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Took testimony on the administration's citywide zoning text amendment that would let casino applicants with New York City sites compete in the state-run licensing process, with speakers describing the CAC public hearings, the nine proposals (five of them in Manhattan's Midtown), and the three remaining downstate licenses. The same docket carried several rezonings: the 41 Richard Street mixed-use project in Red Hook, mixed-use residential developments at 30-11 12th Street and 23-01 Steinway Street in Queens, the 817 Avenue H rezoning in Midwood, and a C2-4 commercial overlay in Elmhurst to lega
“I have concerns with this application primarily with the portions of the proposed rezoning area that would include two to three story residential homes”
— Farah N. Louis
“which means the premises approved under a state gaming license, which includes a gaming area and any other non-gaming structure related to the gaming use”
— Steven Johnson
“this entire process was kicked off by a statewide referendum in 2013 that was approved by New York State voters that authorized up to seven commercial casinos”
— Steven Johnson
“a proposal by the administration to allow casino applicate applicants with sites located in the city to compete in the state run application process”
— Kevin C. Riley
with 1 related matter · LU 0038-2024
The mixed-use residential development at 30-11 12th Street came before the committee for a hearing.
with 1 related matter · LU 0040-2024
A hearing was held on the mixed-use residential development proposed at 23-01 Steinway Street.
with 1 related matter · LU 0045-2024
Heard the mixed-use residential development proposal for 396-400 Avenue, taking testimony on the project.
with 1 related matter · LU 0047-2024
Convened a second hearing focused specifically on the special permits the applicant is seeking, which the Council had not called up at the first hearing on March 12, 2024; the project sits in Council Member Vela's district.
Took up the administration's citywide zoning text amendment to let casino applicants with sites in the city compete in the state-run licensing process.
Heard the Red Hook mixed-use development in Council Member Villa's district, combining light manufacturing, commercial office space, and ground-floor commercial uses.
with 1 related matter · LU 0060-2024
Heard the 817 Avenue H rezoning, which seeks to rezone the northern portion of Avenue H between East 8th and East 19th Streets in Midwood.
Heard the application to legalize existing commercial uses by placing a C2-4 commercial overlay along a Broadway commercial corridor in Elmhurst, Queens, covering two lots plus a portion of a third.
Q: asks whether, under the Community Advisory Committee process, the body could require an applicant to write a check to a chosen nonprofit (a benefit-extraction power ULURP lacks)
Public testimony: 26 in favor · 19 opposed
Jim Tampakis · Kevin C. Riley · David M. Carr · Sulli Zheng (S12)
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: 1,480 oath/ecb hearings across the 7 sites discussed.