Subcommittee on Zoning and Franchises meeting
February 23, 2026, 11:00 AM
The Subcommittee on Zoning and Franchises held hearings and voted to advance three Queens rezoning packages: 217-14 24th Avenue in Bellerose (CD 11), 14-10 Beach Channel Drive in Far Rockaway (CD 14), and 33-01 11th Street in Long Island City for Catholic Medical Mission Board (CD 1), all with mandatory inclusionary housing components.
What was discussed
- Subcommittee convenes remotely under the winter-storm emergency for a vote-only session Chair Farah N. Louis opened the Subcommittee on Zoning and Franchises, noting the meeting was held remotely via Zoom under Governor Hochul's Executive Order 58 because a winter storm had impaired the Council's ability to meet in person, and that the session was a vote only with no public hearing.
- Chair Louis lays out three Queens rezonings and the staff-recommended modifications Chair Farah N. Louis described the three packages before the subcommittee: 217-14 24th Avenue in Council Member Vickie Paladino's district (rezoning R1-2 to R6A for roughly 183 apartments plus 65 long-term-care units, approved as submitted); 33-01 11th Street in Council Member Tiffany L. Cabán's
- Brooks-Powers details the community benefits negotiated for 14-10 Beach Channel Drive Council Member Selvena N. Brooks-Powers said her support for the Far Rockaway project was conditioned on commitments secured through negotiation: studio units dropped in favor of more two- and three-bedroom apartments, a 1-to-1 parking ratio, a pledge to pursue affordable homeownership, air-quality
- Subcommittee approves all three rezonings, 9-0 The subcommittee voted nine in the affirmative, zero in the negative, and no abstentions to approve the 24th Avenue package and to approve with modifications the 11th Street and Beach Channel Drive packages, referring all of them to the full Land Use Committee.
Agenda
6 items
- LU 0020-2026 Application number C 240297 ZMQ (217-14 24th Avenue Rezoning) submitted by BMBT LLC, pursuant to Sections 197-c and 201 of the New York City Charter for an amendment of the Zoning Map, Section No. 11a, changing from an R1-2 District to an R6 District, Borough of Queens, Community District 11 Approved by Subcommittee
- LU 0021-2026 Application number N 240298 ZRQ (217-14 24th Avenue Rezoning) submitted by BMBT LLC, pursuant to Section 201 of the New York City Charter, for an amendment of the Zoning Resolution of the City of New York, modifying APPENDIX F for the purpose of establishing a Mandatory Inclusionary Housing area Approved by Subcommittee
- LU 0028-2026 Application number C 240079 ZMQ (14-10 Beach Channel Drive Rezoning) submitted by 14-10 Beach LLC, pursuant to Sections 197-c and 201 of the New York City Charter for an amendment of the Zoning Map, Section No. 25b, changing from an R5 District to an R6A district and establishing within the proposed Approved by Subcommittee with Modifications and Referred to CPC
- LU 0029-2026 Application number N 240080 ZRQ (14-10 Beach Channel Drive Rezoning) submitted by 14-10 Beach LLC, pursuant to Section 201 of the New York City Charter, for an amendment of the Zoning Resolution of the City of New York, modifying APPENDIX F for the purpose of establishing a Mandatory Inclusionary Approved by Subcommittee with Modifications and Referred to CPC
- LU 0033-2026 Application number C 240334 ZMQ (33-01 11th Street Rezoning) submitted by Catholic Medical Mission Board, pursuant to Sections 197-c and 201 of the New York City Charter for an amendment of the Zoning Map, Section No. 9a, changing from an R5 District to an M1-4/R7A District, and establishing a Approved by Subcommittee with Modifications and Referred to CPC
- LU 0034-2026 Application number N 240335 ZRQ (33-01 11th Street Rezoning) submitted by Catholic Medical Mission Board, pursuant to Section 201 of the New York City Charter, for an amendment of the Zoning Resolution of the City of New York, modifying APPENDIX F for the purpose of establishing a Mandatory Approved by Subcommittee with Modifications and Referred to CPC