Subcommittee on Zoning and Franchises · Tuesday, November 25, 2025

The one where the subcommittee quietly stripped BOTH MIH options off a Bed-Stuy tower to force deeper affordability, the

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Chair Lynn Schulman gaveled in a vote-only Zoning & Franchises subcommittee with no public testimony. The marquee item, 1720 Atlantic Avenue on the Bed-Stuy/Crown Heights border, didn't sail through unchanged: the subcommittee recommended removing MIH Options 1 AND 2 to push the affordable housing deeper, with Councilmember Ossé supporting the modified application. Times Square's 1551 Broadway got a new special-permit pathway to swap its billboards for a single modern LED sign. The most-anticipated item, the 125th Street / Lexington Avenue rezoning in East Harlem, was scheduled but laid over a

From the room

recommending one modification to remove MIH options one and two and to add option three

“develop a mixed-use residential project with approximately three hundred and four apteartmentens”
— Lynn C. Schulman

“we will vote on LU numbers 422 and 423 regarding the 1720 Atlantic Avenue rezoning proposal”
— Lynn C. Schulman

“welcome to today's New York City Council subcommittee vote on the zoning and franchises”
— Sergeant-at-Arms

The decisions

01LU 0422-2025C 230316 ZMKZoning MapApproved

1720 ATLANTIC AVENUE

with 1 related matter · LU 0423-2025

Voted the 1720 Atlantic Avenue rezoning forward with a modification stripping MIH options 1 and 2 and adding option 3, pushing the affordable-housing requirement deeper. Council Member Ossé, whose district the site falls in, backed the application with that change.

The deal

Site

1720 ATLANTIC AVENUE

District

District 36

Mandatory inclusionary housing

Conditions

Council Member Ossé supports the 1720 Atlantic Avenue application with the recommended modification.
Staff/chair recommend one modification: remove MIH options 1 and 2 and add option 3 to ensure affordable housing is provided to residents in this part of the city.

Land-use review

Subcommittee action

David M. CarrFrancisco P. MoyaKamillah Hanks Lynn C. Schulman Shaun Abreu Yusef Salaam David M. CarrFrancisco P. MoyaKamillah Hanks Lynn C. Schulman Shaun Abreu Yusef Salaam

Properties1720 ATLANTIC AVENUE

Legislation →ULURP case →

02LU 0430-2025C 250188 ZSMSpecial PermitApproved

1551 Broadway MiD Signage Text Amendment and SP

Took up the 1551 Broadway item, a Midtown signage text amendment and special permit for the Times Square area in Manhattan.

Land-use review

Subcommittee action

David M. CarrFrancisco P. MoyaKamillah Hanks Lynn C. Schulman Shaun Abreu Yusef Salaam

Legislation →ULURP case →

03LU 0429-2025N 250189 ZRMZoning TextApproved

1551 Broadway

Land-use review

Subcommittee action

David M. CarrFrancisco P. MoyaKamillah Hanks Lynn C. Schulman Shaun Abreu Yusef Salaam

Legislation →ULURP case →

04LU 0427-2025N 250301 ZRMZoning TextLaid over

MTA 125th and Lexington Rezoning

with 1 related matter · LU 0426-2025

Legislation →ULURP case →

Also in the record

Records not linked to a specific agenda item

Questions & answers

Q: Chair Schulman frames the LU 422/423 1720 Atlantic Avenue rezoning agenda item ahead of the roll-call vote (canonical vote is on Legistar; this captures the chair's spoken framing only).

Q: Chair Schulman calls the motion to approve LU 422/423 WITH MODIFICATIONS — the spoken disposition color around the canonical Legistar vote (the 'with modifications' qualifier is the substantive signal, not the tally).

Q: Chair Schulman calls the motion to approve LU 429/430 for the 1551 Broadway Midtown item — spoken color around the canonical Legistar vote.

Procedure

Sergeant-at-Arms opened the Subcommittee on Zoning and Franchises voting session, reminded attendees to silence devices and not approach the dais, and signaled the chair the meeting was ready to begin. — Sergeant-at-Arms
Council Member Lynn C. Schulman convened the meeting of the Subcommittee on Zoning and Franchises, identifying herself as acting chair for the day. — Lynn C. Schulman
The chair called for any council members with questions or remarks, instructing remote members to use the raise-hand button. No questions or remarks followed. — Lynn C. Schulman
Clerk announced the result: 6 in the affirmative, 0 opposing, 0 abstentions; the items are approved and referred to the full Land Use Committee. (Spoken color around the canonical roll-call vote.)

