NYC developer resubmits scuttled ‘One45′ Harlem housing plan for 145th St.

The New York developer behind a scuttled housing project in Harlem resubmitted his rezoning proposal for consideration by the city government Thursday — but intends to expand a controversial truck depot that he built in place of the apartment complex in the interim, the Daily News has learned.

The so-called “One45″ rezoning plan — which proposed to build two residential towers with more than 900 units on a stretch of 145th St. — was withdrawn by developer Bruce Teitelbaum last May after local Councilwoman Kristin Richardson Jordan vowed to block the project due to concerns about gentrification.

After the housing plan collapsed, Teitelbaum switched gears and built a truck depot at the site instead, as that didn’t require a rezoning. The depot, which opened last month, has drawn intense pushback from local community leaders and politicians who have said the influx of trucks will worsen air quality in a neighborhood that already suffers from one of the highest child asthma rates in the city.

On Thursday morning, Teitelbaum acknowledged the concerns from the Harlem community and confirmed to The News that he has resubmitted his housing plan for the 145th St. site via the Uniform Land Use Review Procedure, which gives say on the matter to the City Council and other stakeholders.

Except for changing the name to “One45 Harlem For ALL,” Teitelbaum said the plan remains the same: Roughly half of the 915 proposed new apartment units would be rent-restricted and classified as affordable for low- and middle-income New Yorkers. Of the affordable apartments, about 174 units would be set aside for those earning less than 30% of the Area Median Income, which translates to about $36,000 for a family of three.

“I am ready, as I have always been, to meet with you so that we can try to reach an accommodation and, if possible, make a deal, because ALL of Harlem deserves better,” Teitelbaum wrote in a letter to Richardson Jordan that he shared with The News.

However, the resurrected housing push comes with a catch.

Teitelbaum wrote in his letter that while waiting on input from the Uniform Land Use Review Procedure, he will expand capacity at the depot.

That means a larger number of trucks are likely to roll into the depot in coming weeks, he said. In the long run, Teitelbaum said, barring a One45 relaunch, he may turn the lot into “a mix of 100% market rate housing, a self-storage facility, parking, and retail.”

“It is time for you and all of those who have a say in whether ‘One45 Harlem For ALL’ lives or dies to make a decision,” he wrote to Richardson Jordan.

Richardson Jordan’s office did not immediately return a request for comment on Teitelbaum’s bid to revisit the housing plan.

Richardson Jordan, a socialist, said last year she could not support Teitelbaum’s plan unless 57% of the project’s new apartments were set aside for the 30% AMI category. Her opposition weighed heavily due to the Council’s member deference tradition, which gives outsize say on zoning matters to a neighborhood’s local representative.

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Since Richardson Jordan tanked the One45 project, though, Council Speaker Adrienne Adams (D-Queens) has repeatedly hinted she’s willing to sidestep member deference on rezoning applications that can pave the way for a large number of affordable apartments. The impetus for that, the speaker has said, is the fact that the city’s housing crisis continues to deepen as rents skyrocket and apartment production remains low.

In addition, Richardson Jordan is facing challenges from several more moderate Democrats in this June’s Council primaries, including Assemblywoman Inez Dickens, who has vowed to support the One45 development should she be elected.

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