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COURIER L 20 IFE, NOV. 1-7, 2019
Industry City defi ed Councilman Carlos Menchaca in applying for a rezoning without his
approval. Industry City
Making progress
Industry City execs kick off rezoning
in defi ance of local lawmaker
BY ROSE ADAMS
The bigwigs at Industry City submitted
an application for a controversial rezoning
to the city last week, beginning
a seven-month-long game of chicken
with Councilman Carlos Menchaca,
who vowed to kill the proposal if executives
at the maker space moved forward
without his approval.
“Starting this week creates a
high stakes pressure that is antithetical
to sound community input in the
face of a developer’s overwhelming resources,”
said local Councilman Carlos
Menchaca. “The developer’s decision
refl ects an unwillingness to continue
following the Sunset Park community’s
lead and I fi nd that troubling.”
Bigwigs at the sprawling 35-acre industrial
campus are looking to rewrite
local zoning regulations to pave the
way for a 12-year, $1 billion redevelopment
plan of the complex, which would
add more retail, academic space, and
offi ces than the current zoning allows.
During the nearly year-long rezoning
approval process, it is common for
developers to fund community benefi ts
in exchange for the regulatory windfall
— but instead of bargaining for the
concession during the public review
process, Menchaca said he would vote
down the rezoning application unless
Industry City executives bowed to a list
of demands before submitting their rezoning
application .
Industry City executive Andrew
Kimball quickly agreed to Menchaca’s
conditions, removing hotels from the
rezoning application, reducing the
amount of requested retail space, and
pitching in funds for a public high
school, among other concessions.
Kimball also agreed to hold off on
submitting the application in accordance
with Menchaca’s two other demands
— that Mayor Bill de Blasio sign
a written contract promising city funds
for the community, and that a community
based group create a legal document
memorializing the community
benefi ts.
But on Oct. 25, Kimball submitted
the rezoning application to the
Department of City Planning before
Menchaca’s second two demands were
met, prompting Menchaca to claim that
he would reject the rezoning.
“I am prepared to vote ‘no’ because
I do not believe starting ULURP today
is enough time to craft a rezoning plan
that protects and uplifts our most vulnerable
neighbors,” Menchaca said in a
statement on Monday.
Local leaders — who have long argued
that the rezoning and subsequent
redevelopment would displace low-income
residents and hurt small businesses
— also slammed Industry City
for submitting the application before
the demands were met, claiming that
the move shows the developers’ disdain
for the community.
“We share Council Member
Menchaca’s outrage and believe that
now is the time for him to commit to
veto the rezoning application initiated
by Industry City’s owners, regardless
of whatever community benefi ts agreements
Industry City may offer,” said
leaders of a local advocacy organization,
Protect Sunset Park. “Industry
City’s owners have shown that they
clearly can’t be trusted and don’t share
our community’s values nor our best
interests.”
Kimball defended the application’s
submission, claiming that Industry
City has participated in ongoing talks
with the community about the rezoning
for years.
“The Sunset Park neighborhood,
with leadership from Councilman
Carlos Menchaca and Community
Board 7, undertook the most extensive
community engagement process
ever implemented in New York City
for a proposal of this type,” he said in
a statement. “We will continue to work
with community leaders to ensure that
the benefi ts of this effort stay close to
home.”
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