+1 more procedural steps

The people

On the dais · 7

David M. CarrFrancisco P. MoyaKamillah Hanks Kevin C. Riley Lynn C. Schulman Shaun Abreu Yusef Salaam

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Subcommittee on Zoning and Franchises · Tuesday, November 25, 2025

The one where the subcommittee quietly stripped BOTH MIH options off a Bed-Stuy tower to force deeper affordability, the

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items

approved

laid over

land-use items

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From the room

recommending one modification to remove MIH options one and two and to add option three

“develop a mixed-use residential project with approximately three hundred and four apteartmentens”
— Lynn C. Schulman

“we will vote on LU numbers 422 and 423 regarding the 1720 Atlantic Avenue rezoning proposal”
— Lynn C. Schulman

“welcome to today's New York City Council subcommittee vote on the zoning and franchises”
— Sergeant-at-Arms

The decisions

01LU 0422-2025C 230316 ZMKZoning MapApproved

1720 ATLANTIC AVENUE

with 1 related matter · LU 0423-2025

The deal

Site

1720 ATLANTIC AVENUE

District

District 36

Mandatory inclusionary housing

Conditions

Council Member Ossé supports the 1720 Atlantic Avenue application with the recommended modification.
Staff/chair recommend one modification: remove MIH options 1 and 2 and add option 3 to ensure affordable housing is provided to residents in this part of the city.

Land-use review

Subcommittee action

David M. CarrFrancisco P. MoyaKamillah Hanks Lynn C. Schulman Shaun Abreu Yusef Salaam David M. CarrFrancisco P. MoyaKamillah Hanks Lynn C. Schulman Shaun Abreu Yusef Salaam

Properties1720 ATLANTIC AVENUE

Legislation →ULURP case →

02LU 0430-2025C 250188 ZSMSpecial PermitApproved

1551 Broadway MiD Signage Text Amendment and SP

Took up the 1551 Broadway item, a Midtown signage text amendment and special permit for the Times Square area in Manhattan.

Land-use review

Subcommittee action

David M. CarrFrancisco P. MoyaKamillah Hanks Lynn C. Schulman Shaun Abreu Yusef Salaam

Legislation →ULURP case →

03LU 0429-2025N 250189 ZRMZoning TextApproved

1551 Broadway

Land-use review

Subcommittee action

David M. CarrFrancisco P. MoyaKamillah Hanks Lynn C. Schulman Shaun Abreu Yusef Salaam

Legislation →ULURP case →

04LU 0427-2025N 250301 ZRMZoning TextLaid over

MTA 125th and Lexington Rezoning

with 1 related matter · LU 0426-2025

Legislation →ULURP case →

Also in the record

Records not linked to a specific agenda item

Questions & answers

Q: Chair Schulman frames the LU 422/423 1720 Atlantic Avenue rezoning agenda item ahead of the roll-call vote (canonical vote is on Legistar; this captures the chair's spoken framing only).

Q: Chair Schulman calls the motion to approve LU 429/430 for the 1551 Broadway Midtown item — spoken color around the canonical Legistar vote.

Procedure

Sergeant-at-Arms opened the Subcommittee on Zoning and Franchises voting session, reminded attendees to silence devices and not approach the dais, and signaled the chair the meeting was ready to begin. — Sergeant-at-Arms
Council Member Lynn C. Schulman convened the meeting of the Subcommittee on Zoning and Franchises, identifying herself as acting chair for the day. — Lynn C. Schulman
The chair called for any council members with questions or remarks, instructing remote members to use the raise-hand button. No questions or remarks followed. — Lynn C. Schulman
Clerk announced the result: 6 in the affirmative, 0 opposing, 0 abstentions; the items are approved and referred to the full Land Use Committee. (Spoken color around the canonical roll-call vote.)

+1 more procedural steps

The people

On the dais · 7

David M. CarrFrancisco P. MoyaKamillah Hanks Kevin C. Riley Lynn C. Schulman Shaun Abreu Yusef Salaam

The intelligence

Every parcel, owner, and applicant in this meeting, cross-referenced against Zonable’s NYC ownership, enforcement & legislative graph — the record behind the record.

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