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Morano asks about environmental review and sensitive resources

New York City Council · Oct 6, 2026 · starts 1:50:33 · 1 min 24 sec

Morano asks whether environmental review identified impacts on wetlands, trees, open space, or drainage; Todorovic says no specific impacts were identified because DOS changes were on disturbed areas, and remaining DOS areas with sensitive features were kept.

Frank Morano

Has the environmental review identified any potential impact on wetlands, trees, natural features, open space, drainage, or other environmentally sensitive resources?

Frank Morano

And if so, what protections or mitigation measures are being required?

George Todorovic

I don't know the specifics of the, I don't know any specific impacts that may have been identified.

George Todorovic

There weren't any, I don't know any potential ones, but I will say that based on the methodology at a comprehensive level, there weren't any.

George Todorovic

Any specific impacts because most of the DOS changes were already on disturbed areas, such as overtop building footprints.

George Todorovic

Again, if a home was built in 1975 and DOS was on top of it, that doesn't really align.

George Todorovic

So we removed it.

George Todorovic

Any DOS area that does remain does have sensitive natural features.

George Todorovic

So there may be some adjacencies or buffers, but we kept it in the places that do have wetlands, that do have trees.

George Todorovic

So again, we could look to the specifics of the actual document, but the DOS was moved where it was on top of existing structures or on top of other structures such as we saw.

George Todorovic

Some basketball courts, gazebos, and swimming pools in people's backyards.