Overview

• Lawmakers will consider the Just Home plan to convert a vacant Jacobi Hospital building into 58 supportive units for formerly incarcerated people with complex medical needs and 25 additional affordable apartments run by the Fortune Society.
• Council leaders say there is sufficient support to approve the project over local member Kristy Marmorato’s opposition, marking a rare departure from the deference typically given to district representatives on land-use matters.
• Mayor Eric Adams’ team reversed its backing for the Jacobi location after First Deputy Mayor Randy Mastro directed agencies to drop support, and Health + Hospitals chief Mitchell Katz said the system is exploring an alternative site.
• Council leadership announced it will proceed to a floor vote despite City Hall’s request to delay, and Council sources say the mayor does not have a formal mechanism to block the approval if it passes.
• City Hall contends a Council vote would authorize housing at the site without fixing it to a specific population, a point Council sources dispute, as neighborhood opposition in Morris Park continues to drive resistance to the plan.