Committee on Land Use · Tuesday, March 14, 2023

The one where the Land Use Committee greenlit 205 all-affordable Bronx apartments in a clean 9-0 sweep — minutes after a

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A Brooklyn applicant blinked first: facing the Land Use Committee, the team behind C 210090 ZMK pulled the plug, and Chair Salamanca filed to strike LUs 168 and 169 from the calendar under Council Rule 11.60(b). Then the committee got to work. It coupled the survivors into one motion and approved them 9-0 with zero negatives and no abstentions , headlined by a 14-story Bronx development at 521 East 162nd Street delivering 205 dwelling units, all of them affordable, plus a text amendment expanding the landmarked oldest elevator building at 260. Subcommittee chairs Lewis and Riley had already do

From the room

“the construction of a fourteen story mixed use development containing two two hundred and five dwelling units”
— William Martin

“pursuant to council rules eleven dot six oh b the application associated with LUs 168 and 169 is void”
— Rafael Salamanca, Jr.

“good afternoon and welcome to the committee on language. I am council member Rafar de Salamanca chair”
— Rafael Salamanca, Jr.

“will now call for a vote with the support of the local council members to approve LUs 172, 173, and 178”
— Rafael Salamanca, Jr.

The decisions

01LU 0168-2023C 210090 ZMKZoning MapFiled

1852 CONEY ISLAND AVENUE

with 1 related matter · LU 0169-2023

Filed LUs 168 and 169 to clear the 1880-1888 Coney Island Avenue rezoning from its calendar after the applicant pulled the application by letter dated March 14, 2023, which voided it under Council Rule 11.6(b).

The deal

Site

1852 CONEY ISLAND AVENUE

District

District 44

Land-use review

Committee vote

Erik D. BottcherFrancisco P. MoyaJoseph C. BorelliKevin C. Riley Pierina Ana SanchezRafael Salamanca, Jr.Selvena N. Brooks-Powers Shaun Abreu Shekar Krishnan Erik D. BottcherFrancisco P. MoyaJoseph C. BorelliKevin C. Riley Pierina Ana SanchezRafael Salamanca, Jr.Selvena N. Brooks-Powers Shaun Abreu Shekar Krishnan

Properties1852 CONEY ISLAND AVENUE

Legislation →ULURP case →

02LU 0172-2023C 220306 ZMXZoning MapApproved

521 EAST TREMONT AVENUE

with 1 related matter · LU 0173-2023

Approved by the committee, the 521 East Tremont Avenue rezoning (LUs 172 and 173) in Council Member Feliz's district clears the way for a 14-story mixed-use building whose 205 dwelling units will all be affordable, alongside commercial and community facility space.

The deal

Site

521 EAST TREMONT AVENUE

Affordable

205

Stories

14 fl

District

District 15

Mandatory inclusionary housing

205 affordable

Committee vote

Properties521 EAST TREMONT AVENUE

Legislation →ULURP case →

03LU 0178-2023N 230045 ZRMZoning TextApproved

244 11 AVENUE

Approved LU 178, a zoning text amendment in Council Member Bottcher's district that enables expansion of the landmarked Otis Elevator Building at 260 Eleventh Avenue, consistent with the Landmarks Preservation Commission's approval.

The deal

Site

244 11 AVENUE

District

District 3

Committee vote

Erik D. BottcherFrancisco P. MoyaJoseph C. BorelliKevin C. Riley Pierina Ana SanchezRafael Salamanca, Jr.Selvena N. Brooks-Powers Shaun Abreu Shekar Krishnan

Properties244 11 AVENUE

Legislation →ULURP case →

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Records not linked to a specific agenda item

Procedure

Chair Rafael Salamanca, Jr. (Council Member, Bronx District 17) convenes and welcomes the Committee on Land Use hearing. — Rafael Salamanca, Jr.
Chair credits Chair Riley for the two subcommittees and recognizes committee counsel to review the hearing procedures before the meeting begins. — Rafael Salamanca, Jr.
Committee counsel Arthur Ha reviews hearing procedures: council members who wish to ask questions should indicate verbally or, if participating remotely, use the Zoom raise-hand feature. — Arthur Ha
Procedural notice continues: the chair will recognize members to speak; participants asked for patience should technical difficulties arise, after which Chair Salamanca continues with the day's business. — William Martin

+4 more procedural steps

The people

On the dais · 4

Carlina Rivera Darlene Mealy Farah N. Louis Kamillah Hanks

Practitioners & applicants

Rafael Salamanca, Jr.

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. For this meeting: 528 oath/ecb hearings across the 2 sites discussed.

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Committee on Land Use · Tuesday, March 14, 2023

The one where the Land Use Committee greenlit 205 all-affordable Bronx apartments in a clean 9-0 sweep — minutes after a

Contents & search

items

approved

filed

land-use items

affordable

205

Try

From the room

“the construction of a fourteen story mixed use development containing two two hundred and five dwelling units”
— William Martin

“pursuant to council rules eleven dot six oh b the application associated with LUs 168 and 169 is void”
— Rafael Salamanca, Jr.

“good afternoon and welcome to the committee on language. I am council member Rafar de Salamanca chair”
— Rafael Salamanca, Jr.

“will now call for a vote with the support of the local council members to approve LUs 172, 173, and 178”
— Rafael Salamanca, Jr.

The decisions

01LU 0168-2023C 210090 ZMKZoning MapFiled

1852 CONEY ISLAND AVENUE

with 1 related matter · LU 0169-2023

The deal

Site

1852 CONEY ISLAND AVENUE

District

District 44

Land-use review

Committee vote

Properties1852 CONEY ISLAND AVENUE

Legislation →ULURP case →

02LU 0172-2023C 220306 ZMXZoning MapApproved

521 EAST TREMONT AVENUE

with 1 related matter · LU 0173-2023

The deal

Site

521 EAST TREMONT AVENUE

Affordable

205

Stories

14 fl

District

District 15

Mandatory inclusionary housing

205 affordable

Committee vote

Properties521 EAST TREMONT AVENUE

Legislation →ULURP case →

03LU 0178-2023N 230045 ZRMZoning TextApproved

244 11 AVENUE

The deal

Site

244 11 AVENUE

District

District 3

Committee vote

Erik D. BottcherFrancisco P. MoyaJoseph C. BorelliKevin C. Riley Pierina Ana SanchezRafael Salamanca, Jr.Selvena N. Brooks-Powers Shaun Abreu Shekar Krishnan

Properties244 11 AVENUE

Legislation →ULURP case →

Also in the record

Records not linked to a specific agenda item

Procedure

Chair Rafael Salamanca, Jr. (Council Member, Bronx District 17) convenes and welcomes the Committee on Land Use hearing. — Rafael Salamanca, Jr.
Chair credits Chair Riley for the two subcommittees and recognizes committee counsel to review the hearing procedures before the meeting begins. — Rafael Salamanca, Jr.
Committee counsel Arthur Ha reviews hearing procedures: council members who wish to ask questions should indicate verbally or, if participating remotely, use the Zoom raise-hand feature. — Arthur Ha
Procedural notice continues: the chair will recognize members to speak; participants asked for patience should technical difficulties arise, after which Chair Salamanca continues with the day's business. — William Martin

+4 more procedural steps

The people

On the dais · 4

Carlina Rivera Darlene Mealy Farah N. Louis Kamillah Hanks

Practitioners & applicants

Rafael Salamanca, Jr.

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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