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MELISSA
MARK-VIVERITO
SPEAKER
MELISSA MARK-VIVERITO
THE COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF NEW YORK
CITY HALL
SPEAKER
TELEPHONE
(212) 788-7210
After many years of decline we have started to see some very promising signs that the industrial sector
Itis is
with great
stabilizing
andpleasure
growing.that we share with you the New York City Councils Fiscal Year
2014-15 Federal Budget and Legislative Agenda.
The importance of this part of our economy is clear. Industrial companies employ approximately
350,000
New Yorkers
nearly
10%toofproviding
our privatefree
sector
workforce.
Brooklyn and
Queens,
where
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expanding
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real
estate
speculation,
the
jobs
pay
almost
twice
as
much
to adopting a balanced, fiscally responsible budget that will greatly improve the lives ofasallthe
service
sector jobs
often replace
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the middle
class for
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Yorkers,
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and them.
the deIndustrial
Blasio Administration
have to
made
significant
many
first
generation
immigrants
who
havent
had
the
opportunity
to
attend
college.
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New
York City.
Unfortunately our regulations havent done enough to support these companies and workers.
However,
muchlook
more
that
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accomplish
It is time totheres
take a fresh
with
three
in mind: with Washingtons support.
To preserve and grow the industrial base of our economy. In places where there is a strong concenOutlined
in the following pages are some of the federal budget and legislative priorities that
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of
activityimportant
we need totocreate
predictability
for companies
as they
engageincluding:
in long term
we believeindustrial
are critically
the future
of our city
and all New
Yorkers,
business planning.
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unemployment
insurance
benefits
to unemployed
as they
continue
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employment
opportunities
across New
York City.
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their
job
hunt;
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York City Housing
Authority
facilities
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but others
more associated
with
the creative
economy.
We need
New Yorkers
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intokind
a state
of good repair;
to create400,000
the conditions
to support
of investment
and ensure that surrounding communities
Strengthening
gun
laws
to
help
prevent
further violence and mass shootings; and
are connected to these new jobs.
Creating pathways to citizenship and ensuring that immigrants and their families can
To reinforce
the diversity
and companies that makes New York City so dynamic. In places
continue
to thriveofinpeople
our city.
where investors and local stakeholders are interested in supporting both new residential development
and new
commercial/light
manufacturing
space
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need City,
to create
newofzoning
to require
it.
While
these
priorities focus
primarily on
New
many
them tools
would
be of great
benefit to cities and metropolitan regions across the U.S., and we look forward to working
All of these goals will translate into different strategies as we engage with communities in shaping
with
you and President Obama to help push forward an agenda thats good for our city and
their future
the recommendations
detailed in this report represent a clear direction forward.
good
for ourbut
entire
country.
Sincerely
If you have any comments or concerns about the priorities outlined in this agenda, please feel
free to contact us at any time. Thank you.
Sincerely,
Melissa Mark-Viverito
Speaker
Melissa Mark-Viverito
Speaker
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Contents
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Executive Summary
History of Industrial
Land Use Policy
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Section 1.
How Do We Protect and Grow
The Industrial Economic Base?
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Section 2.
How Do We Support New
Kinds of Economic Activity?
Recommendation 2.
Creative Economy Districts
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Section 3.
How Do We Promote
A Diversity of Uses?
Recommendation 3.
Residential/Commercial/
Light Industrial
Mixed Use Zones
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Executive Summary
Engines of
Opportunity
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Executive Summary
So how do we continue to nurture and support growth in the manufacturing sector and
protect these jobs while continuing to diversify
our economy?
What is the role of land use policy?
This report outlines a series of recommendations to help bring our zoning regulations in line
with a broader economic development strategy.
The existing zoning in many places is woefully
out of date: not providing sufficient protections
for essential industry, failing to provide a framework for the growth of job centers across New
York City, and missing opportunities to integrate a
range of housing options with other diverse uses.
To address these challenges were proposing
new approaches to thinking about our manufacturing districts. These approaches will need to
be refined based on the specific factors at play
in each neighborhood but provide a framework
for creating new engines of opportunity. Its clear
that we dont have the regulatory tools at our
disposal to address these goals so were recommending three new mechanisms.
1) Industrial Employment District A zoning
district which provides the space for those industries which are critical to the economic well-being
of thousands of New Yorkers and the health of
the overall economy. In places where a concentration of manufacturing/industrial activity exists
in many of the existing Industrial Business
Zones for instance a re-writing of the use
regulations to focus on the protection and growth
of these industries is essential, as is allowing for
additional density to create the option for more
space for new and existing firms to expand.
