Subcommittee on Zoning and Franchises · Tuesday, June 11, 2024
The one where the Zoning subcommittee heard three by-the-book rezonings back-to-back — and not a single member of the pu
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Chair Kevin Riley, with Council Members Carr and Hanks, ran three uncontested public hearings. Adam Rothkrog (Eric Palatnik PC) presented the 2118 Avenue U rezoning , a 10-unit mixed-use building scaled back after community-board talks, with 3 MIH units under Option 1. Joseph Sabarrow (Akerman LLP) presented Lucky Supply Holding's 162,000-sf manufacturing enlargement off the Queens Midtown Expressway, citing 8-10 new jobs and quarterly borough-president reporting. Veteran land-use attorney Richard Lobel (Sheldon Lobel PC) presented a College Point drive-thru on a former DEC spill site, backed
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“with one condition being that the applicant uh commit to adding additional green infrastructure with the goal to increase on-site stormwater”
— Joseph Sabarrow
“is a very straightforward rezoning. The applicant here seeks to put a commercial overlay over an existing R five B and R4 zoning district”
— Richard Lobell
“R six A with commercial overlay, allow development of a modest apartment building with un10its and first floor commercial space of 4,800 square feet”
— Adam Rothkrog
“College Point Boulevard here is a wide street, an extra wide street at 100 feet wide, easily able to handle the additional density and traffic”
— Richard Lobell
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Sheepshead Bay
with 1 related matter · LU 0091-2024
Took up a mixed-use residential development proposed at 2118 Avenue U in Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn.
Applicant reports broad community support: community board 7 unanimous 32-0 vote, Queens Borough President conditional support, and positive preliminary conversations with the community and the council member; no opposition raised
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Striping and a speed bump (typical drive-thru measures) requested by the community board, agreed by the applicant and incorporated into the recirculated plans for safe operations
Chair concludes the day's business, thanks the public, colleagues, subcommittee counsel, land use and council staff, and the sergeant-at-arms; meeting is adjourned — Kevin C. Riley
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The people
Practitioners & applicants
Richard Lobell · Kevin C. Riley · David M. Carr · Committee Counsel (unbound; dominant corpus role-holder lineage = Christian Hilton, NOT self-stated/introduced in 20861)
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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: 294 oath/ecb hearings across the 3 sites discussed.
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