The New York City Council - File #: Res 0009-2018

• File #: Res 0009-2018
• Version: *
• Name: Re-examine the standards in the CEQR regulations and the Technical Manual.
• Type: Resolution
• Status: Filed (End of Session)
• File created: 1/31/2018
• In control: Committee on Land Use
• On agenda: 1/31/2018
• Final action: 12/31/2021
• Title: Resolution calling on the Mayor, the Mayor's Office of Environmental Coordination, the New York City Planning Commission, the New York City Department of City Planning, and all other relevant City agencies to re-examine the standards in the CEQR regulations and the Technical Manual for assessing when a possible adverse impact on a neighborhood's character or socioeconomic status requires a detailed analysis and possible mitigation, and calling on the relevant agencies, when such significant adverse impacts are identified, consistently to seek mitigation or development alternatives that provide long-term or permanent protection for the residents, businesses, and character of the affected community, including through the provision of permanently affordable housing and commercial space.
• Sponsors: Inez D. Barron, Inez D. Barron, Stephen T. Levin, Robert E. Cornegy, Jr.

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
12/31/2021	*	City Council	Filed (End of Session)
12/31/2021	*	City Council	Filed (End of Session)
5/7/2019	*	Subcommittee on Zoning and Franchises	Laid Over by Subcommittee
5/7/2019	*	Subcommittee on Zoning and Franchises	Laid Over by Subcommittee
5/7/2019	*	Subcommittee on Zoning and Franchises	Hearing Held by Committee
5/7/2019	*	Subcommittee on Zoning and Franchises	Hearing Held by Committee
5/7/2019	*	Committee on Land Use	Laid Over by Committee
5/7/2019	*	Committee on Land Use	Laid Over by Committee
5/7/2019	*	Committee on Land Use	Hearing Held by Committee
5/7/2019	*	Committee on Land Use	Hearing Held by Committee
1/31/2018	*	City Council	Referred to Comm by Council
1/31/2018	*	City Council	Referred to Comm by Council
1/31/2018	*	City Council	Introduced by Council
1/31/2018	*	City Council	Introduced by Council

Res. No. 9

Title
Resolution calling on the Mayor, the Mayor's Office of Environmental Coordination, the New York City Planning Commission, the New York City Department of City Planning, and all other relevant City agencies to re-examine the standards in the CEQR regulations and the Technical Manual for assessing when a possible adverse impact on a neighborhood's character or socioeconomic status requires a detailed analysis and possible mitigation, and calling on the relevant agencies, when such significant adverse impacts are identified, consistently to seek mitigation or development alternatives that provide long-term or permanent protection for the residents, businesses, and character of the affected community, including through the provision of permanently affordable housing and commercial space.
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By Council Members Barron, Levin and Cornegy

Whereas, In recent years, the City of New York has rezoned and redeveloped (or allowed to be redeveloped) a substantial portion of the real estate in the City; and
Whereas, Specifically, the Furman Center has reported that between 2002 and 2010 the City of New York rezoned roughly twenty percent of the land in the City and recent reports suggest that as much as forty percent of the City was rezoned between 2002 and 2014; and
Whereas, Some major redevelopment projects directly displace local residents and businesses to make room for new construction; and
Whereas, Such projects may also displace local residents and businesses by substantially altering the character and affordability of the affected neighborhoods (a process often called indirect or secondary displacement); and
Whereas, Before the City of New York may undertake or give discretionary approval to a project, Article 8 of the New York State Environmental Conservation Law and related regulations generally require the City to consider whether the proposed project would have a significant adverse impact on the "environment" (including on "existing pa...