01LU 0427-2025N 250301 ZRMZoning TextLaid over
MTA 125th and Lexington Rezoning
with 1 related matter · LU 0426-2025
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
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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
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The decisions
402LU 0429-2025N 250189 ZRMZoning TextApproved
1551 Broadway
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03LU 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.
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- 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.
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David M. CarrFrancisco P. MoyaKamillah HanksLynn C. SchulmanShaun AbreuYusef SalaamDavid M. CarrFrancisco P. MoyaKamillah HanksLynn C. SchulmanShaun AbreuYusef Salaam
Properties1720 ATLANTIC AVENUE
04LU 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.
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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.)
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The people
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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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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: 695 oath/ecb hearings across the 1 site discussed.