PUBLIC TESTIMONY
Testimony by Allison Klein, Parent of PS 183 Student, on MSK Pavilion Project
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Allison Klein, a parent of a PS 183 kindergartener, expresses concerns about the proposed 594-foot MSK Pavilion tower. She questions the necessity of the building's height and suggests it may be driven by economic rather than altruistic reasons. Klein emphasizes the need for mitigation measures to protect the school during construction.
- Calls for significant financial contributions to PS 183 and promises of support for the school community
- Suggests conducting construction work at night, similar to what was done for HSS
- Criticizes the lack of revisions to the building profile and justification for its height, despite previous requirements
Allison Klein
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Okay.
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Great.
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My name is Allison Klein.
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My son just started kindergarten at PS 183.
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I my father is a long time pediatric cancer doctor.
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Big supporter of MSK, Saint Jude's, all of our major, you know, cancer organizations, especially those that focus on our youngest.
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And so, of course, as a parent of the community, I echo the same concerns, and I just wanna reemphasize what a gentleman earlier said.
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This isn't about MSK or whether or not they should be treating cancer or in New York City or on that brace side.
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It's about whether a six hundred foot tower in the middle of one exhale is really appropriate, and whether or not that is actually an altruistic mission or if it is to fill a budget.
3:07:31
As somebody who worked in real estate finance over the years, when you're building a building, you're always going to build to the build to the max allowable size.
3:07:39
That is just what is generally what is gonna make sense economically and whether or not it it means that you're leasing out part of the building to third party or just using it for other revenue generating purposes.
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I imagine that is at least a portion of the reason for the need for a building that is significantly taller been well, Cornell.
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And so, you know, I agree with the other parents.
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This group, unfortunately, is not gonna stop a project that seemingly been sort of, like, railroaded it through, and it's it feels like it's already approved, whether or not it is.
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But when it was approved by the district 8, they were supposed to have serious reasons for why the 600 feet was needed, and they were supposed to revise the profile of the building.
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None of that has happened, and, you know, there should be I just wanna read echo significant financial contributions to the school that Martin and Kim and Nguyen and all of our administrators and the PTA have tirelessly worked to build an extraordinary community.
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That school needs to be promised that it's gonna be given everything it needs to thrive, including you know, noise canceling, air filters, all of those things.
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But, also, I just wanted to add.
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One thing I haven't heard is why can't the work be done at night similar to what was forced for HSS.
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Okay.
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Cool.
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