PUBLIC TESTIMONY
Testimony by Nancy Kong in support of City of Yes
12:40:31
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44 sec
Nancy Kong estifies in support of the City of Yes for Housing Opportunity proposal. She emphasizes the urgent need for housing in New York City, drawing from her personal experience and observations of the current housing crisis.
- Kong grew up in a tenement and Mitchell-Lama housing, providing personal context to her perspective on affordable housing.
- She compares the current state of the city to the 1970s, highlighting the severity of the housing shortage.
- Kong mentions specific housing issues, including multigenerational families living together and immigrants struggling to afford housing.
Nancy Kong
12:40:31
Thank you very much.
12:40:33
For your time, and I know it's late, so I will be very brief.
12:40:36
I live in district 1, one of the most densely populated communities in in the city.
12:40:42
I grew up in a tenement and the the Mitchellama.
12:40:46
I implore the city council to vote yes.
12:40:49
I am clearly not one of the twenty or thirty year old testifying in favor of the city of yes, but I do agree with them.
12:40:56
I have not seen our city in such a state since the seventies.
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We are in dire need of housing.
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We have multi generation and all families living together.
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We have immigrant families all piled or are not able to afford housing.
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We need bold, brave, and dramatic change, and this is the time.
12:41:14
Thank you for your time.
