Subcommittee on Zoning and Franchises · Thursday, October 9, 2025

The one where the Council Speaker voted to rezone her own backyard, and called it the city's largest in two decades

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Jamaica, Queens has heard 'plan after plan' from administration after administration for years with little to show. At this zoning subcommittee, Council Speaker Adrienne Adams and Councilmember Nantasha Williams personally championed the Jamaica Neighborhood Plan, a 230-block rezoning in their own districts promising nearly 12,000 homes (about 4,200 permanently affordable), the largest MIH area ever mapped in NYC, and over $413 million in investments. The Council won concessions: MIH Option 2 removed downtown, heights stepped down along the Sutphin/Guy R. Brewer/Merrick corridors, and an indep

From the room

“targeted adjustments to densities along corridors extending south of downtown Jamaica and remove very limited portions of certain districts”
— Kevin C. Riley

“LU three ninety seven the seventy four Bogart Street rezoning in Council Member Gutierrez District is being laid over to a future”
— Kevin C. Riley

“a property in Councilmember Williams and Councilmember Janara's district, as well within Speaker Adams District in Southeast Queens”
— Kevin C. Riley

“two a hundred percent affordable housing development along union hall street with approximately eighty three units of rental units and thirty-four units of home ownership”
— Nantasha M. Williams

The decisions

01LU 0369-2025C 250172 ZMQZoning MapApproved

Southeast Queens

with 2 related matters · LU 0370-2025 · LU 0371-2025

Approved with modifications by a unanimous 7-0-0 vote: the Jamaica Neighborhood Plan, the city's largest neighborhood rezoning in over two decades, mapping nearly 12,000 new homes including almost 4,200 permanently affordable. The Council reshaped the city-sponsored plan rather than rubber-stamping it.

The deal

Site

Southeast Queens

Mandatory inclusionary housing

Conditions

Williams frames the Downtown Jamaica Oversight Task Force as an accountability mechanism: 'real change requires accountability'; thanks administration officials present in room
administration agreed to create and fund an independent Downtown Jamaica Oversight Task Force
third-party facilitator to keep agencies coordinated, progress transparent, public involved

Land-use review

Subcommittee action

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

PropertiesSoutheast Queens

Legislation →ULURP case →

02LU 0396-2025C 250090 ZMKZoning MapApproved

Brooklyn

Approved 7-0-0: a private rezoning of an existing M1 district at 535 Morgan Avenue in Brooklyn, in Councilmember Gutierrez's district. The change clears the way for a grocery store larger than 10,000 square feet in an existing retail building, which the current zoning didn't permit as-of-right.

The deal

Site

Brooklyn

District

District 34

Subcommittee action

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

PropertiesBrooklyn

Legislation →ULURP case →

03LU 0397-2025C 250064 ZMKZoning MapLaid over

74 Bogart Street Rezoning

Legislation →ULURP case →

04LU 0372-2025C 250187 MMQCity MapApproved

Station Plaza Jamaica City Map Changes

Approved as the related Station Plaza Jamaica city map change (LU 372), a DOT-and-EDC application that amends the city map to refine the design of the ongoing Station Plaza enhancement project within the Jamaica Neighborhood Plan area.

Subcommittee action

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

Legislation →ULURP case →

Also in the record

Records not linked to a specific agenda item

Mandatory inclusionary housing

Option 1

The people

On the dais · 7

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

Practitioners & applicants

Nantasha M. Williams · Committee Clerk (unnamed)

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: 225 oath/ecb hearings across the 1 site discussed.

Subcommittee on Zoning and Franchises · Thursday, October 9, 2025

The one where the Council Speaker voted to rezone her own backyard, and called it the city's largest in two decades

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From the room

“targeted adjustments to densities along corridors extending south of downtown Jamaica and remove very limited portions of certain districts”
— Kevin C. Riley

“LU three ninety seven the seventy four Bogart Street rezoning in Council Member Gutierrez District is being laid over to a future”
— Kevin C. Riley

“a property in Councilmember Williams and Councilmember Janara's district, as well within Speaker Adams District in Southeast Queens”
— Kevin C. Riley

“two a hundred percent affordable housing development along union hall street with approximately eighty three units of rental units and thirty-four units of home ownership”
— Nantasha M. Williams

The decisions

01LU 0369-2025C 250172 ZMQZoning MapApproved

Southeast Queens

with 2 related matters · LU 0370-2025 · LU 0371-2025

The deal

Site

Southeast Queens

Mandatory inclusionary housing

Conditions

Williams frames the Downtown Jamaica Oversight Task Force as an accountability mechanism: 'real change requires accountability'; thanks administration officials present in room
administration agreed to create and fund an independent Downtown Jamaica Oversight Task Force
third-party facilitator to keep agencies coordinated, progress transparent, public involved

Land-use review

Subcommittee action

PropertiesSoutheast Queens

Legislation →ULURP case →

02LU 0396-2025C 250090 ZMKZoning MapApproved

Brooklyn

The deal

Site

Brooklyn

District

District 34

Subcommittee action

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

PropertiesBrooklyn

Legislation →ULURP case →

03LU 0397-2025C 250064 ZMKZoning MapLaid over

74 Bogart Street Rezoning

Legislation →ULURP case →

04LU 0372-2025C 250187 MMQCity MapApproved

Station Plaza Jamaica City Map Changes

Subcommittee action

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

Legislation →ULURP case →

Also in the record

Records not linked to a specific agenda item

Mandatory inclusionary housing

Option 1

The people

On the dais · 7

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

Practitioners & applicants

Nantasha M. Williams · Committee Clerk (unnamed)

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.