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Land Use Committee Approves Herkimer‑Williams Redevelopment, Francis Lewis Overlay; files withdrawn sidewalk‑cafe application
Summary
The New York City Council Land Use Committee approved LU 434–438 (a multi‑block redevelopment in East New York) with modifications to MIH, and approved LU 439 (a C1‑2 commercial overlay for 18‑15 Francis Lewis Blvd). The committee also filed the withdrawn LU 447 sidewalk‑cafe application; the measures passed 10‑0.
The New York City Council Land Use Committee on Dec. 9 approved a package of land‑use actions to enable a multi‑block redevelopment in East New York and separately approved a commercial overlay for 18‑15 Francis Lewis Boulevard in Queens, while filing a withdrawn sidewalk‑cafe application.
Chair Salamanca told the committee it would vote to approve LUs 434–438 — described as the Herkimer‑Williams redevelopment proposal for property in Council Member Nurse’s Brooklyn/East New York district — and to approve LU 439 for a commercial overlay in Council Member Paladino’s Queens district. The chair said the LU 447 sidewalk cafe revocable…
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