REMARKS
Council Member Restler's introduction and appreciation for City Planning Commission
4:41:06
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Council Member Lincoln Restler opens with appreciation for Chair Riley's leadership and endurance. He expresses rare agreement with Mayor Eric Adams on the need for zoning text changes to address the housing shortage, while acknowledging the challenges faced by his colleagues due to uneven housing production across districts.
- Restler recognizes the difficulty of proposing zoning changes in areas with little recent housing development
- He empathizes with colleagues facing pushback from their constituents
- Restler sets the stage for a discussion on equitable housing production across the city
Lincoln Restler
4:41:06
Thank you, Cheer Riley.
4:41:08
I'm impressed by your endurance.
4:41:10
It's gonna be a long couple days, but you do it all with a smile.
4:41:14
Appreciate your leadership.
4:41:17
It's good to see you guys.
4:41:19
How are you doing?
4:41:20
Good.
4:41:21
I don't agree with Eric Adams often quite quite rarely actually, but I do think that he has that this administration has broadly proposed some necessary changes to our zoning text and that we need more housing.
4:41:40
And I appreciate that this is hard.
4:41:43
It's hard for many of my colleagues because there hasn't been a lot of housing production in their neighborhoods, in their districts.
4:41:51
And as a result, they're getting a lot of heat, and I sympathize with it.
