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    Council Passes Streets Master Plan

    Legislation  •  Citywide

    City Council Speaker Corey Johnson at the Council Stated Meeting. Image Credit: John McCarten

    The Speaker’s bill looks to change the way the entire city shares the streets. On October 30, 2019, the City Council approved Intro 1557-A, a five-year comprehensive plan for city streets, sidewalks and pedestrian spaces. The bill was approved by a vote of 35 in favor to 9 opposed with two abstentions. The bill was first introduced by Speaker Corey Johnson on May 29, 2019, heard by the Committee on Transportation on June 12, 2019, and later amended and approved by the Committee on October 29, 2019.

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    Tags : City Council, Corey Johnson, Council Member Antonio Reynoso, Council Speaker Corey Johnson, Department of Transportation, DOT, Streets Master Plan
    Date:11/07/2019
    Category : City Council
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    NYC EDC and Elected Officials Announce $2.7 Million Renovation of Moore Street Market

    Renovations  •  Williamsburg, Brooklyn

    Brooklyn Borough President Eric L. Adams, NYCEDC President and CEO James Patchett, Council Member Antonio Reynoso celebrate the announcement of a $2.7 million investment for renovations of Moore Street Market. Image Credit: NYC EDC

    $2.7 Million in renovations to enhance facilities at one of Brooklyn’s oldest public markets. On August 20, 2019, New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC), Council Member Antonio Reynoso and Brooklyn Borough President Eric L. Adams announced $2.7 million dollars of improvements to enhance facilities at one of Brooklyn’s oldest public markets located on Moore Street. (read more…)

    Tags : Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams, Council Member Antonio Reynoso, Economic Development Corporation, Moore Street Market, NYC EDC
    Date:09/18/2019
    Category : New York City Economic Development Corporation
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    Stately Turn-of-the-Century Colonial Revival Home Designated an Individual Landmark

    Designation  •  Bushwick, Brooklyn

    Huberty House. Image Credit: LPC.

    Individual landmark designed for politician and lawyer Peter Huberty by his son, Ulrich Huberty, architect of another potential individual added to Landmarks calendar. On October 24, 2017, Landmarks voted to designate the Peter P. and Rosa M. Huberty House an individual City landmark. The house stands 1019 Bushwick Avenue in Brooklyn’s Bushwick neighborhood. The free-standing Colonial Revival building was designed for Peter P. Huberty by his eldest son, Ulrich Huberty. (read more…)

    Tags : Council Member Antonio Reynoso, Diana Reyna
    Date:11/16/2017
    Category : Landmarks Preservation Commission
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    Council Passes Contentious Pfizer Sites Rezoning in Williamsburg

    ULURP  •  South Williamsburg, Brooklyn

    City Council Subcommittee on Zoning and Franchises Meeting. October 24, 2017.

    A former Pfizer factory site in South Williamsburg will be developed into a mixed-use building and public plaza. On October 31, 2017, the City Council passed the Pfizer Sites Rezoning land use actions by a vote of 38-6. The zoning map and text amendments will convert the former Pfizer factory site, currently used for parking, into a mixed-use building and plaza. The project area, totaling 182,366 square feet, is bounded by Walton Street to the north, Gerry Street to the south, Harrison Avenue to the east, and Union Avenue to the west. The proposed development includes 1,146 housing units, 62,810 square feet of commercial space, and 26,000 square feet of public open space. For CityLand’s prior coverage on the matter, click here.

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    Tags : City Council, Council Member Antonio Reynoso, Council Member Stephen Levin, Pfizer Sites Rezoning, South Williamsburg
    Date:11/09/2017
    Category : City Council
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    Mixed-Use Development to Replace Pfizer Factory Site

    ULURP  •  South Williamsburg, Brooklyn

    Illustrative Bird’s Eye View. Image Credit: Pfizer Sites Rezoning EIS.

    A former Pfizer factory site in South Williamsburg, Brooklyn will be redeveloped into 1,146 housing units, 62,810 square feet of commercial space, 26,000 square feet of publicly accessible open space, and 404 parking spaces. On September 19, 2017, the City Planning Commission issued a favorable report on land use applications by Harrison Realty LLC. The land use applications include: (1) a zoning map amendment to change the current manufacturing district into a residential district with a commercial overlay, and (2) a zoning text amendment to establish a Mandatory Inclusionary Housing area on the site. (read more…)

    Tags : affordable housing, Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams, Brooklyn Community Board 1, City Planning Commission, Council Member Antonio Reynoso, Council Member Stephen Levin, Mandatory Inclusionary Housing
    Date:10/05/2017
    Category : City Planning Commission
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    City Council Overwhelmingly Passes Tenant Harassment Bills Package

    Tenant Protections  •  Citywide

    Council Member Helen Rosenthal Gets a “High-Five from a Constituent. Image credit: NYCC/William Alatriste

    City Council passes a package of bills intended to strengthen protections for tenants subject to harassment by landlords. Since the mid-2000s and largely due to the housing bubble, predatory equity has become a metastasis on the New York City housing market. The expulsion of both rent stabilized and market-rate tenants is accomplished through means both legal, by abusing technical loopholes in State law, and illegal, by dangerous living conditions and intimidation. (read more…)

    Tags : Council Member Antonio Reynoso, Council Member Carlos Menchaca, Council Member Daniel Garodnick, Council Member Helen Rosenthal, Council Member Mark Levine, Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito
    Date:08/11/2017
    Category : City Council
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