01LU 0155-2022C 220250 ZMQZoning MapApproved
97-27 57th Ave. Commercial Overlay
Subcommittee action
Subcommittee on Zoning and Franchises · Wednesday, January 18, 2023
The one where the subcommittee cleaned up January's docket - greenlighting five projects, but killing a Queens car showr
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This was the markup-and-vote session for eight matters the zoning subcommittee had heard back on January 5th. Chair Kevin Riley moved them all to disposition: approve the Queens supermarket redevelopment, the Forest Hills temple, a Brooklyn six-story residential, and Gowanus Green's $5M state grant - but DISAPPROVE the 58-02 Northern Boulevard rezoning, with the subcommittee finding the corridor 'oversaturated with auto dealerships.' On two housing items the chair struck MIH Option 2 to deepen affordability. The final tally: eight in the affirmative, no negatives, no abstentions, after Council
From the room
“facilitate the mixed use redevelopment of an existing supermarket at the site with a expanded supermarket, residential apartment, and community facility space”
— Kevin C. Riley
“relating to the Gowanus Green Empire State Development Corporation grant proposal in Councilmember Hanif's district in Brooklyn”
— Kevin C. Riley
“we are working close in close contact with the Queen's Public Library as this being a possible location for a future site”
— Francisco P. Moya
“Our modification will be to strike MIH option two. Councilmember Schulman is in support of this proposal as modified”
— Kevin C. Riley
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The decisions
502LU 0156-2022C 210389 ZMQZoning MapApproved
58-02 NORTHERN BOULEVARD
with 1 related matter · LU 0157-2022
Voted to disapprove the 58-02 Northern Boulevard rezoning, rejecting a switch from R5 to R6B/C2-2 that would have established an MIH area only to facilitate a two-story, roughly 8,000-square-foot auto-related building rather than housing.
The deal
Site
58-02 NORTHERN BOULEVARD
District
Land-use review
CB Queens Community Board 2 Approve
Subcommittee action
Properties58-02 NORTHERN BOULEVARD
Where it standsCB Queens Community Board 2 ✓→Committee ✓→Full Council
03LU 0158-2023C 210332 ZMKZoning MapApproved
444 PARK AVENUE
with 1 related matter · LU 0159-2023
Approved with modifications, the 446-448 Park Avenue rezoning flips an M1-1 manufacturing district to M1-4/R6A for a new six-story residential building, with the committee striking MIH Option 2 and keeping only Option 1 for the mandatory affordable-housing area.
The deal
Site
444 PARK AVENUE
District
Conditions
- Strike MIH Option 2 from the program area (retain MIH Option 1 only)
Subcommittee action
Properties444 PARK AVENUE
04LU 0160-2023C 220274 ZMQZoning MapApproved
Reform Temple of Forest Hills Rezoning
with 1 related matter · LU 0161-2023
Subcommittee action
05LU 0162-2023G 220025 GAKApproved
Gowanus Green ESDC Grant Application
Took up HPD's request for up to $5 million in ESDC capital funding to move the Gowanus Green affordable housing project forward in Councilmember Hanif's Brooklyn district.
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Questions & answers
Francisco P. Moya: Spoken color around the canonical roll call: Councilmember Moya votes 'aye' as the clerk calls the roll (canonical tally on file in Legistar).
Angelina Martinez Rubio: Counsel announces the running tally stands at six in the affirmative and the vote is left open for late members (canonical final tally on file in Legistar).
Angelina Martinez Rubio: Continued voting: Councilmember Hanks recorded as 'aye' as she joins, bringing the running tally to seven affirmative (canonical tally on file in Legistar).
Angelina Martinez Rubio: Counsel prompts Councilmember Schulman for her vote on all agenda items (her vote brings the final tally to eight affirmative).
Procedure
- Chair opens the NYC City Council Subcommittee on Zoning and Franchises hybrid (in-person + remote) hearing. — Kevin C. Riley
- Kevin C. Riley identifies himself as Chair of the Subcommittee on Zoning and Franchises and begins listing council members joining (ASR mis-renders 'Riley' as 'Rowley'). — Kevin C. Riley
- Subcommittee Counsel Angelina Martinez Rubio sets the question/remark procedure: physically-present members indicate verbally; remote members use the Zoom raise-hand function; Chair recognizes members. — Angelina Martinez Rubio
- Chair invites council members with projects in their districts to make statements before the vote. — Kevin C. Riley
+5 more procedural steps
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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: 156 oath/ecb hearings across the 1 site discussed.
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