Wednesday, March 25, 2026, 12 p.m. (New York City time), 250 Broadway - 8th Floor - Hearing Room 2
Committee: Committee on Land Use
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0:14 morning when I started thank
0:15 you good morning welcome
0:17 cities New York City Council
0:18 roll for the committee on land
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0:23 friendly reminder please do
0:24 not approach this chair we are
0:26 to begin good afternoo
0:31 nwelcome to a meeting on the
0:33 committee on land use I am
0:34 Council Member Kevin Riley
0:36 chair of this committee I want
0:38 to welcome my esteemed
0:39 colleagues joining me today we
0:40 are joined by chair lewis a
0:44 minority leader Council Member
0:46 Justin Sanchez majority leader
0:48 brew Council Member and Carl
0:51 Council Member Banks and
0:52 council members wing today we
0:55 are gone and Council Member
0:58 salam.
0:58 Today we voting on a number
1:00 of items referred by our two
1:02 subcommittees I want to thank
1:04 chair lewis and chair martyr
1:06 for their ongoing leadership
1:08 here
1:08 . We will vote to approve
1:10 lou's 35 for the 17 27
1:14 amsterdam hill top apartment
1:16 proposal and hpd application
1:18 for the designation of an
1:20 urban development action it's
1:21 gonna be an urban development
1:23 action area and the urban
1:25 development action area
1:26 project and the related
1:28 disposition of a City owned
1:30 property related to property
1:31 in majority leader bruce's
1:34 district and the hamilton
1:35 heights neighborhood of
1:37 manhattan the proposal will
1:38 facilitate the development of
1:39 a New nine story mixed use
1:44 100% affordable building with
1:46 200 dwelling units consisting
1:47 of both supportive and
1:48 affordable housing units
1:50 together with community
1:52 facilities space majority
1:53 leader Abreu is in support of
1:56 this application we will vote
1:57 to approve lou's 36 and 37 for
1:59 the d e p newtown creek
2:07 council number wan wang
2:09 wrestler and Gutiérrez this is
2:11 the application by the
2:12 department of environmental
2:14 protection and d cast.
2:17 For a selection and
2:19 acquisition of multiple
2:20 properties and the site
2:21 selection of City owned
2:23 properties which together will
2:25 facilitate a significant
2:26 infrastructure project for a
2:28 combined sewer overflow
2:30 retention system including the
2:33 3 3 mile overflow tunnel and
2:34 related facilities all t
2:36 oimprove water quality of New
2:38 town creek and brooklyn
2:40 community district one and
2:42 queens community district 2
2:44 and 5 Council Member wan wang
2:46 wrestler and Gutiérrez are in
2:47 support of this proposal.
2:48 We will vote to approve l
2:49 use 38 39 and 40 for the 2
2:53 0barry street proposal related
2:55 to property and Council Member
2:57 of wrestlers district in
2:58 brooklyn
2:59 . The proposal includes a
2:59 zoning map amendment zone and
3:03 text and zoning special permit l
3:06 facilitate the development of
3:07 a mixed use light
3:10 manufacturing and office
3:10 building in williamsburg
3:12 councilmember ressler supports
3:14 this application we will vote
3:16 to approve are you 40 for fo
3:18 rthe 13 25 25 zone and text
3:22 text amendment amendment
3:22 relating to a property and
3:24 councilmember Maloney district
3:25 in manhattan the proposed tax
3:27 amendment will permit the
3:29 location of open air cafes and
3:32 through black galerias within
3:35 a special midtown district
3:37 Council Member supports this
3:38 application.
3:38 We will vote to approve
3:40 lou's 42 and 43 for the allen
3:43 street d mapping proposal
3:45 related to property and chair
3:48 mart's district and lower east
3:50 side neighborhood of man
3:51 . The proposal consists of a
3:54 st d mapping action and
3:56 related zoning and text
3:58 amendment to facilitate the
4:00 mapping of parkland and
4:01 portion of the allen street
4:03 media between delancey street
4:04 and riverton street while
4:07 maintaining appropriate wide
4:08 street bulk regulations for
4:10 black frontage in the affected
4:13 area um marty supports this
4:16 application.
