TESTIMONY
Mario Buonviaggio, Vice President of the Port Richmond/North Shore Alliance, on opposition to the entirety of the proposed City of Yes zoning text amendments
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Mario Buonviaggio expresses strong opposition on behalf of the Port Richmond/North Shore Alliance to all aspects of the proposed City of Yes zoning text amendments.
- Asserts that the Port Richmond/North Shore Alliance represents a diverse community of over 18,000 residents in Staten Island
- Claims the Port Richmond community is already dealing with negative impacts from proposals similar to those in the City of Yes amendments
- Argues the City of Yes is a "one size fits all" approach and that attempted modifications to the proposals have been unsuccessful
- Calls out Adam Kimball, President & CEO of NYC EDC, for failing to address issues with an abandoned railway property
- Urges the City Council to "repair their moral compass" and vote no on all City of Yes proposals
Dan Garodnick
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Good afternoon.
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My name
Mario Buonviaggio
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is Mario Buenciaggio.
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I'm the vice president of a civic group.
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Port Richmond, North Shore Alliance, the civic group located in Port Richmond, Staten Island, in the 49th district, represent a diverse community of over 18,000 residents We strenuously oppose any consideration on any of the proposals regarding the city of yes.
6:50:04
We're not surprised that the mayor is celebrating the passing of DCP's approval of this plan.
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It is a perfectly example of special interest.
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We got troubled by many agency heads uploading this as well.
6:50:14
They were either misinformed or part the special interest group.
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Our community is already dealing with many of the proposals such as manufacturing, Cornerstones, and Cabaret.
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We already you feel the residuals of these proposals, the results are unhealthy, unsafe, and timed deadly.
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The city of yes is not one size fit all.
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Any modifications, these proposals were deemed unsuccessful.
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They already strained and forcing branches of these city agencies such as the health department, state liquor authority, and New York City Department of Buildings are mostly ineffective as they are now.
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None of the modifications would benefit on these proposals.
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Any individual old group, which supports these proposals, are part of the same of the old.
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1 individual which is of BOSTON sir, is the president and CEO of New York EDC, Adam Kimball.
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He is responsible for the most thirtiest, dangerous, and unhealthy parcel of property, the abandoned North Shore Railway, which is causing severe health issues in our community.
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He refuses to take appropriate action, nor take response ability for these issues.
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His opinions and his input should be censored for any consideration on any portion of the city of yes.
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We have too much evidence to prove our claim.
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We urge you to look at our website, port richmondstrunk.com, to view the despicable property which he maintains.
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We urge the entire body of New York City Council to repair their moral compass and vote no on the entire proposal of the city of yes.
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I also declare that Mister Riley take his 965 Paid date paid tomorrow because he did a great job mitigating this whole seminar today.
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I congratulate you on a job well done.