The big four: filed, taken up, referred — not passed verified
Tuesday night the Real Estate Committee (6:15 PM) and the full council (7 PM) took up the fall's headline stack. As of our check this morning of the city's Legistar legislation record, all four headliners sit in "Referred" status (action dates Sept 9–15) — which means they're with committee, not law. In plain English: nothing has passed yet. The four: the local law conveying the former Public School #9 for redevelopment, the amended MHACY exemption agreement authorizing a three-year PILOT abatement, the riverfront PUR permit amendment (the Riverside Drive / Admiral Way / Fisherman Way "Lots 1–13" stretch), and the rezoning package reclassifying certain properties to D-MX or UR-HD districts. A fifth piece moves alongside them: a resolution declaring the council lead agency for the rezoning and referring it to the Westchester County and City Planning Boards, with a public hearing to be set. Next looks: Legislation & Codes committee Tuesday, Sept 22, 6 PM (final agenda already posted), and the next stated meeting Tuesday, Sept 29, 7 PM — both in the Council Chambers, City Hall, 40 South Broadway.
The money file: a $3.3M settlement over a 1989 spill verified
Also on Tuesday's docket, all referred to committee: the head-turner is a $3,321,809.25 settlement resolution "arising out of a petroleum spill which occurred on or about June 6, 1989, pursuant to Article 12 of the New York Navigation Law." Two smaller claim settlements joined it — $15,000 for a child's trip-and-fall inside the Pearls Hawthorne School auditorium and $50,000 for a sidewalk/tree-well fall on South Broadway, per the resolution titles — plus a bequest for the Yonkers Animal Shelter and a hazmat training agreement with NYC's Department of Environmental Protection covering the Hillview Reservoir. Like everything else above, each passes only when the full council votes.
Grant season: $4M for South Broadway housing, plus a stack for kids verified
The biggest number in Tuesday's referred stack isn't the settlement — it's a $4,050,000 Westchester County Housing Implementation Fund grant for affordable housing site development at 636 South Broadway. Around it: county Youth Bureau grants for Camp Pride/youth employment ($22,821), the Teen Recreation Center program ($20,568), the 6th Grade Leadership Academy ($132,000), a $125,000 state DASNY community capital grant, a $36,640 federal Justice Department JAG grant, and a $6,000 National Night Out grant. All referred, all awaiting a council vote. And the DRI window is still open: project pitches for a share of the $9.7 million Hudson Gateway Connector downtown fund are due October 16 at 4 PM.
Fire hydrants: the citywide check is on verified
The Fire Department's annual hydrant inspection program started Tuesday, Sept 8 — roughly 5,000 hydrants citywide, tested for pressure and emergency-readiness. Crews work Monday–Friday, 9 AM to 1 PM, and the city expects the sweep to run six to eight weeks (so into late October / early November). If firefighters are on your block in the morning, that's what's happening.