City Council · Wednesday, December 6, 2023 · 1h 42m

The one where the full Council ratifies two Brooklyn rezonings' last-minute affordability rewrites while a Gaza-ceasefir

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The December stated meeting was where the City Council finished what its zoning subcommittee started weeks earlier: the 534 Coney Island Avenue and Belmont Osborn rezonings got their final votes after members struck MIH Option 2 and swapped in a deeper-affordability option, with Rita Joseph touting the deal she 'negotiated for deeper affordability.' But the rezonings were the quiet part. Charles Barron led a charge against Intro 417-B's bike-lane notice requirements , 'The board said no. The elected officials said no' , and it still passed 32 to 15. Members split openly over a Gaza ceasefire r

From the room

“a citywide text amendment proposed by the Department of City Planning and the mayor's office of climate and environmental justice”
— Adrienne E. Adams

“Approved with modifications and referred to the city planning commission pursuant to section 1 9 7 of the New York City charter.”
— Clerk

“For citizen complaint proceedings commenced prior to the effective date of the bill, the maximum penalty would be capped at $50.”
— Adrienne E. Adams

“sponsored by council member Eric Dinowitz, would call on the Department of Education to ensure that the New York State Seal of Biliteracy”
— Adrienne E. Adams

The decisions

01Int 1101-2023Approved

A Local Law to amend the New York city charter, in relation to anti-racism training for human services contractors

Roll-call vote

40 · 7

Legislation →

02Int 1118-2023Approved

A Local Law to amend the New York city charter, in relation to anti-racism and anti-racial discrimination trainings for employees, interns, independent contractors, and volunteers of city agencies

Roll-call vote

40 · 7

Legislation →

03Int 1184-2023Approved

A Local Law to amend the New York city charter, in relation to requiring the commissioner of cultural affairs to report annually on department funding of art and cultural organizations and institutions

04Int 0778-2022Approved

A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to establishing a photo noise violation monitoring device program for motor vehicles

Roll-call vote

46 · 1

Legislation →

05Int 0775-2022Approved

A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to results of noise inspections

06Int 1194-2023Approved

A local law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to compensation awarded by the environmental control board to complainants for citizen noise complaints and to the maximum penalty authorized for violations of subdivision (b) of section 24-244 of such code for certain proceedings

Roll-call vote

43 · 3 · 1

Conditions

Citizen complaint proceedings commenced prior to the bill's effective date capped at $50 maximum penalty

Legislation →

07Int 0195-2022Approved

A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to requiring inspection of unoccupied dwelling units

Roll-call vote

39 · 8

Legislation →

08LU 0277-2023N 230113 ZRYZoning TextApproved

City of Yes for Carbon Neutrality

The Department of City Planning and the Mayor's Office of Climate and Environmental Justice brought forward a citywide zoning text amendment to expand decarbonization and sustainability opportunities across every zoning and community district. No vote or disposition was recorded here; the amendment was introduced and described as a citywide change reaching all districts.

