Speaker Menin on landmark designations, school siting, and affordable housing preservation
Menin covers LPC designations of three immigration-related landmarks (PS 15 Annex, Church of St. Mary, Lithuanian Alliance building), an 801-seat high school at 25 Wall Street, and two HPD applications for preserving existing affordable housing at 511 West 171st Street and East Harlem El Barrio.
Next, Landmarks Preservation Commission designation of three individual landmarks linked to New York City's immigration history.
First, the Public School 15 Annex, located in Councilmember Lincoln-Ressler's district, originally built in 1889 to serve Brooklyn's growing immigrant community.
Second, the Church of St.
Mary in Councilmember Chris Marte's district, which is the third oldest Roman Catholic church in all of New York City.
And then finally, the Lithuanian Alliance building in Councilmember Carl Wilson's district, which has served as a home for the Lithuanian Alliance of America since 1910.
We are also approving a school siting in Majority Whip Camilla Hanks District for a new approximately 801-seat high school at 25 Wall Street.
And then finally, two applications by HPD to facilitate the preservation of existing affordable housing.
First is 511 West 171st Street, ANCP Cluster.
To facilitate the rehabilitation of three city-owned buildings with 50 units under the Affordable Neighborhood Cooperative Program in Councilmember Carmen-N.-De-La-Rosa's district.
And then next, the East Harlem-El Barrio Article 11 Amendment to a project previously approved by the Council in 2019
to allow commercial spaces to be occupied by community facility uses in Deputy Whip Elsie-Encarnación and Councilmember Yusef-Salaam's districts.