Q&A
Debate on the importance of eliminating parking minimums
3:15:12
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76 sec
Council Member Rivera emphasizes the critical role of eliminating parking minimums in the City of Yes plan, referencing the impact of similar actions in other cities. Chair Garodnick responds by underscoring the significance of this aspect of the proposal for housing development in New York City.
- Rivera cites the example of Minneapolis, where eliminating parking minimums greatly contributed to housing creation
- Garodnick affirms that eliminating parking minimums is extremely important for reducing conflict between parking and housing
- The chair stresses that this element is key to many subparts of the proposal and hopes the council will maintain it
Carlina Rivera
3:15:12
I just wanna add about about parking minimums.
3:15:16
I'm not sure how the city of yes plan could work if we maintained parking minimums.
3:15:21
But I appreciate the conversation that we're having here because I know you don't want a one size fits all plan, and every community is different.
3:15:28
And you mentioned that it guronic Triguronic Trigurontic that parking minimums were important, but not the linchpin.
3:15:36
And I'll just say that I know that your counterpart in Minneapolis stated that no single legislative action did more to contribute to housing creation than the elimination of parking minimums.
3:15:49
So I realize how important it is to move forward also and have that reality confront us too.
Daniel Garodnick
3:15:55
Thank you.
3:15:56
And I I will just respond by saying that the elimination of park minimums is extremely important here.
3:16:02
If we if we presented nothing else to you, and it just eliminated parking minimums citywide.
3:16:08
That would have been very important for the purpose of reducing the conflict between parking and housing in New York City.
3:16:14
Relatedly, it is very important for many of the subparts of this proposal.
3:16:19
So, you know, we see the importance of it.
3:16:22
We hope that the council keeps it.
3:16:24
It is it's it's it's it's it's very key to everything that we are trying to do.
