01LU 0344-2025N 250311 HIMApproved
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Amanda C. FaríasCrystal HudsonFrancisco P. MoyaKamillah HanksKevin C. RileyPierina Ana SanchezRafael Salamanca, Jr.Selvena N. Brooks-PowersShaun Abreu
Committee on Land Use · Thursday, September 25, 2025
The one where a Bronx councilmember begged her colleagues to vote NO on a housing project the committee then approved 9-
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Land Use Chair Salamanca ran a brisk coupled vote on nine subcommittee referrals, from two LPC landmark designations to a roughly 1,600-foot tower at 350 Park Avenue and the JFK Conduit Logistics Center. The drama was a Bronx supportive-housing lease (G 230033 HHX): Kristy Marmorato told colleagues she had worked the project for three years, said the applicant had already committed to relocating it and expanding affordable housing, and asked them to vote no. Majority Whip Brooks-Powers spoke in support of the JFK logistics center. The committee then approved every coupled item nine in the affi
From the room
“application for a change to the city map to facilitate the development of a proposed new logistics warehouse”
— Rafael Salamanca, Jr.
“has already committed to relocating this project and expanding affordable housing at the Jacoby property”
— Kristy Marmorato
“i want to speak today regarding the jfk conduit logistics center project located in Springfield Gardens”
— Selvena N. Brooks-Powers
“Sour Cafe application by Green Pavilion Restaurant and Sports Lounge in Councilmember Joseph's district”
— Rafael Salamanca, Jr.
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The decisions
902LU 0357-2025C 240151 MMQCity MapApproved
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Approved the city map change demapping streets to make way for the JFK Conduit Logistics Center warehouse in Springfield Gardens, Queens. Majority Whip Brooks-Powers spoke in support, telling colleagues the project's outreach had addressed longstanding district concerns over flooding mitigation and truck traffic, with truck access committed to designated routes.
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Conditions
- truck access adheres strictly to designated routes, minimizing impacts on local streets
Committee vote
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Amanda C. FaríasCrystal HudsonFrancisco P. MoyaKamillah HanksKevin C. RileyPierina Ana SanchezRafael Salamanca, Jr.Selvena N. Brooks-PowersShaun Abreu
Properties144-25 153 COURT
03LU 0358-2025C 230375 MMKCity MapApproved
Broadway Junction Station City Map Amendment
Land-use review
CEQR: Other
Committee vote
9
Amanda C. FaríasCrystal HudsonFrancisco P. MoyaKamillah HanksKevin C. RileyPierina Ana SanchezRafael Salamanca, Jr.Selvena N. Brooks-PowersShaun Abreu
04LU 0363-2025G 230033 HHXApproved
NYC Health & Hospitals/Jacobi Just Home
Committee vote
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Amanda C. FaríasCrystal HudsonFrancisco P. MoyaKamillah HanksKevin C. RileyPierina Ana SanchezRafael Salamanca, Jr.Selvena N. Brooks-PowersShaun Abreu
05LU 0343-2025N 250310 HIMApproved
(Former
Approved as part of the committee's coupled vote, recommending designation of the former Whitney Museum of American Art building in Manhattan as an individual landmark. The item sat in Council Member Powell's district and moved through alongside the other LPC designations without controversy.
Committee vote
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Amanda C. FaríasCrystal HudsonFrancisco P. MoyaKamillah HanksKevin C. RileyPierina Ana SanchezRafael Salamanca, Jr.Selvena N. Brooks-PowersShaun Abreu
06LU 0381-2025Approved
Green Pavilion Restaurant & Sports Lounge
Disapproved the sidewalk cafe application from Green Pavilion Restaurant and Sports Lounge in Council Member Joseph's Brooklyn district, following the reasoning Chair Riley laid out at the zoning subcommittee.
Committee vote
9
Amanda C. FaríasCrystal HudsonFrancisco P. MoyaKamillah HanksKevin C. RileyPierina Ana SanchezRafael Salamanca, Jr.Selvena N. Brooks-PowersShaun Abreu
07LU 0351-2025C 250197 ZSMSpecial PermitApproved
350 Park Avenue
with 1 related matter · LU 0352-2025
Committee vote
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Amanda C. FaríasCrystal HudsonFrancisco P. MoyaKamillah HanksKevin C. RileyPierina Ana SanchezRafael Salamanca, Jr.Selvena N. Brooks-PowersShaun AbreuAmanda C. FaríasCrystal HudsonFrancisco P. MoyaKamillah HanksKevin C. RileyPierina Ana SanchezRafael Salamanca, Jr.Selvena N. Brooks-PowersShaun Abreu
08LU 0380-2025Approved
Lava Rock Kitchen
Approved the sidewalk cafe application from Lava Rock Kitchen's Sawa Cafe in Majority Leader Farias' Bronx district, passing on the consent slate with no objection.
Committee vote
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Amanda C. FaríasCrystal HudsonFrancisco P. MoyaKamillah HanksKevin C. RileyPierina Ana SanchezRafael Salamanca, Jr.Selvena N. Brooks-PowersShaun Abreu
09LU 0379-2025Approved
El Caldero Restaurant and Sport Bar
Committee vote
9
Amanda C. FaríasCrystal HudsonFrancisco P. MoyaKamillah HanksKevin C. RileyPierina Ana SanchezRafael Salamanca, Jr.Selvena N. Brooks-PowersShaun Abreu
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Conditions
- adhere strictly to designated routes, minimizing impacts on local streets
Opposition & support
Concerns: flooding mitigation · truck traffic management
Procedure
- nine proposals referred by two subcommittees — Rafael Salamanca, Jr.
- thanks members of public, colleagues, Land Use staff, council staff, Sergeant at Arms — Rafael Salamanca, Jr.
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The people
On the dais · 9
Amanda C. FaríasCrystal HudsonFrancisco P. MoyaKamillah HanksKevin C. RileyPierina Ana SanchezRafael Salamanca, Jr.Selvena N. Brooks-PowersShaun Abreu
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