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Council Member Ariola criticizes City of Yes for Housing Opportunity proposal
5:29:35
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Council Member Joann Ariola strongly criticizes the City of Yes for Housing Opportunity proposal, arguing that it would lead to overdevelopment, worsen parking problems, and decrease quality of life across New York City. She emphasizes that the proposal is not a one-size-fits-all solution and calls for it to be put on pause.
- Ariola argues that the proposal would trigger rampant overdevelopment and overcrowd neighborhoods.
- She highlights concerns about infrastructure, flooding, and evacuation routes.
- Ariola calls for her colleagues to stand with her until each district's specific needs are addressed.
Joann Ariola
5:29:35
Thank you.
5:29:37
To say the city of yes, housing opportunity would bring just a little bit of change to New York is like saying someone is a little bit pregnant.
5:29:45
It is absolutely an absurd statement.
5:29:48
If this is a sweeping proposal that would drastically reshape our city.
5:29:54
If passed, in its current form, it would trigger rampant overdevelopment across New York.
5:30:00
It would worsen parking problems by eliminating parking mandates for new projects.
5:30:06
It would overcrowd neighborhoods, schools that already lack infrastructure and funding to support more residents.
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It would place even more people in flood prone areas and it would clog evacuation routes with masses of people in the event of a disaster.
5:30:23
It would, without single question, decrease the quality of life for residents in every single neighborhood in this city.
5:30:30
We've all been sitting here for a very long time.
5:30:33
And each one of my colleagues had their time to speak.
5:30:36
I didn't hear one person say, not one councilmer say, this project in this form fits my district perfectly.
5:30:45
Thank you so much.
5:30:47
What they said was, it is not one size fits all.
5:30:51
We needed to be asked what's specific to our district.
5:30:55
So instead of this project being told to us, we should have been asked We should have been included.
5:31:03
We should have been asked for our input, not that our input came after the project was already in place.
5:31:10
We cannot and should not pass a proposal like this.
5:31:14
This proposal needs to be put on pause.
5:31:17
And if it doesn't, I ask for my my colleagues to stand with me until each and every one of our district's needs are met.
5:31:25
And that's for affordable housing.
5:31:28
For better infrastructure, for development, and for all the things that we wanna see in this city.
5:31:33
But we cannot do it as a one size fits all, and that's what this proposal is.
5:31:38
Thank you for the time chair.
