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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
“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
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.
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.
Rounded out the landmarking block as LU 93, designating the Lithuanian Alliance building in Council Member Wilson's district.
with 1 related matter · T2026-2211
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.
+3 more procedural steps
Michael McCarthy · Christopher Marte · SPEAKER_09
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: 1 311 complaints across the 1 site.