File #: Res 1953-2013    Version: * Name: Challenging the Land Lease Initiative Request for Expressions of Interest issued by the NYC Housing Authority on 8/16/13.
Type: Resolution Status: Adopted
Committee: Committee on Public Housing
On agenda: 10/9/2013
Enactment date: Law number:
Title: Resolution authorizing the Speaker to bring or join in litigation or to file or join an amicus brief on behalf of the Council, for the purpose of challenging the Land Lease Initiative Request for Expressions of Interest issued by the New York City Housing Authority on August 16, 2013.
Sponsors: Christine C. Quinn, Rosie Mendez, Maria Del Carmen Arroyo, Margaret S. Chin, James G. Van Bramer, Leroy G. Comrie, Jr., Robert Jackson, Peter A. Koo, G. Oliver Koppell, Melissa Mark-Viverito, Donovan J. Richards, Jumaane D. Williams
Council Member Sponsors: 12
Attachments: 1. Committee Report, 2. Hearing Transcript, 3. Hearing Transcript - Stated Meeting 10-9-13
Date Ver.Prime SponsorAction ByActionResultAction DetailsMeeting DetailsMultimedia
10/9/2013*Christine C. Quinn City Council Approved, by CouncilPass Action details Meeting details Not available
10/9/2013*Christine C. Quinn City Council Introduced by Council  Action details Meeting details Not available
10/9/2013*Christine C. Quinn City Council Referred to Comm by Council  Action details Meeting details Not available
10/7/2013*Christine C. Quinn Committee on Public Housing Hearing on P-C Item by Comm  Action details Meeting details Not available
10/7/2013*Christine C. Quinn Committee on Public Housing P-C Item Approved by CommPass Action details Meeting details Not available
Preconsidered Res. No. 1953
 
 
Resolution authorizing the Speaker to bring or join in litigation or to file or join an amicus brief on behalf of the Council, for the purpose of challenging the Land Lease Initiative Request for Expressions of Interest issued by the New York City Housing Authority on August 16, 2013.
 
By the Speaker (Council Member Quinn) and Council Members Mendez, Arroyo, Chin, Van Bramer, Comrie, Jackson, Koo, Koppell, Mark-Viverito, Richards and Williams
 
Whereas, NYCHA was created for the purpose of providing affordable housing to low-income New Yorkers; and
Whereas, On August 16, 2013, the New York City Housing Authority ("NYCHA") issued a Land Lease Initiative Request for Expressions of Interest ("Land Lease Initiative"), which, among other things, invited private land developers to "submit proposals for the design, construction and operation of mixed-income rental housing (with retail, commercial or community facility space where permitted and applicable) on 14 development parcels ('Development Parcels' or 'Parcels');" and
Whereas, The Development Parcels are located within eight NYCHA residential campuses in Manhattan, south of 104th Street; and
Whereas, NYCHA reserves the right to issue a conditional designation letter and enter into negotiations to award a contract to a proposer submitting the most exceptional response to the Land Lease Initiative; and
Whereas, Under the Land Lease Initiative, NYCHA plans to convey each of the Development Parcels to a selected developer through a 99-year ground lease; and
Whereas, Only 20% of the housing units developed on each Parcel would have to be affordable to households earning up to 60% of area median income; and
Whereas, State law requires that NYCHA submit any plan or project to the local legislative body for approval; and
Whereas, NYCHA has not submitted the Land Lease Initiative for approval by the Council; and
Whereas, Federal law requires NYCHA to submit an annual plan; and
Whereas, The annual plan NYCHA submitted for 2013 does not provide a detailed description of the Land Lease Initiative as required by federal law; now, therefore, be it
Resolved, That the Speaker is authorized to bring or join in litigation or to file or join an amicus brief on behalf of the Council, for the purpose of challenging the Land Lease Initiative Request for Expressions of Interest issued by the New York City Housing Authority  on August 16, 2013.
JPM
10/2/2013
LS# 5109