01LU 0267-2025C 230128 ZMKZoning MapApproved
2510 Coney Island Avenue Rezoning
with 1 related matter · LU 0268-2025
Subcommittee on Zoning and Franchises · Tuesday, April 29, 2025
The one where Related pitched a casino on the West Side rail yards — and a packed room of Chelsea said no
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laid over
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approved
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land-use items
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affordable
648
avg AMI
7%
CEQR: Other
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Related Companies and Jeff Blau brought Hudson Yards West to the Subcommittee on Zoning and Franchises: two towers of up to 2,500 units each, a 1,500-room convention hotel, a 5.6-acre public park, and over $200 million in infrastructure money over ten years , all anchored to winning a state casino license. The applicant insisted the project 'as a whole cannot be built without these ULURP' actions. Chelsea pushed back hard: roughly 70 in-person speakers, opponents arguing the 2009 plan already approved 5,700 units of housing now being traded away, neighbors warning of blocked view corridors, Hi
From the room
“We are recommending to modify the proposed zoning districts for the rezoning area to the R6B and the R6D districts with a C two commercial overlay”
— Kevin C. Riley
“change an R4 residential district and a C eight-1 commercial district to an R7D residential district with a C2-4 commercial overlay”
— Kevin C. Riley
“my name is James Howard with uh JT Realty Advisors. I'm here on behalf of Grace Housing Development Fund Corporation and Grace Baptist Church”
— James Howard
“there were 1,100 affordable units as part of the original commitment to Hudson Yards. All but three hundred and twenty-four have already been completed”
— Jeff Blau
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The decisions
602LU 0269-2025C 240250 ZMQZoning MapLaid over
102-51 Queens Boulevard Rezoning
with 1 related matter · LU 0270-2025
03LU 0283-2025C 250099 ZSMSpecial PermitLaid over
Western Rail Yard Modifications
04LU 0284-2025N 250098 ZRMZoning TextLaid over
Western Rail Yards Modifications
with 1 related matter · LU 0286-2025
05LU 0285-2025C 250024 MMMCity MapLaid over
Western Rail Yard Mapping Action
06LU 0287-2025C 240184 ZMKZoning MapLaid over
Grace Houses
with 1 related matter · LU 0288-2025
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Records not linked to a specific agenda item
Mandatory inclusionary housing
324 affordableavg 7% AMI
324 affordable
Opposition & support
Concerns: High Line windier and darker, 200-foot building podium blocks view corridors, shadow
Conditions
- wants relocation/moving-cost commitment in the final agreement
- approved reconfiguration from six building sites to three, same total density, expanded open space
Land-use review
CEQR: Other
CEQR: Other
CEQR: Other
CEQR: Other
CEQR: Other
CEQR: Other
Questions & answers
Kevin C. Riley: requests breakdown of the units one more time
Kevin C. Riley: is there a reason why there are no three-bedroom apartments?
Kevin C. Riley: if you minimize studios, could you produce affordable three-bedrooms?
Kevin C. Riley: when did the church acquire the residential properties?
Sandy Nurse: requests written format of unit sizes; asks about transition/permanent housing plan for current residents on the block
+33 more exchanges
Citations & precedent
Special Hudson Yard District regulations governing building above rail yards · Kevin C. Riley
study: impact of casino proximity on northeast urban communities · Vivek
Procedure
- Opening of subcommittee on zoning and franchises hearing; cell phone and testimony instructions — Sergeant-at-Arms
- witness sworn in — James Howard
- applicant panel excused; no public testifiers signed up — Kevin C. Riley
- no members of public testified; hearing closed, items laid over — Kevin C. Riley
+13 more procedural steps
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The people
On the dais · 1
Francisco P. Moya
Public testimony: 7 in favor · 5 opposed
Practitioners & applicants
Jordan Wright · Sally Greenspan · Susan Marshall · Amber Nicosia · Paul Devlin · Keith Forrest · Winston Majeed · Pamela Wolf · Joe Restuccia · Dale Burnett · +15 more
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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: an owner of a discussed site controls a 66-parcel portfolio.
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