Ald. Bennett Lawson (44) chaired Thursday’s meeting of the City Council Committee on Zoning, Landmarks and Building Standards. [Erin Hegarty/The Daily Line] 

Despite a full agenda, Thursday’s meeting of the City Council Committee on Zoning, Landmarks and Building Standards finished in under two hours as alderpeople approved dozens of developments including a proposal for a new six-story, 43-unit affordable housing development in South Shore.  

Ald. Bennett Lawson (44), the committee’s vice chair, helmed his first zoning committee meeting following Ald. Carlos Ramirez-Rosa's (35) resignation earlier this month from his chair position. Ramirez-Rosa remains a member of the committee.