Committee on Land Use

Thursday, August 13, 2026, 11 a.m. (New York City time), 250 Broadway - 8th Floor - Hearing Room 3

Committee: Committee on Land Use

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0:06 Webinar started how great did

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0:09 . Good morning and welcome t

0:10 otoday's New York City Council

0:12 vote on the committee of land

0:13 use at this time please

0:15 silence all electronic devices s

0:19 chair you begin okay.

0:23 Good morning everyone and

0:24 welcome to the meeting of the

0:26 committee on land use I am

0:27 Council Member Kevin Riley

0:28 chair of this committee I want

0:31 to welcome my esteemed

0:31 colleagues joining me today

0:33 including Council Member of

0:36 Brooks Council Member cab on

0:37 majority leader of peru

0:39 Council Member salam council

0:41 member Banks council members

0:43 long Council Member in

0:45 carnation Council Member

0:46 Justin Sanchez Council Member

0:48 Thomas Henry and minority

0:49 leader David Carr today we

0:52 have all in our four proposals

0:53 referred to us by our

0:55 subcommittee and like always I

0:56 would like to thank chair

0:57 lewis and zonen and chair

1:00 marty in landmarks for their

1:01 ongoing leadership today we

1:02 will vote to approve values

1:05 hundred 14 related to the

1:07 queen's community district

1:11 selection in the districts of

1:14 Council Member one and council

1:15 member krishna the proposed

1:18 action would facilitate the

1:19 future acquisition and

1:21 development of a New parkland

1:24 an open space resources t

1:27 oaddress the walk to park gap

1:29 within queens council district

1:31 two we will also vote t

1:34 oapprove of modifications I'll

1:35 use 1 15 1 16 related to the

1:39 200 kent avenue rezoning

1:41 proposal in in Council Member

1:42 of wrestlers brooklyn.

1:44 For his only map amendment

1:45 and zone the text amendment t

1:49 ofacilitate the development of

1:49 a mixed use residential

1:52 project including

1:53 approximately 143 apartments

1:55 of which up to 36 were

1:58 permanently be affordable

2:00 through the program

2:02 modification will be to remove

2:04 my option too and we will also

2:07 vote to approve the

2:09 modifications l use hundred

2:12 1819 related to the 47- o 308

2:17 st rezoning proposal and

2:18 council Thomas Thomas henry's

2:21 district queens for his only

2:22 map amendment and zone the

2:23 text amendment which together

2:25 were facilitate the

2:26 development of a New mixed use

2:29 development with approximately

2:32 119 units including up to 30

2:33 affordable units to m I h a

2:36 modification will be to rezone

2:38 the project area as an r seven

2:40 d district rather than an r

2:42 seven x district based on the

2:46 predominant existing

2:47 development patterns in the

2:48 surrounding area we will also

2:49 vote to approve al yu's

2:52 hundred 17 regarding the flat

2:54 iron nomad major concession

2:58 application for portions of

2:58 broadway and fifth avenue in

3:00 the district of councilmember

3:02 Epstein and Council Member

3:03 this application will expand

3:05 the existing flat iron

3:07 district concession area t

3:09 ofacilitate a more engaging and

3:11 a safer public realm for

3:13 pedestrians and cyclists in

3:16 and along fifth avenue and

3:18 broadway between east

3:20 nineteenth street and west 3

3:22 1street I would like t

3:23 orecognize any colleagues for

3:25 any comments or questions

3:27 there seeing none I now call

3:28 for a vote with the support of

3:30 the local members to approve

3:32 values 114 and l u hundred 1

3:36 7approve with modifications l

3:38 use 1 1516 and lose hundred 1

3:42 81 19 clerk can you please call

3:43 the roll thank you good

3:45 morning william martin

3:46 committee clerk roll call vote

3:48 committee on land use all

3:49 items are coupled chair Riley

3:55 Louis Brooks Powers about

3:56 about I Cabán hi Abreu I oh

4:02 say Salaam have all right

4:07 Banks I huang I Encarnación

4:13 Justin Sanchez I Thomas Henry

4:20 I car I with a vote of 11 in

4:23 the affirmative zero on the

4:24 negative and no abstentions

4:25 all items have been approved

4:27 by the committee as described

4:29 by the chair that concludes

4:30 size business I would like t

4:31 othank the members of the

4:33 public my colleagues council

4:34 staff and the sergeant arms

4:36 for participating today's me

4:37 and this means hereby.

4:38 Adjourned