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AGENCY TESTIMONY
HPD Representative Testifies on Brook 156 Amendment
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Justin Donlon from the New York City Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) provides testimony on the Brook 156 project amendment. He explains that the amendment is necessary to allow for commercial use in addition to community facility use on the ground floor of the development, which has already been completed.
- The Brook 156 project was originally approved in June 2019 and completed in 2024.
- The amendment is needed because a bodega (commercial use) was utilized instead of the originally approved community facility space.
- HPD is requesting the amendment to establish regulatory compliance while keeping all other aspects of the project the same.
Justin Donlon
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Thank you, chair.
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Hopefully, you all haven't gotten sick of seeing me too much yet.
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Yeah.
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Brooke 156 was previously approved by council in June of twenty nineteen with FIPS designated as sponsor for development of the project.
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It is a nine story mixed use, a % affordable housing development in the Melrose neighborhood of the Bronx in Charis Al Muncus District.
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It closed in 2020 and was completed in 2024.
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The previous approval allowed for the construction of community facility space, though ultimately a commercial use.
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In this case, a bodega was utilized.
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So consequently, order to establish regulatory compliance, HP is requesting an amendment to the original project, which would specify community facility or commercial use instead of exclusively community facility use as was in the original project summary.
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Otherwise, the project remains entirely the same.