PUBLIC TESTIMONY
Testimony by Corey Bearak, Member of Queens Community Board 13
6:39:00
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Corey Bearak, representing Queens Community Board 13, strongly opposes the City of Yes for Housing Opportunity proposal. He argues that it would allow increased development density without community input or guarantees of affordability, potentially making neighborhoods unaffordable for current residents.
- Criticizes the proposal for removing community review processes and potentially overcrowding infrastructure
- Argues that the plan benefits luxury housing developers at the expense of working families and the middle class
- Suggests the Council should modify the proposal to create smart growth tools that make sense for individual neighborhoods
Corey Bearak
6:39:00
It's okay.
6:39:02
We use Community Board 13, and the overwhelming majority of Community Boards across the Five boroughs represent a true majority view of New Yorkers who give a very firm thumbs down to the misnamed city of Yeso Housing Opportunity.
6:39:16
It would permit greater scales of development, increased density on blocks in the neighborhoods, and with no community input, and without any guarantee of affordability, especially for working families in the middle class.
6:39:29
It's a giveaway to those who seek to develop luxury housing thus we're making neighborhoods as unaffordable for their current residents.
6:39:36
It would eviscerate city, Florida, Community Review that council members currently and smartly used to ensure smart growth and affordability where changing to zoning occur.
6:39:47
The As of Right Features of City of Yes Re Move from Community Review.
6:39:53
Development and get density greater than permitted in just about every neighborhood.
6:39:58
This means increased population before necessary infrastructure gets built.
6:40:03
It risks overcrowded glass from sewer backups, increased traffic insufficient parking, and in adequate public transit options without any guarantees of of housing affordability.
6:40:14
Community review in Powers, communities, community boards, bro, presidents, bro Broads, and you are elected council members to protect neighborhoods and short community affordability in any new zoning or project.
6:40:27
City of Yes guarantees opportunities for private developments to rake in cash without any oversight on how a project serves the public good.
6:40:36
On Long Island Community Government Private And Nonprofit Collaborations Successfully Developed Needed New Housing, Including Affordable And Senior Housing And Transit oriented Development.
6:40:47
The Council should rejigger a city of yes, into a menu of tools to create smart growth, where it makes sense rather than measures that impose unwanted sometimes unnecessary and inappropriate infusions of density on blacks with no guarantee.
6:41:02
Of a 44.
