PUBLIC TESTIMONY
Testimony by Arlene Schlesinger, Member of Hollis Hills Civic Association on City of Yes Housing Opportunity
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Arlene Schlesinger, representing the Hollis Hills Civic Association, strongly opposes the City of Yes Housing Opportunity initiative. She argues that the proposal benefits developers at the expense of residents and threatens the character of residential neighborhoods, particularly in Eastern Queens.
- Schlesinger criticizes the potential for corruption within the City Planning Commission and the weakening of community input in zoning decisions.
- She expresses concerns about the transformation of residential areas, including the addition of ADUs and businesses in homes, as well as the removal of parking mandates.
- Environmental and infrastructure issues, particularly in flood-prone zones, are highlighted as major concerns that the initiative fails to address.
Arlene Schlesinger
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Good evening.
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Okay.
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As a representative of Hollisdale's Civic Association, I firmly oppose the city of Yes And Michigan.
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We must ask ourselves who stands to gain from this text phenomenon.
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The initiative is fought with contribution and deeply troubled by
Charles Ny
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the
Arlene Schlesinger
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potential for corruption, especially within the city planning commission, which is appointed not elected by mayor Adams and his administration.
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Their apparent objective is to dismantle the fuel up process, which currently promotes valid zoning decisions instead centralized future zoning authority into their hands.
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This would significantly weaken the influence of local community boards city council members who pay a crucial role in shaping our neighborhoods as they are.
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Who really benefits is certainly not the residents who are being ignored in favor of developers.
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This initiative poses direct threat to single family and 2 family homes owned by middle class hardworking individuals.
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The idea of transforming residential home into business spaces, whether the stores, barbershops, labs, adding ADUs in our back backyards and driveways is fundamentally misguided.
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The lack of parking mandates within our proposal only proves how out of tune the city of yeses for our city.
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Why should commercial areas be neglected while business is encroaching to our private homes?
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Who would harm our neighborhood, and that would drastically change the character of our communities.
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Do we really want large scale buildings popping up on residential streets?
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Is that the future for Eastern Queens?
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Additionally, the environmental and infrastructure concerns are flaring.
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We live in flood prone zones, and the infrastructure is already under such strain.
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This initiative seems to ignore these crucial issues.
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Our environment is in danger, and all you think about is expensive housing as this has nothing to do with affordable housing.
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It's for profit.
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And if you are a developer, not the residents, it feels like those who are about
Shaun Abreu
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Thank you, Arlene.
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We we now have Deborah right next to testify.
Arlene Schlesinger
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That wasn't 2 minutes.
