Committee on Land Use · Tuesday, February 28, 2023

The one where the Land Use Committee waved through new schools and landmarks — then drew a hard line and KILLED two Manh

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Chair Rafael Salamanca's Land Use Committee ran a fast omnibus session: it advanced the School Construction Authority's two Queens schools (a 547-seat primary and a 659-seat high school) and a package of Landmarks Preservation Commission designations including the Samuel Gompers Industrial High School, the Julius Barr building, and the Melrose Parkside Historic District. The drama was C 200012/200013 ZSM , two Manhattan accessory-parking special permits the committee voted to DISAPPROVE (LUs 165/166), invoking transit access, that vehicle traffic is 21% of the city's greenhouse-gas emissions,

From the room

“the applicant has testified that the additional space would potentially be used by electric vehicles”
— Committee (S1)

“application numbers G two two zero zero two seven SCQ and G220028 SCQ for two site selection submissions by school construction authority”
— Committee (S6)

“The council need not approve a special permit simply because the CPC has determined that the findings have been met”
— Committee (S14)

“I call for a vote with the support of the local council members to approve preconsiders LU's”
— Committee (S9)

The decisions

01LU 0165-2023C 200012 ZSMSpecial PermitApproved

213-227 West 28th Street Parking Special Permits

with 1 related matter · LU 0166-2023

Conditions

Project site is extremely well served by public transit; cited (per Chair Riley's prior detailed explanation) as basis for disapproving the parking special permits.

Committee vote

Ari KaganDarlene Mealy Farah N. LouisFrancisco P. MoyaJoseph C. BorelliKevin C. Riley Pierina Ana SanchezRafael Salamanca, Jr.Shekar KrishnanAri KaganDarlene Mealy Farah N. LouisFrancisco P. MoyaJoseph C. BorelliKevin C. Riley Pierina Ana SanchezRafael Salamanca, Jr.Shekar Krishnan

Legislation →ULURP case →

02LU 0167-2023N 230154 HIKUrban RenewalApproved

N 230154 HIK DL 528/LP-2662

Committee vote

Ari KaganDarlene Mealy Farah N. LouisFrancisco P. MoyaJoseph C. BorelliKevin C. Riley Pierina Ana SanchezRafael Salamanca, Jr.Shekar Krishnan

Legislation →ULURP case →

03LU 0170-2023N 230166 HIXApproved

462 WALES AVENUE

Approved landmark designation of the Samuel Gompers Industrial High School in the Bronx, located in Deputy Speaker Ayala's district.

The deal

Site

462 WALES AVENUE

District

District 8

Committee vote

Ari KaganDarlene Mealy Farah N. LouisFrancisco P. MoyaJoseph C. BorelliKevin C. Riley Pierina Ana SanchezRafael Salamanca, Jr.Shekar Krishnan

Properties462 WALES AVENUE

Legislation →ULURP case →

04LU 0171-2023N 230167 HIMApproved

186 WAVERLY PLACE

Approved landmark status for Manhattan's Julius' Bar Building, the historic Greenwich Village tavern, sited in Council Member Bottcher's district.

The deal

Site

186 WAVERLY PLACE

District

District 3

Committee vote

Ari KaganDarlene Mealy Farah N. LouisFrancisco P. MoyaJoseph C. BorelliKevin C. Riley Pierina Ana SanchezRafael Salamanca, Jr.Shekar Krishnan

Properties186 WAVERLY PLACE

Legislation →ULURP case →

05LU 0175-2023N 230177 HKKApproved

DL-530, LP-2664

Approved designation of the Melrose Parkside Historic District in Brooklyn, in Council Member Joseph's district.

Committee vote

Ari KaganDarlene Mealy Farah N. LouisFrancisco P. MoyaJoseph C. BorelliKevin C. Riley Pierina Ana SanchezRafael Salamanca, Jr.Shekar Krishnan

Legislation →ULURP case →

06LU 0176-2023G 220027 SCQApproved

Approximately 547-Seat Primary School

Approved the School Construction Authority's site selection for a 547-seat primary school in Queens, sited in Council Member Won's district.

Committee vote

Ari KaganDarlene Mealy Farah N. LouisFrancisco P. MoyaJoseph C. BorelliKevin C. Riley Pierina Ana SanchezRafael Salamanca, Jr.Shekar Krishnan

Legislation →ULURP case →

07LU 0177-2023G 220028 SCQApproved

Approximately 659-Seat High School

Approved alongside its companion application the SCA's site for a roughly 659-seat high school in Queens, this one falling in Council Member Paladino's district.

Committee vote

Ari KaganDarlene Mealy Farah N. LouisFrancisco P. MoyaJoseph C. BorelliKevin C. Riley Pierina Ana SanchezRafael Salamanca, Jr.Shekar Krishnan

Legislation →ULURP case →

Also in the record

Records not linked to a specific agenda item

Questions & answers

Rafael Salamanca, Jr.: Roll-call vote of the Chair

Procedure

Opening of the NYC hybrid hearing of the Committee on Land Use; participants asked to silence electronic devices. — Committee Staff (S3)
Chair Salamanca calls the Committee on Land Use to order and welcomes colleagues, noting Chair Lewis and Chair Riley of the two subcommittees. — Rafael Salamanca, Jr.
Committee Counsel reviews hearing procedures: members physically present indicate verbally; remote members use Zoom raise-hand; Chair recognizes members to speak. — Arthur Hang
Committee Clerk announces tally of 9 in the affirmative, 0 negative, 0 abstentions; all items adopted as coupled. Spoken color around the canonical vote. — William Martin

+3 more procedural steps

The people

On the dais · 4

Carlina Rivera Erik D. Bottcher Kamillah Hanks Selvena N. Brooks-Powers

Practitioners & applicants

Arthur Hang · Committee Clerk (Sergeant-at-Arms) (Committee Staff, unnamed) · Committee Counsel (unbound; dominant corpus role-holder lineage = Christian Hilton, NOT self-stated/introduced in 19813)

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.

