PUBLIC TESTIMONY
Testimony by Cathy Cebek on City of Yes for Housing Opportunity
4:53:28
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Cathy Cebek testifies against the City of Yes for Housing Opportunity proposal, emphasizing the need to address infrastructure issues before implementing any new housing plans. She advocates for maintaining special district zoning in flood-prone areas and expresses concerns about the lack of comprehensive infrastructure planning.
- Requests that city-owned special district zoning remain, especially in flood zones
- Criticizes City Planning for not having a solid infrastructure plan to accompany increased development
- Urges council members to consider all written testimony and community board input, suggesting opposition to the proposal is greater than reported
Cathy Cebek
4:53:28
Hi.
4:53:28
Good afternoon.
Laura Spalter
4:53:31
Go ahead.
Cathy Cebek
4:53:31
I'm hitting okay.
4:53:33
Thank you.
4:53:34
I didn't know if you could hear me.
4:53:35
Sure.
4:53:36
Good afternoon.
4:53:37
I think this should've we should've had a city of yes infrastructure hearing first.
4:53:41
I think you would've had a resounding yes on this.
4:53:45
I was gonna read my testimony, but it's only 2 minutes.
4:53:47
I emailed it.
4:53:49
I'm hoping that council committee regional testimony from today and from city planning hearing.
4:53:55
My testimony was basically asking for city owned, special district zoning to remain.
4:54:00
We are a flood zone.
4:54:01
We are inundated to our closest one and just plain rating.
4:54:06
The in these infrastructure issues need to be addressed before any plan.
4:54:10
I was happy to hear council member Riley ask the question about special district.
4:54:15
I would like to thank council member Marmiro and federal president Gibson for listening and advocating to allow special districts owning to remain.
4:54:24
If and we're wondering if they're gonna change the actual zones, and will you put in additional language in place the city, home, special district area, residential areas to remain 1 and 2 family homes as it currently exists.
4:54:40
City Planning doesn't seem to have a plan for infrastructure with all this building because they don't think it will be a problem.
4:54:46
Thank you to the speaker and council members for pressing on this issue.
4:54:50
It's real.
4:54:51
There's no comprehensive plan regarding infrastructure.
4:54:54
There is not $20,000,000,000 in DEP, not until all of us pay more over a decade on a water bill.
4:55:00
As many from the Bronx have attended hearing, newly board, city planning, through media's claiming they were more than for, again, city of a yes.
4:55:10
They did not just take into account all the written testimony sent to them nor the community board.
4:55:16
Which most really really means more to those opposing city of yes.
4:55:20
You you would see this if you just add up the written testimony and the in person testimony.
4:55:25
I encourage city council members to request all written testimony from city planning.
UNKNOWN
4:55:30
Your time is expired.
4:55:31
Itself.
Cathy Cebek
4:55:33
Thank you.
Lynn Schulman
4:55:34
Thank you very much.
