Broadwood Realty LLC and their counsel presented a zoning map and text amendment to the Queens Borough President's land use hearing seeking to rezone 6312 Broadway from an R5 district with a C2‑2 commercial overlay to an R7A district with a C2‑4 overlay and to map Mandatory Inclusionary Housing (MIH) options 1 and 2.

The proposal would allow a new nine‑story mixed‑use building with roughly 9,000 square feet of ground‑floor commercial space and about 45,000 square feet of residential floor area, yielding approximately 67 dwelling units. The applicant estimated 22 permanently affordable units under MIH option 2. Richard Lobel, attorney with Sheldon Lobel, P.C., represented the applicant and said the project "would produce residential units with affordability" and that "we feel that the designation here is entirely appropriate." Vicki Garvey, director of land use, chaired the hearing for the borough president's office.

The applicant told the hearing the site is currently in an R5 district that has existed since 1961, and that R7A zoning is present roughly ten blocks to the east along Broadway; they argued the wider Broadway thoroughfare and nearby transit make the site suitable for greater bulk. The project team described a mix of unit sizes (a majority one‑ and two‑bedrooms), and said the MIH affordability would be proportional across one, two and three‑bedroom units.

Community Board 2 reviewed the application and the applicant said CB2 voted 27–1 in favor at the full board and 10–1 in favor in the land use committee. The applicant also summarized conditions raised at CB2, including provision of street planters/plantings, payment of prevailing wages (the board amended a union‑labor ask to a living/prevailing wage request), a request to increase the share of two‑ and three‑bedroom units, and MWBE/MWBE‑equity hiring goals; the applicant said it would "use best efforts" toward MWBE hiring and was open to a borough target (the hearing referenced a 30% target).

No public speakers were signed up on this calendar item and the borough president's office closed the item after the presentation.

Because this was a land use hearing, no final zoning action was taken at the borough president level; the item record shows the public hearing was held and closed with the applicant present and with the community board recommendation on the record. The applicant team indicated they were available to answer follow‑up questions and that, if the rezoning were approved through the normal City review process, design and permit work would follow.