City Limits rounds up the latest housing and land use-related events, public hearings and affordable housing lotteries that are ending soon.
Adi Talwar
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Welcome to City Limits’ NYC Housing Calendar, a weekly feature where we round up the latest housing and land use-related events and hearings, as well as upcoming affordable housing lotteries that are ending soon.
Know of an event we should include in next week’s calendar? Email us.
Upcoming Housing and Land Use-Related Events:
- Tuesday, May 28 at 1 p.m.: The NYC Planning Commission will hold a review session on a number of land use applications including the proposed South Jamaica Gateway Rezoning and Port Authority Bus Terminal Replacement. More here.
- Wednesday, May 29 at 10 a.m.: The NYC Planning Commission will meet, including holding public hearings on proposed rezonings for 3033 Avenue V and 197 Berry Street in Brooklyn. More here.
- Wednesday, May 29 at 10 a.m.: NYCHA will host its monthly board meeting. More here.
- Wednesday, May 29 at 10 a.m.: The NYC Council’s General Welfare Committee will hold an oversight hearing on hunger and food insecurity. More here.
- Wednesday, May 29 at 3 p.m.: Shelterforce will host a Community Voices Forum focused on affordable housing and community development. More here.
- Thursday, May 30 at 10 a.m.: The NYC Council’s Committee on Housing and Buildings will hold an oversight hearing on the J-51 tax abatement for residential building renovations. More here.
- Thursday, May 30 at 5 p.m.: The NYC Rent Guidelines Board will hold a hearing to collect public testimony on proposed rent adjustments for the city’s rent stabilized tenants at the Jamaica Performing Arts Center in Queens. More here.
- Thursday, May 30 at 2 p.m.: The Department of City Planning will hold a public scoping meeting for the proposed Park Avenue Brooklyn Rezoning, which would build 479 apartments and educational facilities along Park Avenue in Bedford Stuyvesant, Brooklyn. More here.
- Saturday, June 1 at 10 a.m.: NHS Brooklyn CDC will host its annual housing resource fair at Brooklyn College. More here.
- Monday, June 3 at 12 a.m.: NYCHA will reopen applications for its Section 8 waitlist. More here.
- Monday, June 3 at 5 p.m.: The NYC Rent Guidelines Board will hold a hearing to collect public testimony on proposed rent adjustments for the city’s rent stabilized tenants at Hostos Community College in the Bronx. More here.
NYC Affordable Housing Lotteries Ending Soon: The New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) are closing lotteries on the following subsidized buildings over the next week.
- 90 Liberty Avenue Apartments, Brooklyn, for households earning between $61,715 – $218,010
- 194 Buffalo Avenue Apartments, Brooklyn, for households earning between $68,400 – $181,740
- 88-36 139th Street Apartments, Queens, for households earning between $68,572 – $218,010
- 1 Park Point, Brooklyn, for households earning between $33,806 – $167,700