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Land Use Chair Salamanca runs a packed consent-style session moving Long Island City's 14,700-unit neighborhood plan, Bronx and Brooklyn rezonings, and senior housing. But the emotional center is C 250293 PPX: the Kingsbridge Armory. Pierina Sanchez, who grew up in its shadow, calls the vote 'deeply personal' after thirty years of vacancy and four years of work, securing $375M in investment and $130M in community benefits. Colleagues pile on praise; she dedicates the victory to community members including one killed in front of the armory. The committee votes 11-0 with no abstentions.
“i want to thank the the members of the Bronx delegation, especially you, the majority leader, council member Stevens, uh Riley”
— Pierina Ana Sanchez
“parks renovations, community safety initiatives, and an unprecedented expansion in our local after-school programming”
— Pierina Ana Sanchez
i want to thank the the members of the Bronx delegation, especially you, the majority leader, council member Stevens, uh Riley
“rezone M one dash two district to an M one dash four A district, which will facilitate the development of a new seven story light industrial use building”
— Rafael Salamanca, Jr.
with 1 related matter · LU 0346-2025
LUs 345 and 346 were approved for the Lincoln Wertheman Project in CM Banks's Brooklyn district, now rebranded Taylor Wooten Estates, an HPD plan that amends a prior UDAAP approval and adds an Article 11 tax exemption.
The H+H River Commons proposal cleared on LU 383, authorizing NYC Health and Hospitals to grant a 99-year ground lease at the Gotham Morrisania site in the Bronx to the River Commons Housing Development Fund and River Commons Owners LLC.
with 5 related matters · LU 0375-2025 · LU 0378-2025 · LU 0376-2025 · LU 0374-2025 · LU 0377-2025
Advanced the speaker-sponsored Long Island City Neighborhood Plan, a package of seven actions covering roughly 54 blocks along the East River waterfront and clearing the way for some 14,700 new units. A companion text amendment loosened maximum tower-width rules on specified waterfront lots to allow more design flexibility.
with 2 related matters · LU 0385-2025 · LU 0386-2025
The Ikos Senior Living project in CM Caban's district was approved across LUs 384, 385 and 386, a set of HPD applications covering a zoning map amendment, a related text amendment, UDAAP designation and the disposition of city-owned property.
with 4 related matters · LU 0391-2025 · LU 0389-2025 · LU 0390-2025 · LU 0388-2025
After 30 years of vacancy and four years of work, the committee approved the Kingsbridge Armory redevelopment in CM Sanchez's Bronx district 11-0, converting the landmark into an indoor arena with new housing on an adjacent National Guard site. Sanchez, who grew up in the armory's shadow, called the vote deeply personal and dedicated it to Pamela Almonte, killed in front of the armory three days earlier, and to toddler Nicholas Feliz Dominici, thanking the 50-organization Northwest Bronx Clergy Coalition that negotiated the deal.
with 2 related matters · LU 0402-2025 · LU 0401-2025
Domino Site B in CM Restler's Brooklyn district moved forward on LUs 400, 401 and 402, with a zoning text amendment adjusting bulk regulations inside the large-scale development.
Recommended disapproval of Ovi's Place's sidewalk cafe in CM Lewis's district, after Lewis relayed local concerns about congestion and safety and said the spot wasn't an appropriate location.
CM Lewis shares local community concerns re congestion and safety and believes it is not an appropriate location for the requested cafe; basis for disapproval
with 1 related matter · LU 0399-2025
The 78-01 Queens Boulevard rezoning in CM Krishnan's district was approved with modifications that redrew the rezoning-area boundaries and stripped out one of the Mandatory Inclusionary Housing options.
+2 more procedural steps
Every parcel, owner, and applicant in this meeting, cross-referenced against Zonable’s NYC ownership, enforcement & legislative graph — the record behind the record.
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: 1,386 oath/ecb hearings across the 3 sites discussed.
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