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Council subcommittee holds hybrid hearing on eight rezonings; all items laid over
Summary
The New York City Council Subcommittee on Zoning and Franchises heard eight private rezoning applications across Queens and a sidewalk café request; applicants presented designs and commitments (including parking and MIH options) and the subcommittee laid all items over after public testimony and member questioning.
Farrah Lewis, chair of the New York City Council Subcommittee on Zoning and Franchises, opened a hybrid public hearing that covered eight private rezoning applications across Queens and a sidewalk café request. Applicants presented plans ranging from a two‑family lot amendment to proposals for seven‑ to ten‑story mixed‑use buildings that would map Mandatory Inclusionary Housing (MIH) in several cases.
The proposals included LU 33/34 (33‑01 11th Street, Ravenswood), LU 17–19 (1417 Avenue U, Sheepshead Bay), LU 28–30 (1410 Beach Channel Drive, Far Rockaway), LU 24–26 (78‑08 Linden Boulevard, Lindenwood), LU 22–23 (63‑12 Broadway, Woodside), LU 27 (247‑56 90th Avenue, Bellerose), LU 20–21 (217‑14 24th Ave, Bay Terrace) and LU 30 (sidewalk café for Ethel's Alcohol and Food). Council members and applicants exchanged detailed questions about unit mix, parking, financing, resiliency measures and community benefits.…
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