REMARKS
Voting on land use items for rezoning and development projects
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Speaker Adrienne E. Adams presents several land use items for voting, including rezoning projects and landmark designations. These items aim to facilitate new housing developments, mixed-use buildings, and community improvements across various NYC neighborhoods.
- Multiple rezoning projects to create affordable housing units under Mandatory Inclusionary Housing (MIH)
- Landmark designation for the Jacob Day residence, recognizing its historical significance
- Development of life sciences facilities, including the redevelopment of the Hunter College Brookdale campus
Adrienne E. Adams
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First, we'll vote on the following land use items.
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12203 Fourteenth Avenue rezoning will facilitate a new six story mixed use building with 103 residential units, at least 25% of which will be affordable under MIH, and new ground floor retail space in the College Point neighborhood of council member Paladino's district.
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Forty three dash thirty nine Van Damme Street demapping, an application to amend the city map to eliminate an unbuilt portion of Gale Avenue to facilitate the development of an outdoor dining area in council member one's district.
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The council will be voting on a resolution to disapprove this application.
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2185 Coyle Street will facilitate the development of a new nine story mixed use building with ground floor commercial space and over 400 housing units, 25% of which will be affordable under MIH option one in the Sheepshead Bay neighborhood of council member Narcisse's district.
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The council is modifying the application to ensure that the height permitted by the zoning more closely reflects the height of the proposed development and to establish MIH option one and the deep affordability option as the available MIH options.
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438 Concord Avenue rezoning will facilitate the development of a 10 story mixed use building with manufacturing space, commercial space, community facility space, and 43 parking spots in the deputy speaker's district, deputy speaker Ayala.
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The council is modifying the application to require MIH option one and the deep affordability option as the available MIH options.
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Landmark designation for the Jacob Day residence, a three story Greek revival style house in council member Rivera's district.
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From 1857 to 1884, it was used as a home and place of business by Jacob Day, an advocate for the abolition of slavery and the successful owner of a catering company at a time when black men had limited business opportunities.
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455 First Avenue rezoning, an application to facilitate the development of a new commercial life sciences building in the Kips Bay neighborhood in council member Rivera's district.
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The project is on the current site of the New York City Public Health Laboratory, which will be moving into a new building at the Harlem Hospital Center and spark Kips Bay, an application to facilitate the redevelopment of the Hunter College Brookdale campus into a state of the art life sciences campus in council member Powers district.
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The proposal will also facilitate the demolition and reconstruction of a pedestrian bridge over the FDR Drive, which will connect the Waterside Plaza with the campus's open space and convert the bridge to be ADA compliant.