Developer requests Webster rezoning
Major project aims to bring affordable housing to Morrisania
BRONX TIMES R 38 EPORTER, DECEMBER 11-17, 2020 BTR
Renderings of the planned affordable housing. Photos courtesy of 1099 Webster Ave LLC
BY ALEX MITCHELL
A senior Bronx man’s death as
resulting of a 2019 assault has recently
been deemed a homicide, the
NYPD announced.
Police found 70-year-old James
Jones lying inside of his Taylor Avenue
home with “trauma to the head” in
an unresponsive state at about 2 p.m.
on Wednesday, May 8, 2019.
He was rushed to Jacobi Hospital
and succumbed to his wounds over a
year later on Saturday, Oct. 17, 2020.
On Monday morning the city’s medical
examiner ruled Jones’ death a homicide.
No arrests have yet been made
and the investigation into the case
is ongoing.
Anyone with information in regard
to this incident is asked to call
the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline
at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish,
1-888-57-PISTA (74782). The public can
also submit their tips by logging onto
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Photo via Getty Images
BY JASON COHEN
A developer is hoping to bring more
than 200 units of affordable housing to
Community Board 4 with a massive
rezoning project.
According to recent fi lings, Webster
1099 Realty LLC has applied to
build two new mixed-use buildings on
the west side of Webster Avenue at its
intersection with East 166th Street in
Morrisania. The project will require
the area to be rezoned from a manufacturing
area to a residential zone.
The buildings will be at 80 percent
AMI (Average Median Income) or
lower, offer 15 percent of its housing to
the formerly homeless, feature ground
fl oor commercial space and will have
238 residential units available.
The current use of the site is a
parking lot, an auto repair shop and a
small warehouse.
On Nov. 24, they presented their
plans to Community Board 4, which
supported them but with several stipulations.
The board approved a letter of
support for the project if it meets the
following requirements:
*Creating residential units that
meet a wide range of AMI incomes;
*A commitment to hiring
CB 4 residents for jobs pre- and
post-construction;
*Working with Housing Preservation
and Development (HPD) and
the Department of Homeless Services
(DHS) to get families that are in shelters
into this permanent housing;
*Creating a community center and
youth center, a health care facility and
a day care center;
*Hosting a training session
to help residents prepare for the
housing lottery.
“If we can take people from existing
shelters and relocate them, I think that
it would be a win-win for us,” said CB 4
District Manager Paul Philips.
There will be one 9-story mixeduse
building, with 10,690 square feet
of commercial use, 72,889 square feet
of residential use and 90 apartments.
The other will be an 11-story mixeduse
building with 19,298 square feet of
commercial use, 117, 963 square feet of
residential use and 148 units.
Additionally, the plans call for 73
underground parking spaces and a
recreation area.
The project will create approximately
350 construction jobs over a 30
to 36 month period and will meet or
exceed HPD requirement for local hiring
through HIreNYC and the MWBE
Build Up Program.
Also, there are estimated to be 75 to
80 permanent jobs for employees who
will work in the ground fl oor retail
space and community facility space as
well as the building service workers.
The next step in the process is a
City Planning commission review and
then a Council and mayoral review.
Construction is planned to tentatively
begin in 2022.
Senior death: homicide
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