Preconsidered Res. No. 1106
Resolution concerning an amendment to the district plan of the Lincoln Square Business Improvement District to change the method of assessment upon which the district charge is based and authorize additional services for the district, and setting the date, time and place for the public hearing of the local law authorizing such changes
By Council Member Brewer
WHEREAS, pursuant to chapter 4 of title 25 of the Administrative Code of the City of New York (the "BID Law"), the City established the Lincoln Square Business Improvement District (the “District”) in the Borough of Manhattan; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Local Law No. 82 for the year 1990, the City Council assumed responsibility for adopting legislation relating to Business Improvement Districts; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 25-410(b) of the BID Law, an amendment to the District Plan that provides for additional improvements or services or any change in the method of assessment upon which the district charge is based may be adopted by local law, provided that the City Council determines, after a public hearing, that it is in the public interest to authorize such changes and that the tax and debt limits prescribed in Section 25-412 of the BID Law will not be exceeded by such changes; and
WHEREAS, the District wishes to amend the District Plan in order to change the method of assessment upon which the district charge is based and authorize additional services for the district; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 25-410(b) of the BID Law, the City Council is required to give notice of the public hearing by publication of a notice in at least one newspaper having general circulation in the district specifying the time when and the place where the hearing will be held; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, that the Council of the City of New York, pursuant to Section 25-410(b) of the BID Law, hereby directs that:
(i) November 12, 2025 is the date and the City Council Committee Meeting Room, 2nd floor, City Hall, is the place and 10:00AM is the time for a public hearing (the "Public Hearing") to hear all persons interested in the legislation that would authorize a change in the method of assessment upon which the district charge in the Lincoln Square Business Improvement District is based and authorize additional services in the District; and
(ii) On behalf of the City Council and pursuant to Section 25-410(b) of the BID Law, the District Management Association of the Lincoln Square Business Improvement District is hereby authorized to publish in a newspaper of general circulation in the district, not less than ten (10) days prior to the Public Hearing, a notice stating the time and place of the Public Hearing.