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Chair Kevin Riley's zoning subcommittee moved a packed Brooklyn slate. On both the 534 Coney Island Avenue and Belmont Osborn rezonings, members struck MIH Option 2 and swapped in a deep-affordability option; Darlene Mealy said the Belmont Osborn owner had been pushed 'down from 80% AMI' and called it Brownsville's 'last opportunity.' Belmont Osborn was also trimmed to a single site, dropping the unit count by roughly half. The subcommittee then teed up City of Yes for Carbon Neutrality , a citywide text amendment touching ultra-low-energy buildings , with one member voting no on LU 277 over b
“definition of ultra-low energy buildings and clarifies how a building's energy”
— Kevin C. Riley
“mixed-use building with approximately forty-three apartments and ground floor retail”
— Council Member (presenter)
“the forty-seven Belmont Avenue the unit count uh proposed was two hundred and twenty”
— Chris Banks
“being that we're eliminating it to one site, uh approximately one hundred”
— Kevin C. Riley
Approved with modifications in a first vote on LU 277 , the administration's City of Yes zoning for carbon neutrality, the initiative aimed at keeping zoning from slowing the city's emissions reductions.
with 1 related matter · LU 0279-2023
Approved with modifications in a third vote on LUs 278 and 279 , the Belmont Osborn rezoning in Council Member Mealy's Brooklyn district.
with 1 related matter · LU 0285-2023
Approved with modifications in a second vote covering LUs 284 and 285 , the 534 Coney Island Avenue rezoning in Council Member Joseph's Kensington district, enabling a mixed-use building with roughly 43 apartments and ground-floor retail.
+2 more procedural steps
Public testimony: 1 in favor
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: 78 oath/ecb hearings across the 1 site discussed.