South Park Slope Community Group

Members of the community testify in front of the City Council Sub-Committee on Zoning 11-14-05.

The City Council’s Sub-Committee on Zoning, chaired by Councilman Tony Avella, was ready to show its support for the neighbors of South Park Slope (SPS) and Greenwood Heights this morning. This is one of the busier committees because of the outcry from the many communities in need of zoning protections. *The committee approved the SPS ULURP* and will send their recommendation on to the full committee for a vote tomorrow, Tuesday 11-15. Once the full committee votes it will then be presented before the City Council on Wednesday 11-16. The moment it is signed it is law.

Do you hear that? That is the sound of developers furiously pouring concrete in an effort to get their foundations in by Wednesday. (A very dangerous situation, to say the least.) Councilman Avella is sponsoring a bill that will impose a freeze on new buildings once a ULURP has been certified by the Dept. of City Planning (Bill number 679). We should all keep a look out for this bill and do what we can to urge its passage. In essence it will make this “foundation race” a moot point.

The full Planning Committee meeting is in the Committee Room at City Hall, Tuesday, Nov. 15 at 10:00 AM.
The full City Council will hear the matter at 1pm on Wednesday.