Sojourner Truth MAPES rezoning hearing opens

Being that there are no members of the public who wish to testify regarding pre-considered LUs relating to the 69-67 108th Street mixed-use residential rezoning proposal, the public hearing is now closed and items are now laid over.

I will now open the hearing to the pre-considered LUs regarding Sojourner Truth MAPES, a mixed-use residential rezoning proposal in the Crotona neighborhood of the Bronx and Councilman Felice's district.

The applicant is seeking a rezoning.

To a residential R8 district with a commercial overlay to develop two affordable housing buildings that would have a total of 457 apartments.

Of these apartments, 137 of them would be permanently affordable through the mapping of mandatory inclusionary housing.

For anyone wishing to testify regarding this proposal remotely, if you have not already done so, you must register online visiting the council's website at council.nyc.gov backslash land use.

Thank you.

For anyone with us in person, please see one of the sergeant at arms to submit a speaker card.

would prefer to submit written testimony, you can always do so by emailing land use testimony at council.nyc.gov.

Councilmember Felice will be joining us shortly.

I will now call the applicant panel for this proposal, which consists of Astrid Walker-Stewart, Matthew Washington,

Kelly Bisuko.

And Magnus Western.

I'm going to let you all say your names.

Council, please, could you please administer the oath?

Good afternoon.

Could you please raise your right hand and say your name for the record?

Matthew Stephen Washington.

Kelly, excuse me.

Astrid Walker-Stewart.

Magnus Vestager.

Thank you.

Could you please keep your right hand raised?

You swear to tell the truth and nothing but the truth in your testimony this morning in response to council member questions?

I do.

Yes, I do, so help me God.

I know you're waiting a long time to say it.

You may now begin your testimony, which is limited to 10 minutes, and you should start to conclude your presentation after eight minutes.

I'm sorry, one more.

Could we swear one more in?

Yes.

Could you please raise your right hand and state your name for the record?

Sure.

Patrick Blanchfield.

And can you speak into a microphone?

Do you swear to tell the truth and not to be a truth in your testimony this morning in response to council member questions?

Yes, absolutely.

Patrick Blanchfield.

Thank you.

You have 10 minutes.

Start wrapping up at 8 minutes.

When you begin your presentation, please restate your name and organization.

You may all begin.