REMARKS
Acknowledgments and closing remarks on the Bronx Metro North rezoning
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Council Member Farías concludes her remarks by acknowledging the individuals and teams involved in the rezoning process. She emphasizes the collaborative effort of Bronx-native council members and the project's significance for the borough's future.
- Acknowledgments include her staff, council land use team, development teams, city officials, and fellow council members
- The rezoning is presented as a testament to the collaboration and dedication of long-term Bronx residents in leadership positions
- The project is framed as the future of the Bronx, promising improved access to jobs, transit, community spaces, housing, and safer streets
Amanda Farías
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It is this list and so much more that allows me to to support this project with confidence today.
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I wanna take a moment to thank the people that have been working with me all these hours to get here.
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1st and foremost, my chief of staff Rebecca Nevez.
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Council land use director, Paris Strider, and our land use team, Ryan Code, Chelsea Kelly, William Beadell, and Anne McCarthy.
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And folks who helped see this move along.
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My counsel colleagues who also fought for their needs of their districts are 2 development teams, the p Realty and owners of 2000 dash 2014 East Tremont Avenue, Commissioner Dan Gorodnik, and the Department of City Planning Team, and the Mayor and his Administration.
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Through our modifications to the Bronx, Mention North rezoning proposal, and the holistic city investments we all fought for.
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We're demanding attention to the Bronx.
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Your land use committee chair, Salamanca zoning, and franchise's chair Riley, customer, Marmiro, and myself as the current majority leader are all long term bronchitis.
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And the success of this rezoning is a testament to our collaboration our dedication to neighborhoods that made us and our love for our home bureau of the Bronx.
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This rezoning is the future of our bureau.
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A future with more access to jobs, greater transit, new space for community connections and organizations, state of the art housing for everyone, and safer streets.
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And with that, I urge my colleagues to Vodai.