TESTIMONY
Whitestone Lanes Rezoning: Testimony from 32BJ Stating Concern Regarding an Agreement to Work on the Project
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Sarah Penenberg, the political coordinator at the 32BJ union, testifies at the public hearing.
She shares her concern that the applicant has not come to an agreement to work with 32BJ on the project.
Speaker 24
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Good afternoon.
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Thank you, Chairman Riley, and members of the sub committee and zoning and franchising.
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My name is Sarah Penenberg, and I'm the political coordinator at SCIU 30 TBJ.
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30 TBJ.
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DJ is dedicated to represent a 175,000 members in 11 states Washington DC and in Washington DC.
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And in New York.
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Our union members are the pillar to the property service sector here in New York, performing crucial jobs in the property service sector.
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As mentioned, just prior to this, 32bj has been in talks with Marmer Realty on Whitestone Lane rezoning.
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But to date, we have not been able to have a credible commitment on this project to create the family sustaining in middle class jobs that maintain veiling wage standards for building service workers in the city.
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These are jobs that build up our community and that create a robust middle class.
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Project like Whitestone Lake would result in about 5 to 6 full time property service jobs.
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And gaining a credible commitment here for this project in addition to creating prevailing wage standards would also make there be labor peace agreement in securing a union representation if employees choose so.
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Labor is an important part of the foundation of New York City, a project like Whitestone Lane would benefit their community on multitude of different fronts.
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One of them being a path to the middle class who prevailing wage.
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So I hope that we can come to an agreement on this project.
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It is true that we had some discussions, but we are still pending that agreement.
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And thank you so much for your time.
Speaker 1
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Thank you, Sarah.
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Sarah, I don't know if anyone has any questions for you.
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And you members have any questions for Sarah?
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Oh, they don't.
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Alright.
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Thank you, Sarah.
