PUBLIC TESTIMONY
Testimony by Ayaz Lavingia on City of Yes for Housing Opportunity
11:50:29
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93 sec
Ayaz Lavingia, a resident of Queens for over 40 years, strongly supports the City of Yes for Housing Opportunity proposal. He argues that the housing shortage in New York City is a supply and demand issue that can only be solved by building more housing.
- Lavingia compares the housing crisis to hunger and illness, stating that the logical solution is to provide more of what's needed (in this case, housing).
- He advocates for changing zoning laws, building up infrastructure, and promoting density and tall buildings across all five boroughs.
- Lavingia emphasizes the need for uniformity in development, particularly noting that Staten Island lacks tall buildings and parts of Manhattan have uneven development.
Ayaz Lavingia
11:50:29
Hi, Maya.
11:50:30
I had moved to Queens 40 plus years ago, and the housing shortage is a perennial problem in New York.
11:50:38
It's a issue that is purely based on supply and demand economics, And if there is a supply, that is a solution, and that the supply will only get done if it's built.
11:50:51
More housing is needed, period.
11:50:54
Let me try and put it simply where people are hungry.
11:50:58
The solution is to provide more food when people are sick use of apply medicine.
11:51:03
So logically, when people need housing, the solution is to build it and provide more housing.
11:51:10
Therefore, you gotta change the zoning and you gotta build up infrastructure spend over more people is more efficient and more effective.
11:51:21
Trying to build less density housing is difficult to support.
11:51:26
New York City should continue to be the city of tall buildings across all five boroughs.
11:51:34
Staten Island is severely short of tall buildings.
11:51:39
Others in pockets of Manhattan, you have completely unregulated, small houses from big buildings, etcetera.
11:51:49
Uniformity would help and infrastructure will get be built to adjust for that.
11:51:56
Therefore, I am completely for yes.
11:51:59
Build, build, build.
11:52:01
Thank you.
