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Council Member Kevin Riley opens public hearing on SPARC Kips Bay Life Sciences Campus proposal
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Council Member Kevin Riley opens the public hearing for the SPARC Kips Bay Life Sciences Campus proposal, explaining the project's scope and providing instructions for public testimony. He outlines the proposal's main features and the process for submitting comments.
- The proposal involves redeveloping 4.75 acres of city-owned land in Kips Bay, Manhattan.
- The project will create approximately 2 million square feet of academic, healthcare, and life science space.
- Instructions for both remote and in-person testimony are provided, along with options for submitting written testimony.
Kevin Riley
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I will now open the public hearing on LU number 217 through 224 regarding the proposal by EDC to create a new life science campus located in council member Powers District in Manhattan.
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The proposal seeks to redevelop approximately 4.75 acres of land owned by the city in Kitts Bay.
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This new campus will rebuild Hunter's College outdated Brookdale's campus into approximately 2,000,000 square feet of a state of the art academic, health care, and life science space.
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The proposal involves several land use application, which EDC will walk us through, including a related city map application.
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Please silence your phone if you're in the chambers.
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Thank you.
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For anyone wishing to testify on these items remotely, you must register online through the council's website at council.nyc.gov/landuse.
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And once again, for anyone wishing to testify in person, please see one of the sergeants to prepare and submit a speaker's card.
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If you would prefer to submit written testimony, you can always do so by emailing it to landuse testimony at council.nyc.gov.
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I will now call the applicant oh, sorry.
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Before I begin, I would now like to give the floor to council member Powers to give his opening remarks.