Subcommittee on Landmarks, Public Sitings, Resiliency and Dispositions · Thursday, July 9, 2026 · 35m

The one where HPD offered 36 Washington Heights tenants their own apartments for $250, and not a single tenant came to t

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Thirty-six families at 511 West 171st Street can buy the apartments they rent for $250 apiece, or $2,500 if they earn above 80% AMI. HPD's Shams Al-Kafaji walked the subcommittee through the math: a 40-year Article 11 exemption, zero-interest city debt, Section 8 vouchers for whoever qualifies, and 24 to 30 months in temporary housing while Lumley and Wolf guts three buildings. No tenant testified. Carmen De La Rosa spoke for them. Then the room turned to preservation, where LPC's Margaret Herman presented St. Mary's Church, the Lithuanian Alliance and the PS 15 Annex, and Lithuania's deputy c

From the room

“If the co-op chooses to stay under the regulatory agreement, then there will be no loan payment due”
— Shams Al-Kafaji

“the approval of a forty year article eleven tax exemption pursuant to section five five seven seven”
— Christopher Marte

“a city capital loan, which will be provided in the amount of five hundred to seven hundred thousand”
— Shams Al-Kafaji

“The subsidized acquisition cost of $1 per building, because the buildings are currently city-owned”
— Shams Al-Kafaji

The decisions

01G 260003 NUM

Agenda item

Taken up with the city itself as the applicant, the Department of Housing Preservation and Development brought the request forward, so this is an agency-driven action rather than a private developer's.

Conditions

80% of existing residents must attend at least eight co-op success trainings, provided during construction
80% of existing residents must remain current on rent payments
80% of existing residents must elect to purchase their units at co-op conversion
A building that fails the 80% conversion thresholds becomes a rent-stabilized rental building post-rehab
A 2% annual maintenance increase is required per the ANCP term sheet (ASR: 'ASCP'); shareholders may vote biannually to increase further

Legislation →ULURP case →

02N 260340 HIKUrban Renewal

Downtown Brooklyn

Moved as LU 91, the landmark designation of the PS 15 Annex in Council Member Restler's Brooklyn district. It was handled alongside the two other landmarking items on the calendar, with no objection raised on the record.

The proposal

Site

Downtown Brooklyn

PropertiesDowntown Brooklyn

Legislation →ULURP case →

03N 260338 HIM

Lower East Side

Heard as LU 92, the landmarking of the Church of St. Mary on the Lower East Side, an item in the chair's own district, which he introduced himself.

The proposal

Site

Lower East Side

PropertiesLower East Side

Legislation →ULURP case →

04N 260339 HIM

Chelsea

Rounded out the landmarking block as LU 93, designating the Lithuanian Alliance building in Council Member Wilson's district.

The proposal

Site

Chelsea

District

District 51

PropertiesChelsea

Legislation →ULURP case →

Also in the record

Records not linked to a specific agenda item

Procedure

Devices silenced; witnesses directed to sergeant-at-arms for speaker cards — Sergeant-at-Arms
Remote testimony requires prior online registration at council.nyc.gov/land-use and staying signed into Zoom — Christopher Marte
Written testimony by email with LU number/project name in subject; audio and video testimony not accepted — Christopher Marte
Three LPC landmark designations plus one HPD disposition/tax-exemption item — Christopher Marte

+3 more procedural steps

The people

Practitioners & applicants

Michael McCarthy · Christopher Marte · SPEAKER_09

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: 1 311 complaints across the 1 site.

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Subcommittee on Landmarks, Public Sitings, Resiliency and Dispositions · Thursday, July 9, 2026 · 35m

The one where HPD offered 36 Washington Heights tenants their own apartments for $250, and not a single tenant came to t

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From the room

“If the co-op chooses to stay under the regulatory agreement, then there will be no loan payment due”
— Shams Al-Kafaji

“the approval of a forty year article eleven tax exemption pursuant to section five five seven seven”
— Christopher Marte

“a city capital loan, which will be provided in the amount of five hundred to seven hundred thousand”
— Shams Al-Kafaji

“The subsidized acquisition cost of $1 per building, because the buildings are currently city-owned”
— Shams Al-Kafaji

The decisions

01G 260003 NUM

Agenda item

Conditions

80% of existing residents must attend at least eight co-op success trainings, provided during construction
80% of existing residents must remain current on rent payments
80% of existing residents must elect to purchase their units at co-op conversion
A building that fails the 80% conversion thresholds becomes a rent-stabilized rental building post-rehab
A 2% annual maintenance increase is required per the ANCP term sheet (ASR: 'ASCP'); shareholders may vote biannually to increase further

Legislation →ULURP case →

02N 260340 HIKUrban Renewal

Downtown Brooklyn

The proposal

Site

Downtown Brooklyn

PropertiesDowntown Brooklyn

Legislation →ULURP case →

03N 260338 HIM

Lower East Side

Heard as LU 92, the landmarking of the Church of St. Mary on the Lower East Side, an item in the chair's own district, which he introduced himself.

The proposal

Site

Lower East Side

PropertiesLower East Side

Legislation →ULURP case →

04N 260339 HIM

Chelsea

Rounded out the landmarking block as LU 93, designating the Lithuanian Alliance building in Council Member Wilson's district.

The proposal

Site

Chelsea

District

District 51

PropertiesChelsea

Legislation →ULURP case →

Also in the record

Records not linked to a specific agenda item

Procedure

Devices silenced; witnesses directed to sergeant-at-arms for speaker cards — Sergeant-at-Arms
Remote testimony requires prior online registration at council.nyc.gov/land-use and staying signed into Zoom — Christopher Marte
Written testimony by email with LU number/project name in subject; audio and video testimony not accepted — Christopher Marte
Three LPC landmark designations plus one HPD disposition/tax-exemption item — Christopher Marte

+3 more procedural steps

The people

Practitioners & applicants

Michael McCarthy · Christopher Marte · SPEAKER_09

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

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