Pursuant to Article 15 of the General Municipal Law ("GML") and Section 1802(6)(j) of the Charter, notice is hereby given that the Department of Housing Preservation and Development ("HPD") of the City of New York ("City") has proposed the sale of certain real property in the Edgemere Urban Renewal Area ("Area") to BGNII Housing Development Fund Corporation, the sponsor designated by HPD ("Sponsor"), for redevelopment in accordance with the First Amended Edgemere Urban Renewal Plan ("Plan") for the redevelopment of the Area.
The property to be sold is located in the Borough of Queens, City and State of New York, and known as:
Address Block/Lot(s)
46-01 Rockaway Beach Boulevard 15853/40
on the Tax Map of the City ("Disposition Area").
The City proposes to sell the Disposition Area to the Sponsor at the nominal price of one dollar per tax lot pursuant to Section 507(2)(d) of the GML. The Sponsor will thereafter be required to construct one new multiple dwelling on the Disposition Area to provide approximately 126 units of rental housing for low income families, plus one unit for a superintendent, plus commercial space (approximately 2,904 square feet).
The proposed Land Disposition Agreement and the Plan are available for public examination at the office of HPD, 100 Gold Street, Room 5-I, New York, New York during its regular hours on weekdays from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that a public hearing will be held on November 15, 2017 at 1 Centre Street, Manhattan, Mezzanine at 10:00 a.m., or as soon thereafter as the matter may be reached on the calendar, at which time and place those wishing to be heard will be given an opportunity to be heard concerning the proposed sale of the Disposition Area pursuant to Section 507(2)(d) of the GML and Section 1802(6)(j) of the Charter.
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