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Community boards report on demapping proposal, SUNY Downstate funding, and local housing and library projects
Summary
Community board chairs reported a rejected demapping application tied to a large Coney Island development, updates on SUNY Downstate hearings and $750 million in set-aside funds, and local land-use approvals including the Grace housing upzoning and a New Lots library remodel.
Several community board chairs and council members used the borough board meeting to report local land-use and institutional updates, including a controversial demapping application in Coney Island, a state review of SUNY Downstate funding, and land-use approvals in East New York.
Community Board 13 reported that it held three public meetings on a private demapping application connected to a proposed multiuse project in Coney Island that the presenter described in the meeting as "1,300,000.0" (the figure was not clarified during remarks). CB13 said the general board rejected the application at its January meeting by a vote the speaker described as "24 in favor, 11 opposed, 8 abstain, 0 recusals, and 3 relinquish their votes." The CB13 representative asked the borough president,…
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