Committee on Land Use · Wednesday, October 9, 2024
The one where the Land Use Committee landmarks the Brooklyn Edison Building 10-0 — but Restler puts LPC on notice over t
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Chair Salamanca's committee ran its routine end-of-cycle ratification: six subcommittee-referred items cleared 10-0, from the 135th Street rezoning (strike MIH Option 2) to the South Jamaica Gateway and a Manny Multifamily affordable-housing preservation loan. The moment with teeth came on the landmark designation of the Brooklyn Edison Building at 345 Adams Street, a building Restler says his Brooklyn colleagues 'know well.' He supported it , but underscored on the record that he expects LPC to be flexible enough to let a master storefront plan reactivate the ground-floor retail, not entomb i
From the room
“vote to approve the modifications LUs one forty nine through one fifty two related to the West 135th Street rezoning proposal”
— Rafael Salamanca, Jr.
“the LPC is gonna be a good actor um and a good partner to our community and I I really do hope that they follow through”
— Lincoln Restler
“I'm proud that we are landmarking three forty five Adams Street, uh the Edison Building in the heart of downtown Brooklyn”
— Lincoln Restler
“facilitate the completion of the necessary renovations of an existing building in a special Clinton district”
— subcommittee report reader
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The decisions
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01LU 0130-2024N 240409 HIKUrban RenewalApproved
Brooklyn Edison Building
Approved the landmark designation of the Brooklyn Edison Building (LU 130) in Councilmember Restler's district.
Conditions
LPC to work closely/flexibly with MUS to develop a master storefront plan that allows ongoing utilization of retail space and does not hamstring dynamic businesses from occupying retail spaces
Committee Clerk / Sergeant-at-Arms (unnamed) · Committee Clerk (unnamed) · Rafael Salamanca, Jr. · Committee Clerk / Chair (unnamed)
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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.