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City Council highlights Jamaica rezoning, schedules votes on multiple land-use items
Summary
The New York City Council praised and approved modifications to the Jamaica neighborhood rezoning and announced scheduled votes on several land-use items including Arverne East UDAP amendments, Station Plaza Jamaica map changes and other rezoning proposals; the council said the Jamaica plan will deliver housing, jobs and neighborhood investments.
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…
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