Q&A
Discussion on zoning changes, community impact, and housing needs in Flatbush
4:28:51
·
83 sec
Chair Garodnick responds to Council Member Joseph's concerns about community engagement in the rezoning process, explaining the city's changing needs and the importance of enabling multifamily housing near transit. He emphasizes that every neighborhood should be part of the solution to the housing crisis.
- Garodnick addresses the impact of past down-zoning on segregation and gentrification
- He explains that the proposed changes are modest and can be easily accommodated
- The discussion touches on the need for a city-wide approach to address the housing crisis
Daniel Garodnick
4:28:51
Yeah.
4:28:51
Well, I I understand the point.
4:28:55
We'll note that The area that you're describing is very close to transit.
4:29:05
It is a place which would be appropriate for us to enable an amount of multifamily housing because we need it.
4:29:18
The city's needs have changed over time.
4:29:21
We're talking about down zoning that happened in the Bloomberg era.
4:29:24
And how they have contributed to building up walls around certain neighborhoods and prompting more segregation, prompting.
4:29:36
On the other side, more gentrification and displacement, So I would say it's important that every neighborhood be part of the solution a year.
4:29:46
We believe that the modest changes that we are proposing can be very easily accommodated.
4:29:54
And so we we hope that it is is viewed in that in that vein, not that somebody was cut out of the process, but rather we are now involving everybody in the process as part of a city wide proposal to address a rather deep crisis that is not only, you know, a few years in the making, but many decades in the making, and it's hurting a lot of New Yorkers.
