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Council subcommittee approves Jamaica neighborhood rezoning with targeted modifications
Summary
The New York City Council Subcommittee on Zoning and Franchises voted 7-0 to approve a multi-part rezoning known as the Jamaica neighborhood plan, authorizing zoning and text changes, a UDAP for affordable housing, and a city map amendment for Station Plaza Jamaica, while laying over a separate Bogart Street item.
The New York City Council Subcommittee on Zoning and Franchises voted 7-0 to approve the Jamaica neighborhood rezoning package — LU 369, LU 370, LU 371 and the related LU 372 — advancing zoning map and text changes, mandatory inclusionary housing mapping and an urban development action plan that supporters say will bring housing, jobs and public investment to Downtown Jamaica and surrounding Southeast Queens.
The package rezones roughly 230 blocks and is projected in the subcommittee discussion to allow nearly 12,000 new housing units, including thousands described as permanently affordable; to create more than 2 million square feet of commercial and community facility space; and to generate an estimated 7,000 jobs. Chair Council Member Kevin Riley called the vote after members agreed to council modifications on density transitions and industrial zoning.
Speaker Adrienne Adams said, "I am pleased to express support for our city's largest neighborhood rezoning…
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