Combined with strategic incentives and targeted
enforcement, these districts will provide a stable
regulatory framework for investment.
2) Creative Economy District A dynamic new
combination of industrial space and commercial
office space. These creative economy districts
would no longer be hindered by competition with
incompatible uses like mini-storage or nightlife
or blocked-out by unproductive warehousing of
property in hope of future residential rezoning.
With the additional density, property owners
would gain much more lucrative development
opportunities than under the current zoning while
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$25,416
Retail,
Restaurant,
Hotel Sectors
$50,934
Industrial
Sector
Manufacturing
employment in
New York City
has stabilized
since 2010 and
is showing new
signs of growth.
Background
History of
Industrial
Land Use
Policy
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1. Industrial
History
of Industrial
Land Use
Land
in 2014
Use Policy
Business
Districts
Unrestricted
control on manufacturing growth over time created conflicts between industrial and commercial
property owners in the citys business districts.7
ZONING RESOLUTION OF 1916
REIGNING IN INDUSTRYS GROWTH
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1961 Zoning
Resolution
Zoning
Resolution
of 1961
Residential
Districts
M1
Commercial
Districts
Athletic facilities
Office buildings
Wholesalers and storage facilities
Manufacturing
Districts
M2
Office buildings
Wholesalers and storage facilities
Highly hazardous/noxious
industrial uses restricted to M3
and principle of separation of uses remain a fundamental principle of this law to this day.
Manufacturing districts were divided into three
basic categories based on the level of objectionable influences and hazards: M1 for high
performance (less polluting/noisy) manufacturing,
M2 for medium performance, and M3 for
low performance and open industrial uses like
power plants and scrapyards.12 Other undesirable uses like trucking, warehousing, and waste
transfer were also relegated to the manufacturing
districts.
The Citys stated reasons for creating separate manufacturing districts in 1961 were to
protect residential and commercial areas from
noxious emissions and noise, to encourage
industry to have higher performance, to reduce
congestion by limited bulk and requiring offstreet parking, and to protect manufacturing
uses from competing uses. In this last regard, the
Zoning Resolution of 1961 specifically asserted
the following goals:
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M3
To provide sufficient space, in appropriate locations, to meet the needs of the Citys
expected future economy for all types of
manufacturing and related activities, with due
allowance for the need for a choice of sites...To
provide, as far as possible, that such space will
be available for use for manufacturing and related
activitiesTo promote the stability of manufacturing and related development, to strengthen the
economic base of the City, to protected the character of the district and its peculiar suitability for
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East Williamsburg
Sunset Park
Bronx
Bathgate
Port Morris
Hunts Point
Queens
Jamaica
In 1993 the Department of City Planning published its Citywide Industry Study, a report that
concluded that manufacturing in New York City
was facing inevitable decline due to obsolete
infrastructure and global restructuring. It did
not envision a significant future for industry and
instead recommended that the City reduce the
amount of land zoned for manufacturing.21 The
Giuliani administration took up these recommendations and actively encouraged big box stores
like the Home Depot and Staples to locate on
manufacturing-zoned land as part of an effort to
recapture chain retail spending that had moved
to the suburbs.22 In 1996 the Giuliani administration tried to push through a rezoning that would
allow huge big-box stores up to 200,000 square
feet to locate as-of-right in manufacturing zones
History
Staples, Gowanus
Because it allows
fully residential
development, if
the MX zone
replaces an M
zone or a previous
special-mixed use
district with rules
on protecting manufacturing uses,
it can essentially
function as a residential rezoning.
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Bronx
Flatlands/
Fairfield
GreenpointWilliamsburg
North Brooklyn
Southwest
Brooklyn
Brooklyn Navy
Yard*
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Zerega
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Jamaica
JFK
Steinway
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Ridgewood*
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Queens
Woodside*
Staten Island
North Shore*
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City Planning
Commissioner
Amanda Burden
described the new
policies as an ironclad commitment
to maintain manufacturing zoning
to make these key
industrial areas
stronger and more
competitive.
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1.
How Do We
Protect and Grow
The Industrial
Economic Base?
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180,000
160,000
140,000
N U MB E R OF J OB S IN N YC
120,000
100,000
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Transportation,
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The 342,000 jobs in the wider industrial sector,
which does not include jobs in construction,
160000
account for roughly 10% of New York Citys pri-
140000
has taken place despite the continuing challenges
of New Yorks outmoded industrial land use policy.
