„ Governor Kathy Hochul today announced a Request for Proposals (RFP) for the redevelopment of a state-owned site located at 1024 Fulton Street in Brooklyn’s Clinton Hill neighborhood. The approximately 12,800-square-foot lot, currently owned by the Office of Children and Family Services (OCFS), will be transformed into a vibrant, mixed-use, 100 percent affordable housing development. This project is part of Governor Hochul’s vision to address New York State’s housing crisis, which includes repurposing underutilized state-owned sites to provide much-needed affordable housing. The RFP follows an extensive community engagement process led by Empire State Development (ESD) in partnership with local elected officials to ensure the project meets neighborhood needs. Applicants can view the Request for Proposals document and submit a proposal to ESD by June 20 by 5 p.m. EST.“
Gov. Kathy Hochul on Friday announced that a nonprofit partnership made up of the Fifth Avenue Committee, Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation and One Brooklyn Health will take over 1024 Fulton Street, a three-story building in Clinton Hill that has sat vacant since the ’90s.
The state will demolish the building to make way for 125 rental units, which will be affordable to those earning between 30 percent and 80 percent of the area median income. The project will also include 27,000 square feet of community center space operated by Fort Greene Council, and a 1,000-square-foot health clinic.
The project will next undergo environmental review and then the state’s general project plan process. As part of her executive budget, Hochul proposed reforming the State Environmental Quality Review Act to exempt certain housing projects. Given the project’s parameters, the Fulton Street project could qualify for that exemption if the proposal is ultimately approved.