There were 44 votes in favor of the rezoning plan and two votes, by Staten Island Republican Councilmembers Steve Matteo and Joseph Borelli, against the plan.
The City Council will now take up the sixth neighborhood rezoning it has considered during the de Blasio administration, and the first one on Staten Island.
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