Q&A
Developer authority in parking decisions and community input concerns
5:16:09
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104 sec
Council Member Eric Dinowitz expresses concerns about giving developers more authority to decide on parking provisions without community input. He argues that the proposal shifts decision-making power away from community boards and elected representatives to developers.
- Dinowitz emphasizes that neither council members nor community boards are developers, highlighting the disconnect in decision-making.
- He points out the lack of mechanisms for communities or their representatives to have a say in determining parking requirements.
- Chair Garodnick defends the approach, stating that their research suggests developers will make decisions consistent with local needs to ensure marketability of their buildings.
Eric Dinowitz
5:16:09
Thank you.
5:16:09
I I do just wanna point out that word you, and I you're not talking about any of the council members or the community boards.
5:16:17
You're talking about the developers, and I just wanna highlight again, we are not I'm not a developer, none of my colleagues to my knowledge are developers, none of my community boards are developers.
5:16:29
So when you say you are providing parking or not providing parking, it's really the choice of the developer in this case.
5:16:37
And in this case, giving more authority to the developer to choose what is right for the community, not and not giving the community any voice.
5:16:48
And it sound it sounds like from some of the answers, there there doesn't sound like there's any effort to make room to differentiate between communities to give the the people in the community or the council the people who, you know, us who represent our communities, any sort of leeway or authority in determining what parking exists.
5:17:10
It's all going into the hands of of developers.
5:17:13
I I mean I mean, but that's what I'm hearing that there there isn't gonna be an either way.
5:17:17
Yeah.
5:17:17
I mean, thank you.
5:17:18
The
Daniel Garodnick
5:17:18
the the short answer here is that we believe based on the research we have done and what has happened in other cities that and, yes, we are talking about the people who are investing in and building the building pursuant to our own rules, that they make the decisions that are consistent with the needs of that area.
5:17:39
So if they are in a place which is nowhere near mass transit, they're providing parking and need to provide parking or else their building is not marketable, and that's what we're seeing and that's what we would expect here.
5:17:51
We don't think New York City is any different in that regard.
Eric Dinowitz
5:17:53
Okay.