Roll-call vote

38 · 8 · 1

Land-use review

CEQR: Other

Legislation →ULURP case →

09LU 0278-2023C 220438 ZMKZoning MapApproved

Belmont Osborn Rezoning

with 1 related matter · LU 0279-2023

10LU 0284-2023C 230010 ZMKZoning MapApproved

534 Coney Island Avenue

with 1 related matter · LU 0285-2023

Roll-call vote

92 · 2

Adrienne E. AdamsAlexa Avilés Althea V. Stevens Amanda C. FaríasAri KaganCarlina Rivera Carmen N. De La RosaCharles BarronChi A. Ossé Crystal Hudson David M. CarrDiana I. AyalaEric Dinowitz Erik D. Bottcher Farah N. LouisFrancisco P. MoyaGale A. Brewer Inna Vernikov James F. Gennaro Jennifer Gutiérrez Joann Ariola Joseph C. BorelliJulie Menin Julie WonJustin L. BrannanKalman Yeger Kamillah HanksKeith Powers Kevin C. RileyKristin Richardson JordanLincoln Restler Lynn C. Schulman Mercedes Narcisse Nantasha M. Williams Oswald J. Feliz Pierina Ana SanchezRafael Salamanca, Jr.Rita C. JosephRobert F. HoldenSandra Ung Sandy Nurse Selvena N. Brooks-Powers Shahana K. Hanif Shaun Abreu Shekar Krishnan Tiffany L. Cabán Vickie PaladinoAdrienne E. AdamsAlexa Avilés Althea V. Stevens Amanda C. FaríasAri KaganCarlina Rivera Carmen N. De La RosaCharles BarronChi A. Ossé Crystal Hudson David M. CarrDiana I. AyalaEric Dinowitz Erik D. Bottcher Farah N. LouisFrancisco P. MoyaGale A. Brewer Inna Vernikov James F. Gennaro Jennifer Gutiérrez Joann Ariola Joseph C. BorelliJulie Menin Julie WonJustin L. BrannanKalman Yeger Kamillah HanksKeith Powers Kevin C. RileyKristin Richardson JordanLincoln Restler Lynn C. Schulman Mercedes Narcisse Nantasha M. Williams Oswald J. Feliz Pierina Ana SanchezRafael Salamanca, Jr.Rita C. JosephRobert F. HoldenSandra Ung Sandy Nurse Selvena N. Brooks-Powers Shahana K. Hanif Shaun Abreu Shekar Krishnan Tiffany L. Cabán Vickie Paladino

Conditions

Negotiated ground-floor space to be retail or community facility benefiting the community, plus deeper affordability

Land-use review

CB Brooklyn Community Board 12

Mandatory inclusionary housing

Where it standsCB Brooklyn Community Board 12 ✓→Committee ✓→Full Council

Legislation →ULURP case →

11Int 0417-2022Approved

A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to notice requirements for certain transportation projects and the repeal of section 19-187 in relation thereto

Roll-call vote

32 · 15

Questions & answers

Keith Powers: whether Barron's bike-lane remarks are germane to today's agenda

Legislation →

12Int 1055-2023Approved

A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to menstrual products

Roll-call vote

43 · 4

Legislation →

13Res 0858-2023N 230113 ZRYZoning TextApproved

L.U. No. 277

Roll-call vote

38 · 8 · 1

Legislation →ULURP case →

14Res 0861-2023C 230010 ZMKZoning MapApproved

L.U. No. 284

Roll-call vote

46 · 1

Legislation →ULURP case →

15Res 0862-2023N 230011 ZRKZoning TextApproved

L.U. No. 285

Roll-call vote

46 · 1

Legislation →ULURP case →

16Int 1269-2023Decided

A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to requiring the department of health and mental hygiene to create pamphlets identifying mental health resources available to individuals experiencing pregnancy loss

Also in the record

Records not linked to a specific agenda item

The deal

Units

Affordable

Stories

11 fl

Procedure

3:20 p.m.
5:04 p.m.
Other
Majority Leader Keith Powers opens the stated meeting of 12/06/2023 and notes the agenda is posted on the city council website. — Keith Powers

+15 more procedural steps

The people

On the dais · 4

Christopher Marte Darlene Mealy Linda LeeMarjorie Velázquez

Public testimony: 5 in favor · 2 opposed

Practitioners & applicants

Rafael Salamanca, Jr. · Chi Ossé · Nantasha M. Williams · Rabbi Joel Mosbacher · Rita C. Joseph

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.

City Council · Wednesday, December 6, 2023 · 1h 42m

The one where the full Council ratifies two Brooklyn rezonings' last-minute affordability rewrites while a Gaza-ceasefir

Contents & search

City Council

Wednesday, December 6, 2023

Sort

Themes

+ 103 routine / consent items below

City Council

Wednesday, December 6, 2023

Sort

Themes

+ 103 routine / consent items below

items

119

approved

other

land-use items

units

affordable

CEQR: Other

Try

From the room

“a citywide text amendment proposed by the Department of City Planning and the mayor's office of climate and environmental justice”
— Adrienne E. Adams

“Approved with modifications and referred to the city planning commission pursuant to section 1 9 7 of the New York City charter.”
— Clerk

