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Councilman Ben Kallos is proposing a plan that would restrict the height of apartment buildings on the East Side. In the City Council, Ben chairs the Committee on Governmental Operations, where he promotes transparency and works on improving various aspects of citizens’ lives: from affordable housing to senior services to better schools.

On Thursday, January 21st, East Side pols filed a zoning plan to block super-tall towers from rising in the neighborhood around Sutton Place. The application would cap buildings from 52nd St. to 59th St. east of First Ave. at no more than 260 feet, reports Daily News.

“We are drawing a line on the march of superscrapers at billionaire’s row to protect our city’s residential neighborhoods,” said Councilman Ben Kallos, who submitted the plan along with Councilman Dan Garodnick, Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer, and Sen. Liz Krueger.

According to sources, the proposal takes aim at a 90-story, 900-foot luxury condo tower planned for E. 58th St. by developer Bauhouse Group, one of the biggest residential buildings in the city. The developers have the right to build it under current zoning rules.

The proposed building is the latest in the string of tall luxury towers that have risen along a stretch of 57th St. known as Billionaire’s Row, and begun to spread to other areas. The new zoning plan would also require the inclusion of affordable housing, an idea that Mayor de Blasio is attempting to implement citywide.

According to his own website, confronted with corruption in Albany, Ben put voting records online so New Yorkers could finally hold politicians accountable. Since then he has run a government reform organization that successfully removed corruption from government and served as Policy Director for former Public Advocate Mark Green.

Ben Kallos grew up on the Upper East Side with his mother, who still lives in the neighborhood, and his grandparents, who fled anti-Semitism in Europe. A Bronx Science graduate, Ben knows that our public schools are more than just budget line.  He attended SUNY Albany and SUNY Buffalo Law School, where he paid his own way through.

In the City Council, Ben chairs the Committee on Governmental Operations, where he promotes transparency to ensure every dollar gets spent to improve your quality of life, from affordable housing to senior services to better schools.

Jack Strober

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