Public Hearings · Property Disposition · Housing Preservation and Development
Disposition
- Agency
- Housing Preservation and Development
- Published
- 2016-11-21T00:00:00.000
- Event
- 2016-12-21T10:00:00.000
- Address
- 1 Centre Street
Notice text
<p align='center'> <strong>DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING PRESERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT</strong></p> <p align='center'> </p> <p align='center'> <strong>URBAN DEVELOPMENT ACTION AREA PROJECT</strong></p> <p align='center'> </p> <p> Pursuant to Section 695(2)(b) of the General Municipal Law 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 an amendment to the sale of the following City-owned property (collectively, "Disposition Area") in the Borough of Brooklyn:</p> <p> </p> <p> <u>Address</u> <u>Block/Lot(s)</u></p> <p> </p> <p> 655 Hinsdale Street 3867 / 8</p> <p> 653 Hinsdale Street 3867 / 9</p> <p> </p> <p> Under the New Infill Homeownership Opportunities Program (“NIHOP”), HPD promotes the new construction of one- to three-family home and small buildings with condominium and cooperative units to foster mixed-income communities by providing affordable homeownership opportunities targeted to New York City’s workforce community.</p> <p> </p> <p> Under NIHOP, housing development fund company sponsors purchase City-owned land for one dollar per tax lot and construct one- to three-family homes or buildings containing condominium or cooperative units. The sponsor also delivers a note and mortgage for the difference between the appraised value of the land and the purchase price (“Land Debt”). Construction financing may be provided through loans from the City ("City Subsidy"), the New York State Affordable Housing Corporation, private lenders and developer equity. The City provides tax exemption for the homes.</p> <p> </p> <p> Upon completion, the sponsor sells the homes to eligible purchasers who have agreed to owner-occupy for a minimum of twenty years. The Land Debt and City Subsidy, if any, are apportioned pro rata to each home and may be unsecured at the time of sale based on the home's post-construction appraised value. Purchasers repay the Land Debt and City Subsidy, if any, attributable to their homes by delivering a note and a mortgage and/or conditional grant agreement to the City. The sum evidenced by the note and secured by the security instruments will be reduced to zero after twenty years of owner occupancy. Initial purchasers and subsequent owners are required to make payments to the City out of resale or refinancing profits.</p> <p> </p> <p> The Land Debt and City Subsidy, if any, will be apportioned pro rata to each home and may be unsecured at the time of sale based on the home's post-construction appraised value. Purchasers will repay the Land Debt and City Subsidy, if any, attributable to their homes by delivering a note and mortgage and/or conditional grant agreement to the City. The sum evidenced by the note and secured by the security instruments will be reduced to zero after twenty years of owner occupancy. Initial purchasers and subsequent owners will be required to make payments to the City out of resale or refinancing profits.</p> <p> </p> <p> This submission is a proposed second amendment (“Second Amended Project”) to a project originally approved by the Mayor on January 11, 1995 (Cal. No. 12) and October 23, 1996 (Cal. No. 61) (“Original Project"), and amended by approval of the Mayor on October 24, 2007 (Cal. No. 2) (“Amended Project”). Under the Original Project, the Disposition Area was conveyed to Nehemiah Housing Development Fund Company, Inc. (“Original Sponsor”) on June 25, 2002 for the nominal price of $1 per home for development as single-family homes under HPD’s Nehemiah Program. The Original Project was never developed, however, and the Disposition Area remained vacant. </p> <p> </p> <p> Under the Amended Project, the Mayor approved the conveyance of the Disposition Area from the Original Sponsor to the NYC Partnership Housing Development Fund Company, Inc. (“Sponsor”) for the development of the Amended Project. The Sponsor was to construct a total of six units across two homes on the Disposition Area under the New Foundations Program. The Disposition Area was never conveyed from the Original Sponsor to the Sponsor, the Amended Project was never developed, and the Disposition Area remained vacant. </p> <p> </p> <p> On September 30, 2015, to avoid a tax lien foreclosure, the Original Sponsor conveyed the Disposition Area to BCDL Real Estate Development LLC (“Developer Entity”) for the negotiated price of $10. The Developer Entity was created to facilitate the development of the Second Amended Project in partnership with the Sponsor. </p> <p> </p> <p> Under the proposed Second Amended Project, the Developer Entity will convey the Disposition Area to the Sponsor, and the Sponsor will construct up to two three-family homes containing a total of up to six dwelling units for sale to low-income purchasers through the NIHOP program. The Second Amended Project is part of the larger Mother Gaston Hinsdale project, which will result in the construction of 49 low-income housing units across 17 scattered sites. </p> <p> </p> <p> The appraisal and the proposed Amended Land Disposition Agreement and Project Summary are available for public examination at the office of HPD, 100 Gold Street, Room 5-A4, New York, New York on business days during business hours.</p> <p> </p> <p> PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that a public hearing will be held on December 21, 2016 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 695(2)(b) of the General Municipal Law and Section 1802(6)(j) of the Charter.</p> <p> </p> <p> Individuals requesting sign language interpreters should contact the Mayor's Office Of Contract Services, Public Hearings Unit, 253 Broadway, Room 915, New York, New York 10007, (212) 788-7490, no later than seven (7) business days prior to the public hearing. TDD users should call Verizon relay services.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p>