“For citizen complaint proceedings commenced prior to the effective date of the bill, the maximum penalty would be capped at $50.”
— Adrienne E. Adams

“sponsored by council member Eric Dinowitz, would call on the Department of Education to ensure that the New York State Seal of Biliteracy”
— Adrienne E. Adams

The decisions

01Int 1101-2023Approved

A Local Law to amend the New York city charter, in relation to anti-racism training for human services contractors

Roll-call vote

40 · 7

Legislation →

02Int 1118-2023Approved

A Local Law to amend the New York city charter, in relation to anti-racism and anti-racial discrimination trainings for employees, interns, independent contractors, and volunteers of city agencies

Roll-call vote

40 · 7

Legislation →

03Int 1184-2023Approved

A Local Law to amend the New York city charter, in relation to requiring the commissioner of cultural affairs to report annually on department funding of art and cultural organizations and institutions

04Int 0778-2022Approved

A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to establishing a photo noise violation monitoring device program for motor vehicles

Roll-call vote

46 · 1

Legislation →

05Int 0775-2022Approved

A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to results of noise inspections

06Int 1194-2023Approved

A local law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to compensation awarded by the environmental control board to complainants for citizen noise complaints and to the maximum penalty authorized for violations of subdivision (b) of section 24-244 of such code for certain proceedings

Roll-call vote

43 · 3 · 1

Conditions

Citizen complaint proceedings commenced prior to the bill's effective date capped at $50 maximum penalty

Legislation →

07Int 0195-2022Approved

A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to requiring inspection of unoccupied dwelling units

Roll-call vote

39 · 8

Legislation →

08LU 0277-2023N 230113 ZRYZoning TextApproved

City of Yes for Carbon Neutrality

Roll-call vote

38 · 8 · 1

Land-use review

CEQR: Other

Legislation →ULURP case →

09LU 0278-2023C 220438 ZMKZoning MapApproved

Belmont Osborn Rezoning

with 1 related matter · LU 0279-2023

10LU 0284-2023C 230010 ZMKZoning MapApproved

534 Coney Island Avenue

with 1 related matter · LU 0285-2023

Roll-call vote

92 · 2

Conditions

Negotiated ground-floor space to be retail or community facility benefiting the community, plus deeper affordability

Land-use review

CB Brooklyn Community Board 12

Mandatory inclusionary housing

Where it standsCB Brooklyn Community Board 12 ✓→Committee ✓→Full Council

Legislation →ULURP case →

11Int 0417-2022Approved

A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to notice requirements for certain transportation projects and the repeal of section 19-187 in relation thereto

Roll-call vote

32 · 15

Questions & answers

Keith Powers: whether Barron's bike-lane remarks are germane to today's agenda

Legislation →

12Int 1055-2023Approved

A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to menstrual products

Roll-call vote

43 · 4

Legislation →

13Res 0858-2023N 230113 ZRYZoning TextApproved

L.U. No. 277

Roll-call vote

38 · 8 · 1

Legislation →ULURP case →

14Res 0861-2023C 230010 ZMKZoning MapApproved

L.U. No. 284

Roll-call vote

46 · 1

Legislation →ULURP case →

15Res 0862-2023N 230011 ZRKZoning TextApproved

L.U. No. 285

Roll-call vote

46 · 1

Legislation →ULURP case →

16Int 1269-2023Decided

A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to requiring the department of health and mental hygiene to create pamphlets identifying mental health resources available to individuals experiencing pregnancy loss

Also in the record

Records not linked to a specific agenda item

The deal

Units

Affordable

Stories

11 fl

Procedure

3:20 p.m.
5:04 p.m.
Other
Majority Leader Keith Powers opens the stated meeting of 12/06/2023 and notes the agenda is posted on the city council website. — Keith Powers

+15 more procedural steps

The people

On the dais · 4

Christopher Marte Darlene Mealy Linda LeeMarjorie Velázquez

Public testimony: 5 in favor · 2 opposed

Practitioners & applicants

Rafael Salamanca, Jr. · Chi Ossé · Nantasha M. Williams · Rabbi Joel Mosbacher · Rita C. Joseph

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.