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699-703 Lexington Avenue Rezoning
with 1 related matter · LU 0425-2025
Subcommittee on Zoning and Franchises · Thursday, October 23, 2025
The one where Ayala invoked Rangel to fight an MTA tower over the Second Ave Subway, and Ossé blessed a Rikers reentry h
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This was a Brooklyn-and-Manhattan land use hearing where elected officials kept pressing applicants for written commitments before they'd sign off. The marquee fight was over the MTA's lot at the Second Avenue Subway hub (C 250300 ZMM), pitched as an ideal 15-FAR, 400-foot residential tower above a new transit station. Diana Ayala wasn't sold: 'I am not a fan of MIH,' she said, citing the way it lets far more market-rate than affordable housing get built, and channeling Charles Rangel , 'nobody's banging on my door' demanding more market-rate, people are banging down doors for affordable. She
From the room
“Manhattan Community Board voted unanimously in favor of the application with conditions, and the Manhattan Borough President also recommended approval with conditions”
— Judy Gallant
“to change the zoning, the rezoning area from a C44D district within the special 125th and special transit land use districts to a C611 district”
— Judy Gallant
This action was referred out by the City Planning Commission for a 60-day period of review and feedback on June 30th, and the commission voted to approve
“All revenue we have were required to get market value for any property that we're disposing of, and those funds must be used for public transit”
— Paul Janizowski
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The decisions
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MTA 125th and Lexington Rezoning
with 1 related matter · LU 0427-2025
Mandatory inclusionary housing
170 affordable
171 affordable
Option 1
Conditions
- 400 feet height only by special permit from Board of Standards and Appeals with concurrence of FAA and Port Authority
- Investigate subsidies to increase the number of affordable units and provide deeper affordability levels; prioritize development proposals with more affordable units
- Deeper affordability and larger apartments; requested 75% two-bedroom units
- Establish partnerships with local workforce development organizations
- Require the developer to meet with CB11 no later than schematic design to ensure meaningful community interaction
- BP recommended the same four conditions as CB11
+4 more conditions
Land-use review
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CB Manhattan CB 11 Approve With Conditions
Where it standsCB Manhattan CB 11 ✓→Committee→Full Council
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Ovi’s Place
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74 Bogart Street Rezoning
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78-01 Queens Boulevard Rezoning
with 1 related matter · LU 0399-2025
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Long Island City Neighborhood Rezoning - Mapping
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1720 Atlantic Avenue Rezoning
with 1 related matter · LU 0423-2025
Mandatory inclusionary housing
Option 184 affordable
84 affordable
Opposition & support
Community board specifically did not want heights larger than 14 stories, the height of Albany Houses, the highest buildings in the area
Land-use review
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Special Atlantic Avenue Mixed Use Plan Follow-Up Action
Mandatory inclusionary housing
Conditions
- Follow-up providing incentives for light industrial, arts-based, and certain community facilities to ensure AIMUP provides good jobs and services; CB8 and Hudson advocated for it.
- When approving AIMUP, CB8 added a condition to modify a portion of the mid-block incentive to incentivize a narrower set of light industrial and community facility uses.
Land-use review
CB Community Board 8 (Brooklyn)
Where it standsCB Community Board 8 (Brooklyn) ✓→Committee→Full Council
Also in the record
Records not linked to a specific agenda item
Mandatory inclusionary housing
84 affordable
Questions & answers
Kevin C. Riley: Can you explain why MIH is being mapped
Chi A. Ossé: could you expand on what services will be provided in some of the new spaces
Chi A. Ossé: how do you plan on continuing your operations during demolition
Chi A. Ossé: How do you plan on continuing operations during demolition?
Chi A. Ossé: How much does it cost to build out the subterranean parking?
Citations & precedent
City of Yes (zoning text amendment / housing opportunity) · Jay Goldstein
Procedure
- Lexington application first then following — Kevin C. Riley
- oath to tell the truth — Counsel
- no more questions — Kevin C. Riley
- no members of public wished to testify — Kevin C. Riley
+2 more procedural steps
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The people
On the dais · 7
Public testimony: 1 in favor
Practitioners & applicants
Brian Cook · Chi A. Ossé
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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.
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