Speaker Adrienne Adams told the council that the administration's actions on federal deployments were undermining public safety and then highlighted the day's land-use actions, including the Jamaica neighborhood rezoning. "It is our city's largest neighborhood rezoning in over 2 decades and will deliver nearly 12,000 new homes, including almost 4,200 permanently affordable homes by mapping the largest MIH zone in the entire city," Adams said.

The council said it had improved initial proposals for the Jamaica plan by "deepening the affordability" and securing neighborhood investments. "This historic plan for Southeast Queens will generate 7,000 new jobs, create over 2,000,000 square feet of commercial and community facility space, and provide $413,000,000 in new community investments for our beloved Jamaica," Adams said.

Council members noted that Nantasha Williams led the community planning process. "Most importantly, council member, Nantasha Williams, who led a community planning process with local stakeholders. She is our champion for this project," Adams said, and the speaker said she expected the full council to vote on the plan later in the month.

The meeting also announced votes on several separate land-use items: Arverne East UDAP amendments and Article 11 changes to an HPD development of roughly 11 buildings and about 1,320 affordable homes to increase homeownership units and provide tax exemptions; a Station Plaza Jamaica map change to facilitate two pedestrian plazas; a 13-story Claremont House at 1640 Anthony Avenue with 65 affordable homeownership units; and a 535 Morgan Avenue rezoning to allow a supermarket in a vacant one-story retail building.

The council framed the Jamaica rezoning as part of the land-use process's role in channeling community input and securing neighborhood-level investments. No final vote tallies for the Jamaica plan or the listed land-use items were recorded in the transcript; the items were presented as on the day's agenda for upcoming votes.

The council did not present formal legal or budgetary findings in this segment beyond the development and investment figures cited. Further committee reports and the full-council docket will be the source of formal actions and any vote records.