REMARKS
Council Member Hanks outlines upcoming votes on land use items
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Council Member Kamillah Hanks provides an overview of the land use items that the subcommittee will be voting on, including rezoning applications, urban development action area projects, and landmark designations across various districts in New York City.
- The items include projects in Jamaica, Queens, multiple neighborhoods in Brooklyn, and Manhattan.
- Notable projects mentioned are the South Jamaica Gateway rezoning, Coney Island Phase 3, and South Bushwick Neighborhood Homes.
- The votes will cover a range of actions including zoning amendments, tax exemptions, and disposition of city-owned property.
Kamillah Hanks
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Next, we will hold votes on a number of items previously heard by the sub committee, including those that we have heard to day.
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We will vote to approve land use items 158, 159, and 160 for the South Jamaica gateway rezoning, an application by HPD and several private applicants for zoning app amendment and a zoning text amendment, a designation of an urban development action area, approval of an urban development action area project, and disposition of city owned property.
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These actions are to facilitate development of 2 mixed use residential, and community facility buildings containing approximately a 130, excuse me, a 143 affordable units in Jamaica, Queens And Speaker Adams Council District And Council Member, Doctor William district.
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We will also vote to approve preconsidered land use items related to the applicant numbers, g240058xukandg240064nuk.
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Which are applicants brought by the HPD for the many multifamily preservation loan program project.
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This includes the designation of an urban development action area, approval of an urban development action area project, disposition of city owned property, and approval of the article 11 tax exemption to facilitate the preservation of affordable housing project.
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This project is located in multiple neighborhoods throughout Brooklyn.
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And upon completion of the rehabilitation of the for buildings, there will be a total of 12 rental units and 1 commercial space under HPD, multiple excuse me, multi preservation loan program.
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We will also vote to approve preconceived land use items for the Kony Island Phase 3 project under application numbers g240059xakandg240060xak.
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Submitted by HPD for an article 11 tax exemption and disposition approval in council member Brandon's district in Brooklyn.
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We will also vote to approve 3 related preconceived land use items for South Brunswick, neighborhood homes under Applications g240061, x a k, and g240062, x u k, and g240063, x u k, submitted by HP d for 3 separate approvals, including an article 11 tax exemption for all 6 properties in in this project.
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The 2 applications for amendments to previously approved UDAP approvals and UDAP tax exemptions as applicable to 2 different sub sets of properties known as South Bushwick Neighborhood Homes 2 and South Bushwick Neighborhood Homes 3.
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The properties are located in Council members Gutierrez and nurses districts in Brooklyn.
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We will also vote to approve land use items 130 in landmark designation of a Brooklyn Edison building, and council member restless district in Brooklyn, and land use items 148 in landmark designation of 1 Wall Street Banking Room Interior in to member Marty's district in Manhattan.
