"Voters last November approved a ballot measure that establishes a three-member appeals board - made up of the mayor, city council speaker and local borough president - with the power to overturn Council land use votes that kill or modify housing plans. The referendum restored tangible land use powers to the borough president for the first time in nearly 40 years and upended the city's review process, which gave tremendous influence to individual councilmembers and typically ended with binding Council votes."
"Reynoso, who is also running to replace retiring Rep. Nydia Velazquez in Congress later this year, said his guide is an attempt to "depoliticize" housing issues and instead base his votes on where homes are being built, and where they are not. "How we come to this decision is universal," he said. "The formula is the formula." Reynoso released a comprehensive plan last year that assigns development goals for every neighborhood in the borough."
Voters approved a ballot measure that creates a three-member appeals board composed of the mayor, City Council speaker and local borough president, giving the board power to overturn Council land-use votes that block or modify housing plans. The referendum restores borough presidents' tangible land-use powers for the first time in nearly 40 years and alters a review process that previously centered power with individual councilmembers and binding Council votes. Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso unveiled a rubric to guide appeals decisions, linking reversals to neighborhood development shortfalls. Other borough presidents plan case-by-case reviews prioritizing areas producing few new homes.
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