City Council · Thursday, February 27, 2025 · 1h 0m

The one where a district member won 40% affordability and a childcare center out of the Arrow Linen rezoning — on Speake

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On Speaker Adrienne Adams's penultimate stated meeting, the headline land-use win was the Prospect Avenue 'Arrow Linen' rezoning in Shahana Hanif's Brooklyn district. Hanif took permission to explain her vote and walked through what local negotiation extracted: a proposal that started at two 13-story buildings with 25% affordability ended at 40% affordability, a new childcare center, subsidized domestic-violence services space, and a 32BJ union labor agreement , leveraged through the City of Yes framework. The rest of the meeting moved an aging-in-place and elder-protection package (Hudson's 7

From the room

“I thank speaker Adams for prioritizing this legislation and urge my colleagues to vote yes on intro 10 61”
— Farah N. Louis

“we finalized a comprehensive community benefits agreement, will be managed by the 5th Avenue Committee.”
— Shahana K. Hanif

“we reached an agreement with their 2 BJ to ensure that this project will generate good local union jobs”
— Shahana K. Hanif

“Reso 7 7 5 calls on New York State to raise the funeral cost limit for low income residents from 3,400”
— Farah N. Louis

The decisions

01M 0113-2025C 250047 MMQCity MapApproved

Council Member Salamanca

Roll-call vote

38 · 1

Adrienne E. AdamsAlexa Avilés Althea V. Stevens Amanda C. Farías Carmen N. De La Rosa Chris Banks Christopher Marte Crystal Hudson Darlene Mealy David M. CarrDiana I. AyalaEric Dinowitz Farah N. LouisFrancisco P. MoyaGale A. Brewer Inna Vernikov James F. Gennaro Joann Ariola Julie MeninJustin L. BrannanKeith Powers Kevin C. RileyKristy MarmoratoLincoln Restler Linda Lee Lynn C. Schulman Mercedes Narcisse Nantasha M. Williams Oswald J. FelizRafael Salamanca, Jr.Rita C. JosephRobert F. HoldenSandra Ung Sandy Nurse Shahana K. Hanif Shekar Krishnan Susan Zhuang Vickie Paladino Yusef Salaam

Legislation →ULURP case →

02Int 1092-2024Approved

A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to educating older adults about elder fraud, end of life preparation, and financial literacy

Also in the record

Records not linked to a specific agenda item

Conditions

Project includes access to subsidized space for a child care center and a domestic violence service provider.
comprehensive community benefits agreement (CBA) managed by the 5th Avenue Committee
CBA includes a childcare center plus subsidized domestic-violence survivors space
labor agreement with 32BJ SEIU for good local union jobs
R6B zoning applied to area within the U-shape between the two existing buildings

Land-use review

CB Brooklyn Community Board 7

Mandatory inclusionary housing

100 affordable

Citations & precedent

Adult Survivors Act · Farah N. Louis

2021 state law on confidential voter registration · Gale A. Brewer

Assembly Bill 2705 and Senate Bill 4801 · Amanda C. Farías

Introduction 907 · Susan Zhuang

Resolution 775 · Farah N. Louis

Resolution 776 · Farah N. Louis

Procedure

Speaker Adams announced her final State of the City address as Speaker of the NYC Council, Tuesday March 4 at noon at Jazz at Lincoln Center. — Adrienne E. Adams
Speaker transitioned the meeting to the stated agenda. — Adrienne E. Adams
Majority Leader Farías moved into discussion of general orders and recognized CM Louis, followed by Brewer, then Hudson. — Amanda C. Farías
Majority Leader recognized CM Brewer, followed by Hudson, then Stevens. — Amanda C. Farías

+11 more procedural steps

Where it standsCB Brooklyn Community Board 7 ✓→Committee→Full Council

The people

On the dais · 10

Carlina Rivera Chi A. Ossé Erik D. Bottcher Jennifer Gutiérrez Julie Won Kamillah Hanks Pierina Ana Sanchez Selvena N. Brooks-Powers Shaun Abreu Tiffany L. Cabán

Public testimony: 1 in favor

Practitioners & applicants

Chris Banks · Amanda C. Farías

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