properties79-18 164th Street
Where it standsCB Queens Community Board 8 ✓→Committee→Full Council
07LU 0117-2022C 220169 ZMQZoning MapLaid over
40-25 CRESCENT STREET
with 1 related matter · LU 0118-2022
A zoning map amendment was presented to rezone existing M1-2/R5B and M1-2/R5D manufacturing-residential zones.
The deal
Site
40-25 CRESCENT STREET
Affordable
60
Stories
7 fl
District
Mandatory inclusionary housing
Option 1
60 affordable
Option 1
Conditions
- signs instruct deliveries on 27th Street
Land-use review
CB Community Board One (Queens)
Properties40-25 CRESCENT STREET
Where it standsCB Community Board One (Queens) ✓→Committee→Full Council
Also in the record
Records not linked to a specific agenda item
Mandatory inclusionary housing
12 affordable
Land-use review
Questions & answers
Shahana K. Hanif: why do so many buildings end up not as nice as they could be — questioning the rusted-steel / dark top-floor design as a New Yorker
Shahana K. Hanif: asking generally as a New Yorker why so many buildings aren't as nice as they could be
Procedure
- Chair tells speaker there are many more speakers and he must cut her short; rest of testimony may be submitted online. — Kevin C. Riley
- Staff will try Paul Basile again and in the meantime calls Martin Bisi to speak. — Angelina Martinez Rubio
- Chair calls Paul Basile and confirms he can be heard; tells him he may begin. — Kevin C. Riley
- Chair calls the next panel: Douglas Hanow, Jesse Lange, Elizabeth Denny, and John Buckholz; begins with Douglas then switches to Elizabeth Denny. — Kevin C. Riley
+14 more procedural steps
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The people
Public testimony: 1 in favor
Practitioners & applicants
Paul Proulx · Tony Daniels · Martin Bisi · Paul Basile · Jesse Lang · John Buckholz · Douglas Hanow · Jason Sakai · Catherine Krace · Amanda · +11 more
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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: 213 oath/ecb hearings across the 3 sites discussed.
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