PUBLIC TESTIMONY
Testimony by Henry Euler, President of Auburndale Improvement Association, on City of Yes for Housing Opportunity
11:37:46
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Henry Euler, representing the Auburndale Improvement Association in Flushing, Queens, testifies against the City of Yes proposal, particularly focusing on concerns about Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) and its potential impact on community character. He expresses skepticism about the likelihood of affordable housing being built under this plan.
- Euler argues that TOD would lead to out-of-character development along the Long Island Railroad corridor in his community.
- He suggests that real estate industry interests, who he believes developed the proposal, are more interested in market-rate and luxury development than affordable housing.
- Euler implies that the influence of real estate developers on political campaigns may affect housing policy decisions.
Henry Euler
11:37:46
Hey.
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My name is Henry Euler.
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I'm the president of the Orbital Improvement Association.
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In Flushing Queens.
11:37:55
Hope we extend it to Western Bayside.
11:37:59
We are against the city of Guess.
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And we're very upset about the transit oriented development part We think that that we're that we have the Long Island railroad going through our community.
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And it, you know, goes from Broadway Flushing to Albany to Bayside to Davison to Little Neck.
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It's a big, long stretch, and each station goes a half a mile radius around where there would be extra development because of TODs.
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And, you know, we wouldn't mind if the construction was contextual.
11:38:45
I don't think people would mind that, but this is where they're going to build up.
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And closer together, and it's totally out of character with the community.
11:38:54
So we're against that.
11:38:56
Now, you know, the CVS housing opportunity was developed by the people in the real estate industry and the ones that are pro development.
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And these people are not gonna do anything about affordable housing.
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I'm afraid.
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I think they they don't wanna do it because it's not that profitable.
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They like to do market rate and luxury rate development much better.
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So the people who want affordable housing, they're gonna have to work very hard to change the way things are done in the city.
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Of course, the building the real real estate people are major contributors to the different campaigns.
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And they work closely with the elected officials, ma'am.
Kevin C. Riley
11:39:49
Time expires.
