REMARKS
Council Member Oswald Feliz opens his questions on the Green NYC Intro
1:33:49
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79 sec
Council Member Feliz questions why lower-income neighborhoods lack green street medians compared to wealthier areas.
- He cites his bill requiring the city to convert street medians into green spaces
- Staff expressed concerns about resources and prioritizing locations
- Feliz contrasts green medians in affluent areas to concrete medians in poorer parts
- He uses Fordham Road in his district as an example of the disparity
- Feliz argues investments in green spaces should not depend on neighborhood wealth
Oswald Feliz
1:33:49
A few questions about my bill, the green and white c bill, which would require that the city approved paid millions by turning them into green and storm water management systems.
1:33:59
So when you testimony, you mentioned that your postal bill because of the resources that it'll take, and also because of the priorities in terms of locations that are said by the by the LTO or the different agencies.
1:34:12
Just got to say that's a very interesting position to take.
1:34:16
When I drive around the city, I see many street medians.
1:34:19
When you go to the wealthier parts of the city, whether it's residential areas or high traffic commercial corridors, They generally have improved mediums.
1:34:26
They have greenery.
1:34:27
They have trees, cozy neighborhoods.
1:34:29
When you go to low income communities, they their meters have nothing but pavement, nothing but concrete.
1:34:35
Perfect example, Fordham Road in my district.
1:34:37
Large meeting that runs for about 20 blocks in the in the wealthier parts where the big institutions are at, they'll have cozy medians with green trees and etcetera.
1:34:48
When you get to the lawmaker parts of that specific median, that again runs for about 20 blocks.
1:34:52
Nothing but paper, nothing but concrete.
1:34:54
So, you know, it just seems like it just seems like, you know, there's very little to no investment in the lower income communities.
1:35:02
And people should not have to, you know, live in a wealthy neighborhood to to be able to get these types of investments in their communities.
