PUBLIC TESTIMONY
Testimony by Kevin Daloia, Member of the Public, on Bronx Metro North Rezoning
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Kevin Daloia, a resident of the East Bronx, expressed support for the Metro North expansion project, including the construction of new stations, additional housing, and business development. He emphasized the potential benefits while acknowledging both positive and negative aspects of the project.
- Advocated for infrastructure improvements like drop-off areas and street furniture
- Suggested that parking issues should not be a primary focus for the city or MTA
- Noted his long-term involvement in public hearings related to the project, spanning 6-7 years
Kevin Daloia
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Hey.
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Thanks.
4:13:05
Hey.
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My name is Kevin De Voya.
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I live in the East Bronx.
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Community board 10.
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I'm in community board 11 all the time.
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I consider the East Bronx.
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There's not much more that I can say today.
4:13:17
That hasn't been said by either however anybody feels about the project itself.
4:13:25
Some of the negative stuff we've heard and some of the positive stuff we've heard, they fall into the same category as each other.
4:13:31
It just depends on how you read it.
4:13:33
At the end of the day, I am for the project and 1 who state that I am for the Metro stations being built.
4:13:40
I am for the additional housing that it would bring and the businesses that it would bring and the, you know, infrastructure, meaning what would happen in front of the local areas.
4:13:52
Although I would like to see, you know, things like if anybody else has set, so here, you know, the learning areas to have a drop off, so constantly keep moving, you know, maybe some street furniture to make it look aesthetic and some, you know, open space in the areas.
4:14:08
So it's not much more than I can add than the borough president did, and that the former borough president did as well as the nice notes on both sides.
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I I don't think that we should focus the housing issue and or the MTA's drop off areas to lack of parking.
4:14:32
Talking would be a private issue, not something that the city and or the MTA would deal with.
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And 1 last note, when the MTA first start having their public hearings, which I've been a part of for the last 6 or 7 years, drawing bike lanes on their maps.
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It was really about the MTA and the hundred feet within the train track zone.
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And it wasn't for a year or so when the city planning had their hearings that word of, you know, what else these stations may need and or include, which would be the housing, the building around.
UNKNOWN
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Your tonnage expired.
4:15:07
Thank you.
Kevin Daloia
4:15:08
No problem.
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Thanks.
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You really wanna give people a little bit of a warning, maybe 10 seconds.
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Thank you.