120000
80000
Overall, roughly 42.2 square miles, or 14%, of
New York City is currently zoned M or MX. How-
60000
ever, nearly half of all manufacturing-zoned land
is taken up by JFK and LaGuardia Airports and
40000
the western shore of Staten Island where much
of the land is undevelopable wetlands.
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M1 Zones
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14.1%
3.5%
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Zones cover
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+417,342
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Brooklyn
+2,311,300
+155%
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Flatlands/Fairfield
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Z Hotel,
Long Island City Industrial Business Zone
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1.Section
How Do1.We Protect and Grow The Industrial Economic Base?
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and multiple floors, they are incentivized to instead concentrate the allowable density into a tower occupying a small
portion of the lot.
The under-construction Level Hotel illustrates this model
taken to the extreme, concentrating the 2.0 FAR density of the
large lot into a narrow tower.
Thus far, hotel and nightlife redevelopment in the Greenpoint-Williamsburg IBZ has concentrated below North 14th
St, closer to the Bedford Avenue L subway. Industrial businesses still predominate in the northern half of the IBZ but
it is likely only a matter of time before commercial development becomes the majority-use there as well. As a sign of
the commercial development to come most private industrial
landowners in the area are not granting long-term leases to
existing tenants.45
In the unplanned, ad hoc transformation of an Industrial
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Parking Lot
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Business Zone into a nightlife district, New York City is missing an opportunity to preserve important industrial businesses
and jobs and encourage more diverse and productive types
of new development. The market has recently indicated a new
interest in the development of creative office and light industrial uses in this area but it remains unclear if such projects
will proceed without changes in land use policy.46,47
The experience of the Greenpoint-Williamsburg IBZ in
recent years makes it abundantly clear that the policy of designating Industrial Business Zones without also changing the
underlying zoning to protect industry from competing commercial uses is not a forward looking strategy.
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wanted to build a new 40,000 square foot industrial building on a 20,000 square foot vacant lot,
at least 40 parking spaces would be required,
adding millions of dollars to development costs.
The added cost of this parking is especially discouraging to potential industrial development
with its lower average rents per square foot.
4. Industrial rents are quickly climbing as
supply of space contracts due to land use
issues According to the citys official land
use data, industrial and manufacturing land use
has declined by nearly 8% or 450 acres since
2005. However, the updating of this data often
lags behind the pace of change in city neighborhoods.49 It is also unable to identify industrial
buildings that are emptied of tenants and being
warehoused for future redevelopment. The
actual loss of industrial land use is likely significantly higher.
Since 2010, industrial jobs in New York City
have halted their decades-long decline and have
actually begun to grow. But despite the new
demand for industrial spaces, the stock of active
industrial land continues to decline due to competing residential and commercial uses. In areas
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How Do1.We Protect and Grow The Industrial Economic Base?
Asian
18%
Black
22%
White
19%
Hispanic
41%
In Brooklyn and
Queens, industrial
sector jobs pay an
average salary of
$50,934
$25,416
in the retail, hotel,
and restaurant
sectors.
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when considering that hotels, retail, and restaurant/nightlife uses are increasingly displacing
industrial businesses from manufacturing zones.
In 2005, jobs in the industrial sector in Brooklyn and Queens outnumbered jobs in the retail,
hospitality, and restaurant sectors 183,000 to
156,000. Since then, the low-wage service jobs
in Brooklyn and Queens have grown to 207,000
while the industrial sector has shrunk to 172,000
jobs.66
In addition to all the benefits of the manufacturing sector for the economy and of the larger
industrial sector for New York Citys workforce,
reserving physical space for essential logistics
and infrastructure uses is also crucial. Wholesale trade provides the underpinning for the
entire local retail economy of the city. Shipping
companies like UPS and Fedex need local sorting and distribution locations. City government
needs space for waste and recycling, as well as
garages and workshops for maintenance vehicles and tools. Loud and dirty industries dealing
in heavy materials like concrete and scrap metal
need locations separate from residential areas,
with access to the water for shipping.
For all these reasons, city planners across
the nation are increasingly recognizing that cities
should develop strategies to support the core
economic functions of the industrial sector.67
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Recommendation 1.
Industrial
Employment
Districts
RECOMMENDATION
For core industrial areas, areas where industrial/manufacturing are the dominant land use, establish Industrial
Employment Districts that require CPC special permits for non-industrial commercial uses such as hotels,
large-scale retail and office use, restaurants, bars, entertainment venues, and self-storage.
- Allow small accessory retail and restaurants that serve
the business community and industrial workers to locate
as-of-right.
