Q&A
Paul Graziano details his neighborhood studies and potential impacts of the City of Yes proposal
9:16:25
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Paul Graziano provides a detailed explanation of his studies on various NYC neighborhoods and the potential impacts of the City of Yes proposal. He critiques the Department of City Planning's approach and highlights concerns about increased development density.
- Graziano analyzed over two dozen real neighborhoods, contrasting with DCP's theoretical models
- He found potential for 300% to 500% increases in development under the City of Yes proposal
- Graziano criticizes the Environmental Impact Statement as insufficient
- He expresses concern about as-of-right development replacing single-family homes with larger multi-unit buildings
- Council Member Schulman thanks Graziano for his detailed response
Lynn Schulman
9:16:25
Yes.
9:16:26
You said, Mister Graciano, you said you did some studies.
9:16:29
Can you just tell us a little bit in a couple of minutes, like, what kind of studies you've done?
Paul Graziano
9:16:36
So what I did was I did the work, in my opinion, I did the work that city planning didn't do because all they did was create these theoretical models.
9:16:43
And we have 500 neighborhoods around the city, and they're all very different from each other.
9:16:47
So what I did was I went, I took a neighborhood, summer low density, summer mid density, Ridgewood is a middle density neighborhood, areas in the Bronx that I worked in.
9:16:57
I looked at over 2 dozen neighborhoods, and I looked at what the outcomes could be.
9:17:02
Based on what the actual proposals are promoting.
9:17:08
And, again, I did it property by property, and I saw what the outcomes could be.
9:17:15
You know, this whole idea that it would only be a little bit more housing, the EIS, the environmental impact statement, it is the most efficient EIS I've read in 30 years.
Charles Ny
9:17:27
It
Paul Graziano
9:17:27
describes a drop in the ocean theory, which is to say, well, it's it's only gonna happen here, here, here, here, here, here.
9:17:36
So it'll never have any any effect on neighborhood character whatsoever.
9:17:40
But what we know from development is that when you rezone an area, if you rezone it, they will build.
9:17:47
And now if you're creating a situation where it's not a u alert process.
9:17:51
Right?
9:17:51
You don't have a situation where someone says, okay.
9:17:53
Developer a says, I wanna rezone this from r 4 to r 7 to build x number of units.
9:17:59
And, you know, you're going through that whole process.
9:18:01
Now it's as of right.
9:18:02
And you're replacing a corner house in a single family neighborhood, and you can build a 10 unit apartment building or even a 20 unit apartment building depending on the size of the property.
9:18:12
And it could be a 2 family house.
9:18:13
It could even be a lower density multifamily apartment building, this is going to be extremely difficult, and the outcomes have been the same in the low density neighborhoods, in the middle density neighborhoods, and even in some of the higher density neighborhoods.
Matthew Denys
9:18:29
Thank you, Paul.
Paul Graziano
9:18:30
I hope that answers your question.
Lynn Schulman
9:18:31
Thank you.
9:18:32
Yeah.
9:18:32
I did.
9:18:32
Thank you very much.
Paul Graziano
9:18:33
Alright.
9:18:34
Thank you.
Shaun Abreu
9:18:34
This panel is now Mister Bankshaft question, this panel is now excused.
