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It was a clean sweep. Chair Rafael Salamanca gaveled the Land Use Committee through five Brooklyn proposals its zoning subcommittee had already vetted, three rezonings adding affordable apartments, an 85-unit transitional-housing R6A project at 699-703 Lexington Avenue, and a small but telling Atlantic Avenue text amendment. That last one (LU 428) narrows the AAMUP industrial-use incentive so chain commercial like Walgreens and medical offices can't claim it, targeting real industrial, art, and community uses instead. Every district member signaled support; clerk William Martin read out 9 in t
“a mixed use residential building with approximately nineteen apartments, of which approximately six would be permanently affordable”
— Rafael Salamanca, Jr.
“will now call for a vote with the support of the local members to approve some modifications, LU's 409 and 410”
— Rafael Salamanca, Jr.
“approve an amendment to the zoning map to an R six A residential district and a zoning text amendment”
— Rafael Salamanca, Jr.
“a vote of nine in the affirmative, zero in the negative and no abstentions, all items have been adopted”
— William Martin
with 1 related matter · LU 0410-2025
with 1 related matter · LU 0408-2025
with 1 related matter · LU 0425-2025
Approved a rezoning for 699-703 Lexington Avenue by a vote of 13 to 0 with four members absent.
with 1 related matter · LU 0406-2025
Approved a rezoning for 58 Nixon Court, the second such application at the site, by a vote of 13 to 0 with four members absent.
Adopted a follow-up action tied to the Special Atlantic Avenue Mixed Use Plan by a vote of 13 to 0, with four members absent.
William Martin
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: 156 oath/ecb hearings across the 4 sites discussed.
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