PUBLIC TESTIMONY
Testimony by Christopher Leon Johnson, Resident of Crown Heights Brooklyn
8:12:33
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Christopher Leon Johnson, a 33-year-old resident of Crown Heights Brooklyn, strongly opposes the City of Yes proposal. He argues that the proposal is a scheme by developers to gentrify neighborhoods and increase rents, making housing unaffordable for current residents.
- Johnson claims that supporters of the proposal, including union members and advocacy groups, are being paid by developers to testify in favor of it.
- He warns that the proposal would raise minimum rents in Crown Heights to $5000 a month, requiring residents to earn 80-100% of Area Median Income.
- Johnson threatens political consequences for council members who vote in favor of the proposal.
Christopher Leon Johnson
8:12:33
Yeah.
8:12:34
Hello.
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My name is Christopher Leon Johnson.
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I am a third three year old resident of Crown Heights Brooklyn, lived there all my life.
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I am a former 3rd Juj 3rd Juj member, 3rd Juj member, the shop store for MTSA Access, I uphold the city of yes, and I'll explain why.
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Because let me keep this real.
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Right?
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I know we have back here, Emery Gray.
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She's paid off by a developer step to recruit all these guys and gals here to speak on behalf of the city of yes.
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These guys and gals here are getting paid off by Emery Gray to speak on behalf of the city.
8:13:04
Yes.
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All these people guys game that are here to speak on behalf of Yimbi.
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Koi are all getting paid to be here.
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I'm not getting paid to be here.
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The unions too, 3rd to b j, my former union, many past direct.
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I I respect the guy, but he's gained payload to my developers to recruit all the members, including h e HEC and DC 37 to speak on behalf of Kuwait.
8:13:26
Coy is nothing but a paid off plan by developers to read this get rid of all the undesirables and bring all the DMV friends in.
8:13:35
Yeah.
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There's a housing crisis in New York City, but you cannot solve the housing crisis by making the minimum rent.
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And Crown Heights, $5000 a month.
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And that's what they want.
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That one, Emory Gray wants.
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All the units in Crown Heights to be $5000 a month minimum, where the AMI has to be you have to make between 90 80%, 90% and a 100% AMI to live in those units.
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This is all about.
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The people that is speaking, especially the black ones like Austin Celestin, who I I can go about about Austin Celestin.
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He know what that's going on.
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And the the sad thing about you got your own people like Boston Celeste and black guy somehow has own people for Anne Marie Gray and Rachel Fee.
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And this is disgusting.
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We say no to the city yes.
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The city yes is a scam.
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This is number of a quid pro quo by the unions.
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And all these organizations like Open Europe for all open plans, Trans alt, and the New York House conference to push this get all these people here that speak on behalf of Koi.
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The people that's against Koi are not getting paid.
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The people that's for Koi, they're all getting paid here.
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And I'm gonna say this one now before I go, if you cast members vote for this bill, we won't forget.
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We know I know this is going through.
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This is going through, but we won't forget all the cast members that vote yes for this bill, and we make sure that none of the guys will be voted out.
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So thank you.
Kevin C. Riley
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Thank you, Chris.
Christopher Leon Johnson
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Thank you.
