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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
0:13:17
It is this list and so much more that allows me to to support this project with confidence today.
0:13:24
I wanna take a moment to thank the people that have been working with me all these hours to get here.
0:13:28
1st and foremost, my chief of staff Rebecca Nevez.
0:13:31
Council land use director, Paris Strider, and our land use team, Ryan Code, Chelsea Kelly, William Beadell, and Anne McCarthy.
0:13:38
And folks who helped see this move along.
0:13:41
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.
0:13:55
Through our modifications to the Bronx, Mention North rezoning proposal, and the holistic city investments we all fought for.
0:14:01
We're demanding attention to the Bronx.
0:14:03
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.
0:14:13
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.
0:14:21
This rezoning is the future of our bureau.
0:14:24
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.
0:14:32
And with that, I urge my colleagues to Vodai.
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