QUESTION
Council Member Marte Asks Julius Tajiddin About Addressing Affordability for Long-Standing Residents
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In this exchange, Council Member Christopher Marte asks Julius Tajiddin to expand on his previous claims regarding the Timbale Terrace project's affordability for long-standing black and brown community residents. Tajiddin underscores the systemic overlook of residents earning below 30% of the median income and below the poverty level. He criticizes the project's insufficiency in adequately catering to the lowest income brackets within East Harlem, advocating for a more inclusive approach to housing affordability.
Speaker 18
0:44:58
Just a quick comment.
0:44:59
Many of the migrants aren't staying in luxury housing.
0:45:03
And, you know, I I understand what you're trying to fight for.
0:45:05
Many of us try to fight for the same thing in our communities, but you can't pit one community against enough there.
Speaker 17
0:45:11
No.
0:45:12
But we we I can we can protect our residents, our US citizen residents, you know, I I believe I said, Yeah.
0:45:27
Well, they're you know, I didn't put a number like many or a little, but that's what they're doing.
0:45:31
And yet in our communities, you know, in the black and brown, you know, people that have been here for a while, they're not looking out for them.
0:45:40
They're just totally they're missing that number.
0:45:45
You know, the the 60% number earning 30% and below, and then 33% you know, earning below the poverty level.
0:45:55
And yet you say, we're offering, you know, everything's affordable, but yet you stop short of that number.
0:46:02
And you can't do that.
0:46:03
That has to stop.