REMARKS
Discussion on neighborhood preservation and transition to next panel
1:21:25
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Paul DiBenedetto responds to Council Member Narcisse's questions, expressing concerns about the potential destruction of long-standing, diverse neighborhoods. Council Member Riley then concludes this portion of the hearing and calls for the next panel.
- DiBenedetto argues against destroying 100-year-old, ethnically diverse neighborhoods
- He expresses personal concerns about the impact of Transit-Oriented Development on his community
- Council Member Riley brings the discussion to a close and announces the next panel of speakers
Paul DiBenedetto
1:21:25
can build.
1:21:26
I'm not against building.
1:21:28
I'm just I'm just against taking neighborhoods that have existed for over a 100 years that are ethnically diverse just because you you know, we're we're able to scrape together the money to buy a house.
1:21:38
Doesn't mean you have to tear they will tear I live in a TOD, the the transit oriented development district.
1:21:43
It's a half a mile.
1:21:44
It's a it's a one one mile radius, you know.
1:21:47
Mhmm.
1:21:48
My neighborhood will be destroyed.
1:21:50
I'll leave.
1:21:51
I'll move out.
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It doesn't matter the city, but I'll I'll leave because I don't I I chose to live there.
1:21:55
I could've lived in Long Island City.
1:21:57
I could've lived in Manhattan.
1:21:58
I could've lived in Brooklyn, but I chose to live in a in a single family neighborhood.
1:22:03
We raised my kid there.
1:22:05
I I'm ready to
Cassandra O'Hearn
1:22:05
retire for
Paul DiBenedetto
1:22:06
5 years.
1:22:06
I leave, but I don't wanna leave.
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I want someone else to have it.
Mercedes Narcisse
1:22:09
I appreciate that.
1:22:10
The same thing for the 46th district.
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They don't wanna leave, but we have a lot of things that have not been addressed.
Paul DiBenedetto
1:22:15
And I have colleagues all over CBA loan.
1:22:18
Thank you.
Mercedes Narcisse
1:22:18
I don't want you to check.
1:22:20
Thank you.
Kevin C. Riley
1:22:20
Thank you.
1:22:20
Thank you.
1:22:20
Thank you, everyone.
1:22:21
Alright.
1:22:22
We're gonna move on from this panel.
1:22:23
I'm gonna call on the next panel.
Paul DiBenedetto
1:22:25
Thank you.
Kevin C. Riley
1:22:28
The next panel is gonna consist of Joseph Rosenberg, Sarah Lynn, Maddie Derserbo, and Marie Gray, Rachel Fee, and Anthony Or Talano.
1:22:40
That's gonna be the panel that's speaking now.
1:22:43
The following panel can move to the front, which is going to consist of Barbara Larkin, Charles Nye, Mary Anne McGowan, Chris Kopa, Bernadette Ferrera, and Bruce Rosen.
1:22:56
We'll begin first with Joseph Rosenberg.
