TESTIMONY
962 Pacific Street Rezoning: Testimony in Support from the Bishop of Glory Tabernacle Church
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Bishop Robert Butler from Glory Tabernacle Church testifies in support of the 962 Pacific Street Rezoning.
He supports the project because of its provisions for early childhood development and because of his personal concern with the city's housing crisis and displacement in his community.
Speaker 7
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Good morning.
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My name is Bishop Rob.
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One second, Bishop.
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Sorry.
Speaker 1
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You ready sergeant?
Speaker 7
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Go ahead.
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Good morning, counsel members and committee members.
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My name is Bishop Robert Butler.
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I am the pastor of the Glory Tabernacle Church, which is in the 77 precinct located at 4 74 Ralph Favanaugh within the Crown Heights community.
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I'm here to support this project, the 962 project because It is personal for me in two portions as a former New York Department of Education employee I think that it is very, very important for us to have early childhood development, early childhood education.
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The other portion of it that makes it very personal for me is the city is unsecretly.
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In a housing crisis.
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And I am very familiar with the crisis of housing.
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Having had a good livelihood, it has been difficult to live in my neighborhood.
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Because it has outpriced us.
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And so I believe that this project would not only give us a great avenue of educating our children at the early stages of their life, but also providing affordable housing for individuals who need it.
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The community is a great community.
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And we've seen so many people displaced and so many people moved out of it because they cannot afford it.
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And this project appears to be a project that helps to solve that problem for now and for years to come.
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And so I thank you for the opportunity to talk to you today and testify concerning this.
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I am in full support of this project.
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Thank you.
Speaker 1
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Thank you, Bishop.
