Subcommittee on Zoning and Franchises · Wednesday, August 20, 2025
The one where a $4.5B Park Avenue supertall, a senior-housing rezoning, and a four-year-old sidewalk cafe all crowded th
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laid over
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CEQR: Other
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The zoning subcommittee ran a wide-spectrum docket: a $4.5 billion, ~1,586-foot Class A office tower at 350 Park Avenue promising $150M+ for MTA train-shed upkeep and 500,000 sq ft of transferable development rights drew strong 32BJ and St. Bartholomew's Church support; the Ahiezer not-for-profit pressed a Broadway senior affordable-housing rezoning past community-board opposition, warning it 'will not be building it' if HUD financing falls through; a Garment-District hotel-and-covered-pedestrian-space permit advanced with Hotel Trades Council backing; and Councilmember Holden again opposed th
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“establish a mandatory inclusionary housing area or MIH area to ensure that 25% of the residential floor area of the project is set aside as permanently affordable. And we'll also note that for HPD subsidized projects such as this one, HPD requires an additional fifteen percent”
— Frank St. Jacques
“there's a formerly home homeless set aside of fifteen percent of the units and then there's a mix between thirty-seven, forty-seven, fifty-seven, sixty-seven or seventy-seven percent of AMI”
— Ron Schulman
located on the east side of Broadway, just north of one west one two hundred and thirty-first Street in Kingsbridge within Community District 8 in the Bronx is in an M11 zoning district that was established back in 1961
“there are e-designations related to hazardous materials, air quality, and noise that would require for hazardous materials, um any remediation that is is required uh to occur before uh building permits”
— Frank St. Jacques
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The decisions
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01LU 0347-2025C 240252 ZMKZoning MapLaid over
1946 EAST 7 STREET
with 1 related matter · LU 0348-2025
The 1946 East 7th Street fully affordable senior housing rezoning was heard and laid over amid unusually sharp community opposition. Attorney Eric Palatnik told the subcommittee this was the first time in his career a fully affordable development had failed to win community support, despite backing from the Borough President and City Planning Commission.
Expanded hours of operation from 5 AM to 10 PM as requested by the community board
Added a public restroom in the bonus open space
Land-use review
CEQR: Other
CB Community Board 5
Questions & answers
Kevin C. Riley: would you be willing to commit in writing to implement this project with 100% affordability?
Kevin C. Riley: will you be willing to commit in writing?
Kevin C. Riley: explain how proposed building fits into the context of largely commercial two-to-three story buildings
Kevin C. Riley: is there a proposal to mitigate any noise or pollution?
Kevin C. Riley: can you please explain what the e-designation is?
+12 more exchanges
Procedure
remote registration via council.nyc.gov/land use — Kevin C. Riley
email to land use testimony at council.nyc.gov — Kevin C. Riley
up to three days after the hearing is closed — Kevin C. Riley
government proceeding and quorum must be observed — Kevin C. Riley
+4 more procedural steps
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The people
Public testimony: 8 in favor
Practitioners & applicants
Eric Palatnik · Simcha Felder · Kevin C. Riley
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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: 21 oath/ecb hearings across the 3 sites discussed.
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