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Brooklyn finance committee recommends 180-day moratorium on data-center permits
Summary
The Brooklyn City Council finance committee voted to recommend adoption of Resolution 2026-21, a 180-day moratorium on permits or certificates of occupancy for conversions or new construction that would enable data centers to allow review of federal, state and local regulations.
Brooklyn — The Brooklyn City Council finance committee voted to recommend adoption of Resolution 2026-21, a third-reading measure that would place a moratorium of up to 180 days on granting building permits or certificates of occupancy for projects that would enable establishment or conversion of buildings into data centers.
The moratorium, which the resolution declares an emergency to expedite review, is intended to give the city administration and council time to review applicable federal codes, Ohio statutes and the city’s codified ordinances related to data-center activity.
Committee members moved and recorded unanimous support to recommend adoption to the full council. The committee did not amend the text during the meeting and made no additional directives to staff during the discussion recorded in the transcript.
If the council adopts the resolution as recommended, the moratorium would pause permits and certificates of occupancy for the limited 180-day period stated in the resolution to allow the stated review. The committee’s action at this meeting was a recommendation for adoption to the full council; the transcript does not record a final vote by the full council.
