Subcommittee on Zoning and Franchises · Tuesday, September 10, 2024

The one where a 594-foot cancer hospital split the Upper East Side and the Health Committee chair voted yes as a breast

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MSK's bid for a 31-story, 594-foot Pavilion with 28 operating rooms and 206 beds drew dueling testimony before the zoning subcommittee. MSK doctors and Harlem cancer patients pleaded that the city's high cancer rates demand the operating rooms; a wall of Upper East Side neighbors, parents of PS 183 kids, and planner George Janes blasted the height, demolition dust, asbestos and noise, demanding a phased approach and real air-quality monitoring. Council Member Menin extracted a $10M-plus mitigation package - crossing guards, sound barriers, AC reimbursements, a $500K PS 183 PTA grant - before t

From the room

“I have been working for months with the community, with PS 183, and with MSK to negotiate significant construction mitigation that exceeds environmental requirements”
— Julie Menin

“New York City Department of Housing Development and Preservation is seeking an Article 11 tax exemption to facilitate the development of two affordable housing buildings”
— Kevin C. Riley

“the Memorial Sloan Kettering Pavilion rezoning would facilitate the development of a new hospital building located on the east side of Manhattan at York Avenue between sixty-six and 67th Street”
— Julie Menin

“we're located in Astoria within Community District 1, uh, the rezoning area is uh includes two development sites that are owned by the applicant”
— applicant (21st St)

The decisions

01LU 0132-2024C 240237 ZMMZoning MapLaid over

Upper East Side

with 4 related matters · LU 0133-2024 · LU 0134-2024 · LU 0135-2024 · LU 0136-2024

Memorial Sloan Kettering's rezoning to build the new MSK Pavilion hospital building came before the body, with MSK explaining its original 2001 ULURP application had expired during the city's post-9/11 shutdown. The applicant noted it had been asked in 2001 to withdraw the replacement hospital phase because it was not yet ready.

The deal

Site

Upper East Side

Conditions

2001 restrictive declaration withdrawn now that MSK is proceeding with the hospital
revocable consent from DOT required for the bridge connection
CB8 resolution condition: design in a lower profile structure than currently proposed while meeting MSK's cancer-care needs
CB8 sought a lower-profile (reduced height) structure than proposed
demand for real-time air quality monitoring visible to the school and surrounding residents
requirement for noise mitigation so student work and residents' quality of life are not affected

+5 more conditions

Land-use review

CB Community Board 8 Manhattan Approve With Conditions

CB Community Board 8

CB Manhattan Community Board 8 Approve With Conditions

PropertiesUpper East Side

Legislation →ULURP case →

02LU 0145-2024C 230250 ZMQZoning MapLaid over

21st Street Rezoning

Legislation →ULURP case →

03LU 0146-2024N 230251 ZRQZoning TextLaid over

21 STREET

The matter concerned a text change tied to a mixed-use residential development of roughly 92 apartments in Queens.

The deal

Site

21 STREET

District

District 26

Mandatory inclusionary housing

Land-use review

CB Queens Community Board 1

Properties21 STREET

Legislation →ULURP case →

04LU 0147-2024G 240057 XAKArt. XI Tax ExemptionLaid over

Bedford-Stuyvesant

HPD sought an Article 11 tax exemption to facilitate two affordable housing developments, including the Marcus Garvey project in Bedford-Stuyvesant. The exemption from real property taxation covers the project identified by the 280-series designation.

