Overview
- Deputy Mayor Leila Bozorg announced approval of the inaugural Expedited Land Use Review Procedure application for the Powerhouse Apartments at 351 Powers Avenue in Mott Haven.
- Voters authorized ELURP in November, replacing a roughly seven-month timeline with a 90-day path for 100%-affordable projects that includes a 60-day local review and a 30-day City Planning Commission decision.
- The eight-story, all-electric building will include 84 income-restricted homes, a community theater, a workforce training center, and outdoor green space, with about 30 units reserved for formerly homeless New Yorkers.
- The project team—Lemle & Wolff Development, HELP Development, and True Development New York—must still secure financing for the roughly $69 million development, which is eligible for up to $31 million in city funding.
- City officials plan to use ELURP and a related Affordable Housing Fast Track for additional housing and resiliency efforts, including an environmental project to expand Staten Island’s Saw Mill Creek Marsh, as debate continues over shortened public review despite earlier community engagement on this site.