4:16 We will also vote to approve a
4:20 revocable consent t
4:22 ofacilitate the operation of La
4:25 dive sidewalk cafe also in
4:25 chair marty's district we are
4:28 modifying the proposal t
4:29 olimit the requested six tables
4:32 and 12 chairs to address noise
4:34 concerns from the surrounding
4:37 residential community chair
4:37 marty supports his application
4:39 as modified and last but not
4:41 least we will vote to approve
4:43 a pre considered l u for 754
4:47 seat primary and intermediate
4:48 school related to a proposed s g
4:52 security said and
4:55 councilmember moreno's
4:55 district and staten island
4:57 Council Member marangos and
4:58 support of this application I
5:00 would now like to recognize
5:02 chair Abreu for his remarks
5:04 and also state we've been
5:05 joined by council Brooks
5:08 Brooks Powers thank you mister
5:09 chair we're about to take your
5:10 vote on the future thousand
5:13 727 amsterdam avenue the
5:14 question before us is simple
5:16 who is public land for the
5:19 pressure in upper manhattan
5:21 israel rents have climbed
5:22 families are being pushed out
5:25 seniors are holding on month
5:26 to month and to many New
5:27 yorkers are still cycling
5:29 through shelters or unstable
5:31 housing because they don't
5:31 have a permanent place to land
5:33 the proposal before us creates
5:36 permanently affordable housing
5:37 . Including units for families
5:39 earning at or below 40% of
5:43 area median income it also
5:45 includes supportive housing
5:46 senior housing and real
5:47 stability for people who need
5:48 it most.
5:49 It also protects and expands
5:51 resources for the neighborhood g
5:54 operated on this site will
5:55 have a New and improved home
5:57 they've been part of this
5:58 process from the beginning and
6:00 this project ensured they can
6:01 continue delivering critical
6:03 mental health services right
6:04 here in the neighborhood ryan
6:05 health a top of the line
6:08 federally qualified health
6:09 center will begin operating
6:09 just a few blocks away and
6:13 together with Mayor mamdani we
6:14 are allocating $1 million t
6:16 osupport a New facility that
6:17 will provide I care dental
6:20 services prenatal care and
6:21 primary medical care to thi
6:22 scommunity I was proud to stand
6:24 with the Mayor this morning at
6:25 the site we walked the block
6:28 spoke with neighbors and saw
6:29 firs hand both the need and
6:31 the opportunity in front of us s
6:35 something directly the details
6:36 of this project have been
6:37 public for four years there
6:38 have been countless
6:39 opportunities for input and we
6:41 have heard from the community
6:42 when we held our final public
6:46 hearing including online
6:47 testimony this project
6:48 received more than twice as
6:49 much support as opposition the
6:51 support this project has
6:53 received reflects the real
6:54 work that was done to listen
6:56 to our neighbors and make this
6:57 project a strong one t
7:00 oprotect real affordability
7:01 fully fund services and
7:03 establish clear accountability
7:04 for how this building will
7:06 operate.
7:06 Of course that didn't stop
7:07 some from trying to stop us
7:08 from getting to this point
7:09 today people who don't want
7:10 the best for this neighborhood
7:11 and are
7:12 . Neighbors people who are
7:13 perfectly content to see poor
7:14 families being pushed out o
7:16 fharlem people who have spread
7:17 lies about this project and
7:19 suggested that low income
7:20 housing and supportive housing
7:21 is a threat that narrative is
7:23 wrong supportive housing
7:25 stabilizes people who would
7:26 otherwise be in shelters or on
7:28 the streets affordable housing
7:30 scall home the people who will
7:35 live here are not outsiders
7:37 there's also a set aside as
7:38 part of this project they are
7:40 New yorkers trying to stay
7:41 rooted in this City we all
7:44 love and I say that public
7:46 land is for them as much as
7:48 anyone else we can't let fear
7:51 when and I encourage my
7:52 colleagues to vote I thank you u
7:56 majority leader I've been told
7:58 we've been joined remotely by
8:00 councilmember cabot
8:01 . Are there any other members
8:02 of the committee who would
8:03 like to share testimony there
8:05 be no other members I will now
8:06 call for a vote with the
8:09 support of local members t
8:11 oapprove lou's 35 for the 17
8:15 227 amsterdam hilltop
8:17 apartments proposal l use 3
8:19 6and 37 for the newtown creek c
8:21 s o tunnel project l used 3
8:25 839 and 40 for the 20 berry
8:27 street proposal 41 for the 325
8:30 avenue of the americas texas
8:32 amendment oh you 42 and 43 for
8:34 the allen street d mapping o
8:36 hyou 47 for the lede sidewalk
8:40 cafe revocable consent and pre
8:42 considered l u item for an c
8:45 and staten island community
8:46 district three with a clerk
8:47 please call their own good
8:49 afternoon william martin
8:51 committee clerk royal global
8:52 committee on land use all
8:54 items are coupled chair Riley
8:57 aye
8:58 . Encarnación I Louis I Brooks
9:02 Powers about I bon now
9:16 tomorrow qabbani
9:16 oh say Salaam Banks I ooh ang I
9:37 I Sanchez I Thomas Henry hi
9:48 and all Council Member Cabán
10:01 ii thank you
10:01 . Thank you Council Member
10:06 with a vote of 12 in the
10:07 affirmative zero in the
10:09 negative and two abstentions
10:11 all.
10:11 Items have been adopted by
10:12 the committee as described by
10:16 the chair that concludes
10:17 today's business I would like
10:18 to thank the members of the
10:19 public my colleagues council
10:21 staff and sergeant at arms
10:23 participants it is me and this
10:24 means h