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Council subcommittee approves Broadway Junction Herkimer‑Williams redevelopment and Francis Lewis overlay
Summary
The New York City Council Subcommittee on Zoning and Franchises voted unanimously to approve a multi‑block redevelopment in Broadway Junction (LU 434–438) with a change to the MIH option, approved a commercial overlay at 18‑15 Francis Lewis Boulevard (LU 439), and moved to file LU 447 after the applicant withdrew revocable consent.
The New York City Council Subcommittee on Zoning and Franchises voted to approve a package of land‑use items affecting East New York and Queens, including a large redevelopment in Broadway Junction and a commercial overlay in Queens.
Council Member Kevin Riley, chair of the subcommittee, said the panel would vote on two proposals and described LU 434–438, the Herkimer‑Williams project, as a redevelopment of four blocks in the Broadway Junction area of East New York that would create four buildings totaling more than 1,000,000 square feet of floor area, nearly 1,000 residential units, commercial and light industrial uses, possible community facility space, and about 20,000 square feet of publicly accessible open space. "The proposed development…
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