City Council approves Atlantic Avenue "Aim Up" rezoning to unlock 4,600 homes and $215 million in neighborhood investments

The New York City Council on May 28 approved the Atlantic Avenue Mixed Use Plan, known as Aim Up, a rezoning intended to create 4,600 new housing units in Central Brooklyn, roughly 1,900 of them permanently affordable, and more than $215,000,000 in community investments.

Council Member Hudson, who spoke in support of the plan, said it represented “the culmination of more than a decade of advocacy from local residents and nearly 3 years of public engagement, hard work, and tireless negotiations.” Council Member Osei described the package as a broad neighborhood investment, saying Aim Up will “unlock 4,600 new homes across Community Districts 3 and 8, and 1,900 of them will be income restricted.”

The council modified the applications to require MIH option 1, the transcript states, and secured funding commitments that the speakers said include safer streets, infrastructure upgrades, renovations of six neighborhood parks and playgrounds, subway station improvements, and workforce development programs. Osei noted the agreement included $1,200,000 for full-time tenant and homeowner legal assistance and funding targeted to local hiring programs. Hudson said Aim Up would deliver “40 Percent of which will be affordable for low and moderate income New Yorkers, along with more than $215,000,000 in dedicated funding for infrastructure upgrades, park and playground renovations, funding for local hiring programs, as well as resources for tenant and homeowner protections.”

Speakers framed the rezoning as an attempt to increase housing supply and blunt displacement. Osei said, “Displacement is not a force of nature. It is a policy choice.” Hudson and Osei both thanked planning staff and community stakeholders for what they described as a community-led process.

The council’s land use committee report (LU257 through LU266 and other LU items listed on the agenda) shows the applications were approved with modifications and referred to the City Planning Commission pursuant to section 197 of the New York City Charter; the full package was adopted as part of the general orders calendar that the presiding officers reported adopted by a recorded vote at the end of the meeting.

Implementation steps cited in chamber remarks include design and infrastructure work, park renovations, and interagency coordination on subway and street improvements. The transcript records no detailed timeline for construction or final permitting; those next steps remain with city agencies and developers.

Votes at the meeting: the general orders calendar, which included the land use items, was reported adopted with the council clerk’s final tally reported later in the meeting.

Background: Council speakers positioned Aim Up as the second major neighborhood rezoning on the calendar this season and part of a broader effort the council described as delivering neighborhood rezonings and citywide zoning reforms to create housing. The measure is one of several rezonings and land‑use actions the council considered on May 28.