TESTIMONY
Christopher Leon Johnson on the 'City Yes' Initiative Favoring Developers Over Community Needs and Input
4:57:47
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150 sec
Christopher Leon Johnson argues that the 'City Yes' initiative prioritizes developer interests over community needs while eliminating meaningful public input.
- Johnson asserts that the initiative favors developers and removes community board influence over zoning decisions.
- He accuses transportation and nonprofit organizations of supporting 'City Yes' due to their own interests rather than community benefits.
- Johnson warns against Working Families Party-backed groups, suggesting they push developer agendas under the guise of community advocacy.
- He argues that the initiative will harm poor communities while benefiting developer-funded lobbyists and nonprofits.
- Johnson urges New Yorkers to be vigilant and actively oppose the 'City Yes' plan.
Christopher Leon Johnson/Shaun Abreu
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Ready?
4:57:49
So hello, everybody.
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My name is Christopher Leon Johnson.
4:57:52
That was a great solar eclipse.
4:57:53
Everybody out there, so you all saw it.
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Which are with these nice New York City mayor office goggles on.
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But back to the point, I'm a guess the city a yes.
4:58:03
The city a yes is basic create a plan that is made by the developers, and a lot of these counselors there for it because they're owned by the developers.
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This is not about a plan just to get rid of community board input and let them put as what zoning they wanna put into.
4:58:19
Now I'm not expecting the city council to say no to the city yes because like I said before again, majority of your members are for the city, yes, and we all we need all we need majority to get this pass through.
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This organization right here that I'm wearing transportation transportation of torridips.
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They are one of the main organizations that has pulled this city yet because they love the little bike lanes, and they little open streets, and they little daylighting crap.
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I'm gonna say this right now.
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You know, New York City, we had to say no to the city, yes.
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We have to be opposed to this plan.
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This plan will not benefit New York City at all.
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All it will do is benefit the lobbyists like Kathy Park Price and Kevin LaChera of Transportation Alternatives to 7 times Stalker.
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And it will benefit the open plans.
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It will benefit all these nonprofits that are all getting paid by these developers to push, to see, yes.
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And I'm a say it right now to the people, people gotta be careful of these organizations that are pop up by the New York working phase party, like the Met Council on Housing, that I saw the executive director today, standing in the back with the black s two shirt supporting the city.
4:59:28
Yes.
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You peep gotta be real careful of the nonprofits that are prop up by the working families party that are pushing this plan just because they they are so cool getting arrested like Jovanni Williams that should be arrested for being a a phony public advocate doesn't mean that they're fighting for the people.
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So people in New York City have to be really awake and open to this plant.
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Let's say, yes.
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This will never benefit the poor.
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It will never wait.
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Wait.
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Wait.
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Wait.
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The little guy and people gotta stop being like these glasses blind to the stuff that has happened to the community just because they act like they dress like us, any so called fighting for us by being arrested, doesn't mean they're for the plan.
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So I'm a sales right now guys.
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I'm a I'm a guesstimate.
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Yes.
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I know I gotta go.
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Thank you, Kevin Riley.
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We gotta be awakened.
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Thank you.
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Take care.