The deal

Site

Bedford-Stuyvesant

District

District 36

Mandatory inclusionary housing

Land-use review

PropertiesBedford-Stuyvesant

Legislation →ULURP case →

Also in the record

Records not linked to a specific agenda item

Mandatory inclusionary housing

Conditions

lower the profile structure
lower profile structure than currently proposed

Land-use review

Questions & answers

Dale Cohen (architect): what is the average height of buildings in Yorkville

Citations & precedent

2019 American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network report on NYC neighborhood cancer incidence · Linda Thompson

EPA article 'Children Are Not Little Adults' · Daniela Mendoza

Procedure

approved despite overwhelming community opposition, with condition to lower profile structure

The people

Public testimony: 6 in favor · 2 opposed

Practitioners & applicants

Nicole Grogan · John McGinley · Michael Picarillo · Lindsay (McCormick) · Lynn C. Schulman · Andrew Kung · Akshay Ganju · Kim Rubinstein · Ben Wetzler · Lo van der Vaalten · +15 more

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: 714 oath/ecb hearings across the 2 sites discussed.

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Subcommittee on Zoning and Franchises · Tuesday, September 10, 2024

The one where a 594-foot cancer hospital split the Upper East Side and the Health Committee chair voted yes as a breast

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From the room

“I have been working for months with the community, with PS 183, and with MSK to negotiate significant construction mitigation that exceeds environmental requirements”
— Julie Menin

“New York City Department of Housing Development and Preservation is seeking an Article 11 tax exemption to facilitate the development of two affordable housing buildings”
— Kevin C. Riley

“the Memorial Sloan Kettering Pavilion rezoning would facilitate the development of a new hospital building located on the east side of Manhattan at York Avenue between sixty-six and 67th Street”
— Julie Menin

“we're located in Astoria within Community District 1, uh, the rezoning area is uh includes two development sites that are owned by the applicant”
— applicant (21st St)

The decisions

01LU 0132-2024C 240237 ZMMZoning MapLaid over

Upper East Side

with 4 related matters · LU 0133-2024 · LU 0134-2024 · LU 0135-2024 · LU 0136-2024

The deal

Site

Upper East Side

Conditions

2001 restrictive declaration withdrawn now that MSK is proceeding with the hospital
revocable consent from DOT required for the bridge connection
CB8 resolution condition: design in a lower profile structure than currently proposed while meeting MSK's cancer-care needs
CB8 sought a lower-profile (reduced height) structure than proposed
demand for real-time air quality monitoring visible to the school and surrounding residents
requirement for noise mitigation so student work and residents' quality of life are not affected

+5 more conditions

Land-use review

CB Community Board 8 Manhattan Approve With Conditions

CB Community Board 8

CB Manhattan Community Board 8 Approve With Conditions

PropertiesUpper East Side

Legislation →ULURP case →

02LU 0145-2024C 230250 ZMQZoning MapLaid over

21st Street Rezoning

Legislation →ULURP case →

03LU 0146-2024N 230251 ZRQZoning TextLaid over

21 STREET

The matter concerned a text change tied to a mixed-use residential development of roughly 92 apartments in Queens.

The deal

Site

21 STREET

District

District 26

Mandatory inclusionary housing

Land-use review

CB Queens Community Board 1

Properties21 STREET

Legislation →ULURP case →

04LU 0147-2024G 240057 XAKArt. XI Tax ExemptionLaid over

Bedford-Stuyvesant

The deal

Site

Bedford-Stuyvesant

District

District 36

Mandatory inclusionary housing

Land-use review

PropertiesBedford-Stuyvesant

Legislation →ULURP case →

Also in the record

Records not linked to a specific agenda item

Mandatory inclusionary housing

Conditions

lower the profile structure
lower profile structure than currently proposed

Land-use review

Questions & answers

Dale Cohen (architect): what is the average height of buildings in Yorkville

Citations & precedent

2019 American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network report on NYC neighborhood cancer incidence · Linda Thompson

EPA article 'Children Are Not Little Adults' · Daniela Mendoza

Procedure

approved despite overwhelming community opposition, with condition to lower profile structure

The people

Public testimony: 6 in favor · 2 opposed

Practitioners & applicants

Nicole Grogan · John McGinley · Michael Picarillo · Lindsay (McCormick) · Lynn C. Schulman · Andrew Kung · Akshay Ganju · Kim Rubinstein · Ben Wetzler · Lo van der Vaalten · +15 more

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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