The Department of Parks and Recreation and the Economic Development Corporation submitted an application for the special permit to develop a new Yankee Stadium and four new parking garages.
The Department of Parks and Recreation and the Department of Citywide Administrative Services submitted an application for a major concession for a tennis facility. This will facilitate the development of a new Yankee Stadium on portions of Macombs Dam and John Mullaly parks in the Bronx. The applications, C 060145 PPX and C 060146 PPX, are being considered concurrently with this application.
On February 10, 2006, the Department of Housing Preservation and Development released the initial results of the 2005 New York City Housing and Vacancy Survey (HVS). The 2005 HVS shows that the City's total inventory of residential units was 3.3 million, the largest housing stock in the forty-year period since the first HVS was conducted in 1965. New York City's housing stock increased by 52,000 between 2002 and 2005, the largest increase since 1991.
The Department of City Planning filed an application for an amendment to the Zoning Map to rezone 36 blocks in the Westchester Square neighborhood in the Bronx. This amendment will support and reinforce the existing character of the neighborhood.
The Department of City Planning filed an application for the amendment to the Zoning Map to rezone 45 blocks of the Pelham Bay neighborhood in the Bronx.
The Department of Housing Preservation and Development submitted an application for the Urban Development Action Area designation and project approval of area located at 25-03 29th Street in the Borough of Queens.
The Department of City Planning filed an application pursuant to Sections 197-c and 201 of the NYC Charter for an amendment to the Zoning Map to rezone 161 blocks in the Borough of Queens.