Q&A
Council Member Holden and City Planning Commission debate infrastructure and housing concerns
3:43:20
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Council Member Robert F. Holden and Daniel Garodnick, Chair of the NYC City Planning Commission, engage in a debate about the proposed zoning changes and their potential impact on Holden's district. Holden expresses strong opposition to the changes, while Garodnick attempts to address his concerns.
- Holden reiterates his concerns about flooding, parking, and infrastructure issues in his district
- He argues that the proposed changes will exacerbate existing problems
- Garodnick acknowledges the infrastructure concerns but maintains that the proposal's impact will be minimal on a neighborhood-by-neighborhood basis
- Holden remains unconvinced, citing examples of how developers have already impacted his district's housing stock
Robert F. Holden
3:43:20
It doesn't.
3:43:21
Because when we flood now, when we back up, when the sewer's back up, we have a problem.
3:43:26
And you're just saying, that's not gonna get much worse.
3:43:29
That's not good enough.
3:43:30
And by saying, by leaving the parking requirements up to developers, that is that's disgraceful because you know how developers are gonna do.
3:43:38
They're gonna build that the bottom line is they wanna make the most profit.
3:43:41
And you're gonna say they're not gonna market something with no parking in an area that needs parking like a transportation desert.
3:43:48
I don't have in most of my district, we don't have a subway.
3:43:51
So we have to take a bus, and they're cutting back on the MTA is cutting back on us bus service.
3:43:56
So, this is this is again, you have to understand why I what is it?
3:44:00
12 out of the 14 community boards and queens voted against this.
3:44:04
You you you you you you you you're can you figure out why?
3:44:07
Because we're experiencing problems now.
3:44:10
And you're not addressing that.
3:44:11
You're just saying, oh, it's not gonna get much worse.
3:44:14
Thank you, Chiefs.
Daniel Garodnick
3:44:15
Thank you, Council member.
3:44:16
And I I will note 51% of the renters in your district are cost burdened, 42% of the homeowners are cost burdened, They need relief.
3:44:25
We wanna give them relief.
3:44:26
I do not mean to minimize the infrastructure concerns because those are real issues in New York City.
3:44:31
They're present in your district, and they're present in other districts too, but they are not incrementally changed by this proposal, which is so small on a neighborhood by neighborhood basis, that it is not it does not register
Robert F. Holden
3:44:43
Developers have
Daniel Garodnick
3:44:44
actually results in the way that
Robert F. Holden
3:44:45
Developers have descended and standing already.
3:44:48
Like I said, go to look at at the housing stock.
3:44:51
Go up.
3:44:51
I'll take you up certain streets.
3:44:53
You can see how they were converted into 3 families from one family, and they have one they have a community drive, and they're being flooded.
3:45:01
So it's you're you're not gonna convince us in Queens.
3:45:04
That this is not gonna be a huge problem.
3:45:06
Thank you.
