Subcommittee on Landmarks, Public Sitings and Dispositions · Wednesday, February 14, 2024

The one where a 'landmarks' subcommittee spent most of its hearing on a 600-resident affordable-housing tower in East Ha

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Camila Hanks's landmarks subcommittee opens, but the marquee item isn't a landmark at all -- it's Timbali Terrace, a 100% affordable East Harlem development (97 supportive studios, family units, a third-floor landscaped roof) that the team says grew out of community feedback and will house up to 600 people. Saxophonists, a Regional Plan Association director, supportive-housing tenants and a skeptic on AMI math all weigh in. Then LPC's Kate Lemos McHale presents three designations: a Bronx park beside the Hunt-Willet-Leggett cemetery -- families who were enslavers, with ground-penetrating radar

From the room

“The property owner supported designation and informed the commission of plans to develop the site to the south using air rights”
— Kate Lemus McHale

“MEGA is a full-service general construction general contracting, construction management, and real estate development firm”
— Michelle Ponce

“Barken Levin Company office pavilion, a distinguished example of mid-20th century modern architecture designed by Ulrich Franzen”
— Kate Lemus McHale

“please consider as early as you possibly can to start that process to make sure people from the locality can actually benefit”
— Amanda C. Farías

The decisions

01LU 0013-2024C 240046 HAMUrban RenewalLaid over

Timbale Terrace

Took up the Timbale Terrace project in East Harlem, one of two land use items consolidated under ULURP number C 240046 HAM. The development grew directly out of feedback from the East Harlem Neighborhood plan, with the team selected by HPD through a competitive RFP in 2021 to redevelop the MTA parking lot.

Land-use review

Conditions

Community preference for 50% of affordable units negotiated with HPD

Opposition & support

Notes the project drew substantial community opposition, unprecedented in 10 years of CB11 land use meetings; opposition concerned about supportive housing bringing crime and disorder

Neighbors see crime and disorder in the streets and believe supportive housing will bring more; James acknowledges concerns as legitimate but says Timbale Terrace is not part of that problem

Legislation →ULURP case →

02LU 0014-2024C 240047 PQMParks AcquisitionLaid over

Timbale Terrace

Legislation →ULURP case →

03LU 0021-2024N 240220 HIXLaid over

Drake Park & Enslaved People’s Burial Ground

Advanced the landmark designation of Joseph Rodman Drake Park and the Enslaved People's Burial Ground in Council Member Salamanca's Bronx district, recognizing the history of enslaved African and Indigenous people in the Bronx and New York City. The designation protects grave markers and other above-ground historic resources at the site.

Legislation →ULURP case →

04LU 0022-2024N 240022 HIQLaid over

Barkin, Levin & Company Office Pavilion

The Barkin-Levin Company Office Pavilion in Council Member Caban's Queens district moved forward as a landmark designation item before the committee.

Legislation →ULURP case →

05LU 0023-2024N 240222 HIMLaid over

Modulightor Building

Legislation →ULURP case →

Also in the record

Records not linked to a specific agenda item

Land-use review

CB Bronx/Manhattan CB 11

Conditions

Subcommittee requests HPD and the applicant team submit the AMI information in a written follow-up

Questions & answers

Q: how supportive and affordable units will be distributed through the building (Chair Hanks)

S1 development team / S5: council member raised passive house tenant education / maintenance concerns

Procedure

remote testimony registration via council.nyc.gov/land-use — Kamillah Hanks
no council questions on the three designations; no public testimony — Kamillah Hanks
Chair excuses the testimony panel after asking if council members had questions — Kamillah Hanks
One more in-person speaker (Alex Rodding) signed up to answer the AMI question — Lisa Jackson Foyle

+5 more procedural steps

Where it standsCB Bronx/Manhattan CB 11 ✓→Committee→Full Council

The people

Public testimony: 21 in favor

Practitioners & applicants

Dan Kent · Lisa Jackson Foyle · Kamillah Hanks · Agatina Klitska · Michelle Ponce · David Gilchrist · Aurora Flores

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.

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Subcommittee on Landmarks, Public Sitings and Dispositions · Wednesday, February 14, 2024

The one where a 'landmarks' subcommittee spent most of its hearing on a 600-resident affordable-housing tower in East Ha

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From the room

“The property owner supported designation and informed the commission of plans to develop the site to the south using air rights”
— Kate Lemus McHale

“MEGA is a full-service general construction general contracting, construction management, and real estate development firm”
— Michelle Ponce

“Barken Levin Company office pavilion, a distinguished example of mid-20th century modern architecture designed by Ulrich Franzen”
— Kate Lemus McHale

“please consider as early as you possibly can to start that process to make sure people from the locality can actually benefit”
— Amanda C. Farías

The decisions

01LU 0013-2024C 240046 HAMUrban RenewalLaid over

Timbale Terrace

Land-use review

Conditions

Community preference for 50% of affordable units negotiated with HPD

Opposition & support

Notes the project drew substantial community opposition, unprecedented in 10 years of CB11 land use meetings; opposition concerned about supportive housing bringing crime and disorder

Neighbors see crime and disorder in the streets and believe supportive housing will bring more; James acknowledges concerns as legitimate but says Timbale Terrace is not part of that problem

Legislation →ULURP case →

02LU 0014-2024C 240047 PQMParks AcquisitionLaid over

Timbale Terrace

Legislation →ULURP case →

03LU 0021-2024N 240220 HIXLaid over

Drake Park & Enslaved People’s Burial Ground

Legislation →ULURP case →

04LU 0022-2024N 240022 HIQLaid over

Barkin, Levin & Company Office Pavilion

The Barkin-Levin Company Office Pavilion in Council Member Caban's Queens district moved forward as a landmark designation item before the committee.

Legislation →ULURP case →

05LU 0023-2024N 240222 HIMLaid over

Modulightor Building

Legislation →ULURP case →

Also in the record

Records not linked to a specific agenda item

Land-use review

CB Bronx/Manhattan CB 11

Conditions

Subcommittee requests HPD and the applicant team submit the AMI information in a written follow-up

Questions & answers

Q: how supportive and affordable units will be distributed through the building (Chair Hanks)

S1 development team / S5: council member raised passive house tenant education / maintenance concerns

Procedure

remote testimony registration via council.nyc.gov/land-use — Kamillah Hanks
no council questions on the three designations; no public testimony — Kamillah Hanks
Chair excuses the testimony panel after asking if council members had questions — Kamillah Hanks
One more in-person speaker (Alex Rodding) signed up to answer the AMI question — Lisa Jackson Foyle

+5 more procedural steps

Where it standsCB Bronx/Manhattan CB 11 ✓→Committee→Full Council

The people

Public testimony: 21 in favor

Practitioners & applicants

Dan Kent · Lisa Jackson Foyle · Kamillah Hanks · Agatina Klitska · Michelle Ponce · David Gilchrist · Aurora Flores

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

Chat with AI about this meeting. Free account required.