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Council Announces H+H River Commons Supportive Housing Plan for Gerard Avenue Site
Summary
The council introduced H+H River Commons, a proposed mixed-use redevelopment of part of the NYC Health + Hospitals Gerard Avenue campus that sponsor statements say would include approximately 98 supportive units for single adults and about 230 affordable units for households earning below 80% AMI, clinical space, open space and parking.
Speaker Adrienne Adams described the H+H River Commons proposal to facilitate redevelopment of a portion of the NYC Health + Hospitals (H+H) Gerard Avenue campus in Council Member Althea Stevens’s district. Adams said the project would allow construction of a 17-story mixed-use building with roughly 98 supportive units for single adults and approximately 230 affordable units for households earning less than 80% of area median income (AMI). The plan also includes about 6,000 square feet of community facility space, 7,500 square feet of open space, clinical floors allocated for H+H operations, and approximately 75 parking spaces for staff and patients.
Sponsor’s framing: Adams presented the project as enabling both clinical operations and housing supports on the H+H campus. The supportive units for single adults and the income-targeted affordable units were emphasized as housing priorities for vulnerable New Yorkers.
Discussion vs. action: The transcript records the project as on the land-use agenda; the excerpt does not include the motion text, a mover/second, or a recorded vote outcome.
Outstanding questions: The transcript does not provide details on financing sources, developer identity, operating subsidies for supportive units, or whether any special permits will be required. Those items are typically spelled out in development and disposition agreements but are not in this excerpt.
Provenance: Introduced on the land-use list by Speaker Adrienne Adams at 00:03:32 ("H and H River Commons, 1225 Gerard Avenue...").