- New York City Council Resolution No. 957 of 2011 offers
recommended specific modifications to allowable use
groups.
Increase the allowable FAR within designated Industrial
Employment Districts to 3.0 or higher in order to facilitate increased industrial density and allow flexibility to
upgrade and expand industrial buildings.
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Recommendation 1.
Change in Employment in
Manufacturing Subsectors: 2010-2013
Change Change
# Jobs
%
Sector
7.3%
Miscellaneous
412
4.6%
Fabricated Metals
234
3.9%
146
5.3%
131
8.7%
83
1.3%
Wood Products
74
10.9%
Primary Metals
61
23.1%
51
8.5%
Apparel
-673
-4.0%
Paper
-329
-24.0%
-269
-26.9%
Machinery
-243
-15.6%
Transportation Equipment
-233
-21.1%
-224
-7.2%
Chemicals
-218
-6.9%
Textile Mills
-208
-14.3%
-170
-14.5%
-51
-3.2%
-37
-8.0%
-10
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in local employment include most of the south and central Bronx, Corona-Jackson Heights, Flushing, Richmond
Hill, Jamaica, and Ridgewood in Queens, and Bushwick,
Cypress Hills, East New York, Sunset Park, and Bensonhurst in Brooklyn. 22 City Council Districts have at least
10% of employed population engaged in the industrial
sector.71
More than half of all City Council Districts have significant concentrations of manufacturing zoning and industrial
businesses within their borders.
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Recommendation 1.
2.5
Less than 5%
5% to 10%
10% to 15%
15% or Greater
% of Workforce employed in
production, transportation, and
material moving occupations
(does not include construction)
(UC Census ACS 20082012)
10 14 15
16
17
18
26
21
25
20
30
34
27
37
38
28
42
43
48
32
47
% Employed
CD / Member
% Employed
21 / Ferreras
16.1%
10 / Rodriguez
11.6%
25 / Dromm
15.2%
42 / Barron
11.6%
37 / Espinal
14.2%
8 / Mark-Viverito
11.6%
38 / Menchaca
14.1%
20 / Koo
11.4%
14 / Cabrera
14.0%
27 / Miller
11.3%
17 / Arroyo
13.9%
34 / Reynoso
11.3%
28 / Wills
13.2%
18 / Palma
11.2%
15 / Torres
13.1%
30 / Crowley
11.2%
16 / Gibson
12.8%
32 / Ulrich
11.2%
47 / Treyger
12.5%
43 / Gentile
10.0%
26 / Van Bramer
12.5%
48 / Deutsch
10.0%
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2.
How Do We
Support New
Kinds of
Economic
Activity?
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Private Sector
Jobs in NYC by
Borough (QCEW 2013)
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60% Manhattan
15% Brooklyn
15% Queens
27
7% Bronx
3% Staten Island
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29%
Recommendation 2.
Creative
Economy
Districts
RECOMMENDATION
For manufacturing-zoned areas where commercial
market demand has already led to a significant amount of
conversion to non-manufacturing uses, a new creative
economy special mixed use district should be established to encourage the development of productive and
dynamic employment centers while also stabilizing industrial employment.
- Significantly increase as-of-right density to allow for
commercial office additions to existing industrial buildings
and/or the development of new loft-style flexible industrial/commercial buildings.
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Recommendation 2.
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3.
How Do
We Promote
A Diversity
Of Uses?
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The large-scale residential developments that have replaced industrial properties are often entirely residential, lacking even ground-floor retail.
and industrial uses and could benefit from additional activity of all types.
CURRENT MX ZONE DOESNT LEVERAGE
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES
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Recommendation 3.
Residential/
Commercial/
Light Industrial
Mixed Use Zones
RECOMMENDATION
Establish new vertical mixed-use zoning designations
that require a mixture of residential development with
commercial and/or high performance industrial. Such
districts can provide a new tool for facilitating additional
residential density while also maintaining space for
important job-generating businesses.
- One such possibility may be to rezone to allow residential development but require 1 FAR to be set aside for
high-performance light industrial use groups.
- It may also be possible to strongly incentivize, rather
than require, a mixture of uses by maintaining the current
MX framework while tacking on additional employment
oriented commercial and/or light industrial floor area that
does not count against the total allowable FAR.
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Residential
Office
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
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Engines of Opportunity was produced by the New York City Council Land
Use Division.
The report was written by Project Manager Brian Paul and Director
Raju Mann with technical assistance contributed by Land Use Technician
James Lloyd, and editing contributed by Michael Freedman-Schnapp,
Director, Policy and Innovation Division.
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