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The subcommittee approved five rezoning proposals by roll call, including Sojourner Truth Mapes, which received one opposing vote; the items were referred to the full Land Use Committee. Hearings on 68th Road, Queens Boulevard, and South Richmond open-space corrections closed with the items laid over. Testimony and questions addressed housing, neighborhood impacts, labor, and mapping corrections.
The subcommittee reviewed a sidewalk café consent application and two mixed-use rezoning proposals, including proposed affordability provisions and modifications; Council Member Thomas Henry opposed the café application, citing unresolved neighborhood concerns. The chair called for disapproval of that application and approval of the rezonings with modifications; the announced 9–0 vote approved the items as described and referred them to the full Land Use Committee.
The subcommittee heard proposals for a long-term-care facility rezoning at 1455 Coney Island Avenue and a residential rezoning at 135-27 Sapphire Street, including testimony and questions about operators, affordability, parking, flooding and infrastructure. Both hearings were closed with items laid over; the sidewalk-café hearing remained closed, and three scheduled votes were deferred until the following day.
The subcommittee held a public hearing on Tero de Esquina NYC Corp.’s application for four sidewalk café tables with attached bench seating in Corona. The applicant described the restaurant and answered questions about its identity, hours, outdoor seating, noise, security, and separation from a neighboring bar; no public witnesses appeared, and the item was laid over.