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Councilmembers urge approval of Atlantic Avenue Mixed Use Plan to deliver 4,600 homes and neighborhood investments
Summary
Council presenters described the Atlantic Avenue Mixed Use Plan as a community-led rezoning that would add 4,600 housing units — about 1,900 permanently income-restricted — and more than $215 million in infrastructure and community investments; council members framed the plan as addressing housing, safety and jobs as they prepared to vote.
Speaker Adams opened the session saying the council would vote on multiple land-use items, including the Atlantic Avenue Mixed Use Plan. Council Member Crystal Hudson and Council Member Chiyose (Chiyo Se) presented the plan to the chamber, describing a multi-year, community-led rezoning that they said would deliver 4,600 housing units across Community Board Districts 3 and 8, approximately 1,900 of which would be permanently income-restricted, and more than $215,000,000 in new community investments.
Hudson said the plan, commonly referred to as AMUP, follows “more than a decade of advocacy” and nearly three years of public engagement. She said the package includes infrastructure upgrades, park and playground renovations, subway-station improvements, tenant and homeowner protections, and investments aimed at economic development and safer…
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