Sign in for the full graph

Owner portfolios, open OATH/ECB violations, 311 & DOB permits across every parcel discussed, developer track records, and an “ask this meeting” chat.

Committee on Land Use · Tuesday, February 28, 2023

The one where the Land Use Committee waved through new schools and landmarks — then drew a hard line and KILLED two Manh

Contents & search

items

approved

land-use items

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From the room

“the applicant has testified that the additional space would potentially be used by electric vehicles”
— Committee (S1)

“application numbers G two two zero zero two seven SCQ and G220028 SCQ for two site selection submissions by school construction authority”
— Committee (S6)

“The council need not approve a special permit simply because the CPC has determined that the findings have been met”
— Committee (S14)

“I call for a vote with the support of the local council members to approve preconsiders LU's”
— Committee (S9)

The decisions

01LU 0165-2023C 200012 ZSMSpecial PermitApproved

213-227 West 28th Street Parking Special Permits

with 1 related matter · LU 0166-2023

Conditions

Project site is extremely well served by public transit; cited (per Chair Riley's prior detailed explanation) as basis for disapproving the parking special permits.

Committee vote

Legislation →ULURP case →

02LU 0167-2023N 230154 HIKUrban RenewalApproved

N 230154 HIK DL 528/LP-2662

Committee vote

Ari KaganDarlene Mealy Farah N. LouisFrancisco P. MoyaJoseph C. BorelliKevin C. Riley Pierina Ana SanchezRafael Salamanca, Jr.Shekar Krishnan

Legislation →ULURP case →

03LU 0170-2023N 230166 HIXApproved

462 WALES AVENUE

Approved landmark designation of the Samuel Gompers Industrial High School in the Bronx, located in Deputy Speaker Ayala's district.

The deal

Site

462 WALES AVENUE

District

District 8

Committee vote

Ari KaganDarlene Mealy Farah N. LouisFrancisco P. MoyaJoseph C. BorelliKevin C. Riley Pierina Ana SanchezRafael Salamanca, Jr.Shekar Krishnan

Properties462 WALES AVENUE

Legislation →ULURP case →

04LU 0171-2023N 230167 HIMApproved

186 WAVERLY PLACE

Approved landmark status for Manhattan's Julius' Bar Building, the historic Greenwich Village tavern, sited in Council Member Bottcher's district.

The deal

Site

186 WAVERLY PLACE

District

District 3

Committee vote

Ari KaganDarlene Mealy Farah N. LouisFrancisco P. MoyaJoseph C. BorelliKevin C. Riley Pierina Ana SanchezRafael Salamanca, Jr.Shekar Krishnan

Properties186 WAVERLY PLACE

Legislation →ULURP case →

05LU 0175-2023N 230177 HKKApproved

DL-530, LP-2664

Approved designation of the Melrose Parkside Historic District in Brooklyn, in Council Member Joseph's district.

Committee vote

Ari KaganDarlene Mealy Farah N. LouisFrancisco P. MoyaJoseph C. BorelliKevin C. Riley Pierina Ana SanchezRafael Salamanca, Jr.Shekar Krishnan

Legislation →ULURP case →

06LU 0176-2023G 220027 SCQApproved

Approximately 547-Seat Primary School

Approved the School Construction Authority's site selection for a 547-seat primary school in Queens, sited in Council Member Won's district.

Committee vote

Ari KaganDarlene Mealy Farah N. LouisFrancisco P. MoyaJoseph C. BorelliKevin C. Riley Pierina Ana SanchezRafael Salamanca, Jr.Shekar Krishnan

Legislation →ULURP case →

07LU 0177-2023G 220028 SCQApproved

Approximately 659-Seat High School

Approved alongside its companion application the SCA's site for a roughly 659-seat high school in Queens, this one falling in Council Member Paladino's district.

Committee vote

Ari KaganDarlene Mealy Farah N. LouisFrancisco P. MoyaJoseph C. BorelliKevin C. Riley Pierina Ana SanchezRafael Salamanca, Jr.Shekar Krishnan

Legislation →ULURP case →

Also in the record

Records not linked to a specific agenda item

Questions & answers

Rafael Salamanca, Jr.: Roll-call vote of the Chair

Procedure

Opening of the NYC hybrid hearing of the Committee on Land Use; participants asked to silence electronic devices. — Committee Staff (S3)
Chair Salamanca calls the Committee on Land Use to order and welcomes colleagues, noting Chair Lewis and Chair Riley of the two subcommittees. — Rafael Salamanca, Jr.
Committee Counsel reviews hearing procedures: members physically present indicate verbally; remote members use Zoom raise-hand; Chair recognizes members to speak. — Arthur Hang
Committee Clerk announces tally of 9 in the affirmative, 0 negative, 0 abstentions; all items adopted as coupled. Spoken color around the canonical vote. — William Martin

+3 more procedural steps

The people

On the dais · 4

Carlina Rivera Erik D. Bottcher Kamillah Hanks Selvena N. Brooks-Powers

Practitioners & applicants

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.

Sign in for the full graph

Owner portfolios, open OATH/ECB violations, 311 & DOB permits across every parcel discussed, developer track records, and an “ask this meeting” chat.