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UES Community Board Says Yes To 94th Street Midblock Tower Rezone

Nov 10, 2023

A proposed nearly 500-foot-tall tower on East 94th Street which looks to bring over 100 affordable apartments to Yorkville received an overwhelming approval vote from Community Board 8 this week, allowing the project to move forward to the next stage of the city's land use review process.

That approval vote, which is merely an advisory opinion and has no official weight or enforcement, came with a long list of conditions and recommendations for the project, including increasing the share of affordable housing, reducing the height by over 100 feet, adding underground parking and others.

"I'd vote for this twice if I could," said board member Paul Krikler. "We're in a housing crisis. And this is the only way you address the crisis."

The 46-story tower proposed by Friedland Properties and the Chapman Group at 231 East 94th St., between Second and Third avenues, looks to rezone the block's current industrial zoning code to one that allows for dense residential and commercial use.

Inside the proposed nearly 500-foot-tall building would be 452 total apartments, including 113 affordable units, build atop a current vacant building, a parking garage and an auto mechanic shop in a zoning lot that currently only allows manufacturing uses as-of-right.

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https://patch.com/new-york/upper-east-si...ys-yes-94th-street-midblock-tower-rezone