Overview

• A 28-member task force cleared the $3.5 billion vision after five delayed votes, meeting the two-thirds threshold to advance the project.
• The plan now targets roughly 6,000 homes with at least 40% permanently affordable, plus 28 acres of open space, a hotel, and upgrades to the Brooklyn Cruise Terminal.
• Port modernization anchors the proposal with a 60-acre all-electric facility, freight-by-water infrastructure, and coastal protections.
• Key holdouts, including Borough President Antonio Reynoso and Councilmember Shahana Hanif, swung to support after amendments reducing housing from earlier concepts and bolstering industrial and oversight commitments.
• NYCEDC will begin environmental review and draft a General Project Plan under time pressure tied to federal deadlines, as community groups continue to object over loss of working waterfront, flood risk, and limited transit.