REMARKS
Council Member Restler discusses the 712 Myrtle Avenue housing project
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Council Member Lincoln Restler expresses support for the 712 Myrtle Avenue housing project in South Williamsburg. He highlights the project's contribution to affordable housing and its positive impact on the community.
- The project will generate over 40 units of housing, including deeply affordable options.
- The development team is described as community-rooted and cooperative.
- The project includes community facility space for a volunteer organization providing free rides for medical appointments.
Lincoln Restler
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I just wanna firstly say it is always a pleasure to be with Cheer Riley in this subcommittee.
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Cheer Riley does a tremendous job.
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And we're fortunate to have him in this critical role.
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You know, I'm very proud that District 33 has generated more new housing than any other council district in the city of New York for about 15 years.
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And with the 2 land use actions that were advancing today, we will both expand housing and affordable housing where it's it's terribly needed.
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And we will also create an exciting new economic development project in and both or both projects are in the heart of the South Williamsburg, Petstat community.
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The first project on Myrtle Avenue 712 will generate over 40 units of housing, be an NIH option 1 project that generates deeply affordable housing for the community.
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The development team has been an absolute pleasure to work with.
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They are deeply rooted in our community, care about our neighborhood.
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They've even agreed to make some modest community facility space available to a great organization, Hesid, that does this beautiful thing where they provide rides to people who need to go to medical appointments or family members who visit or visiting family members who are in medical care at no cost.
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But that extraordinary volunteer operation happens at, you know, from people's homes, now we'll finally have a home base where those volunteers can better coordinate those rides at this new residential development, mixed use development, I should say.
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And the other project 500 can is one that we have painstakingly negotiated since before I was even on the city council.